Mainsail
Perform these steps on a smooth hard clean surface:
- Remove sail numbers leaving sticky glue behind (recommend to just do part of one number first to make sure this method works on your numbers)
- Spread Lavender oil over sticky glue and let soak in for a minute or so. You may have to apply twice.
- Rub with a lot of down pressure just an inch or so at a time. Glue should roll off in clumps. Reapply lavender oil as necessary.
- Final cleaning with a soapy liquid. We used Dawn Powerwash which worked well for us.
The final result was that we couldn’t find any trace of the old numbers - YAY
This doesn’t appear to harm the sailcloth but I bear no responsibility if it does for you.
Allow yourself lots of time as it takes a while.
Spinnaker
For felt pen numbers we used rubbing alcohol
