Upholstery Odour
 

My '03 X-10 smells.
It appears that the upholstery has developed an odour of barf or smelly cheese.
I cleaned my boat up a few weeks ago having opened it up after the winter. I used Mold Control and Vim on the seats as they had some mold patches and noticed mold developing in the enclosed areas.
I took the seat cushions out into a room and wow... the smell is lousy! Definitely coming from the vinyl seats and cushions. Has the Vim damaged the vinyl? Is it causing some type of a chemical / odour reaction?
Has anyone experienced this? Any thoughts, solutions, ideas?
Thanks.
Teamoro

The combination of winter storage and finding mold doesn't sound too good. I'd take one of the cushions to a local place that does boat upholstery/seating if you have one and get an opinion there. Good luck!

you could also try leaving it out in the sun for a few days, with all the seats laid out on the grass and all compartments open, giving it the good old fashioned "dry out"

Yep - a bad sign.
Mold is more than likely embedded deep in the foam.

If it were me - and do it the lowest cost - I'd get the kiddy pool out - fill it with detergent/bleach as if laundry - and deep soak the cushions - walking on them.

Stand them to drain & dry in the sun.

Mold will only progress cool & damp.

I finally made 2" plastic pipe full length from windshield to transom a foot above windshield to support tarp so it's tented steep for water run off and warm moist air escapes quickly out two large vents at top.

Thanks 3event. Will do.

Thanks NatesGr8. We are having a beautiful sunny weekend here and we've got all the cushions out and the boat wide open 'drying out'.
Thanks.

Thanks Philscbx. I didn't think about deep washing all the cushions but its a good idea.
I'll try fully drying them out first and see if that helps. If not, then deep wash.
Thanks.

Smells BAD, real BAD!
 

Here we go again ... call JIM!

Thanks atlfootr. I'll give Jim a call.

Great, tell 'em I told you to call him.