Saggy Bimini

marietta_ken · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:16 am **Posts:** 38

My bimini seems to have stretched, especially in the middle section. I'm considering 3 possible solutions:

1) wet it and put it in my gas dryer for awhile to try to shrink it back
2) have an upholsterer rework the seams to take out the excess
3) buy a new top (fabric only)

I know others have to be dealing with this issue as I saw a 2007 model with a Dickson top that was sagging too.

Any advice?

aguyindallas · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:13 am

Do not put it in a dryer.

The material has some acrylic woven into it. The heat from the dryer will destroy it and could actually stretch it, rather than shrink it.

marietta_ken · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:16 am **Posts:** 38

aguyindallas wrote:

Do not put it in a dryer.

The material has some acrylic woven into it. The heat from the dryer will destroy it and could actually stretch it, rather than shrink it.

Thanks! You saved me there. I got a $50 quote from an upholsterer yesterday. Prob gonna give that a shot.

ric · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:57 am

Tighten the straps

Obie · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:10 pm

Oh my, I have many suggestions! Oops, I thought the topic was a saggy bikini and not a saggy bimini. My intended suggestions are now inappropriate for the actual topic.

ric · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:26 pm

Obie wrote:

Oh my, I have many suggestions! Oops, I thought the topic was a saggy bikini and not a saggy bimini. My intended suggestions are now inappropriate for the actual topic.

well, to fix a saggy bimini top works much like a bikini top... they look the same

EvilZ · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:05 pm

ric wrote:

Tighten the straps

+1

That would be my first suggestion also. Is it saggy in a way that wouldn't be resolved by tightening the straps up?

Pictures!!

298VISTA2000 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:20 pm

My bimini sags as well but when the full enclosure is on, it is tight as a drum (and given the spirit of this thread, my wife will attest to this). I would be careful with how much altering you do unless your bimini sags even when the camper canvas is on.

marietta_ken · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:16 am **Posts:** 38

ric wrote:

Tighten the straps

Mine doesn't have straps. It has fixed bars.

marietta_ken · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:16 am **Posts:** 38

298VISTA2000 wrote:

My bimini sags as well but when the full enclosure is on, it is tight as a drum (and given the spirit of this thread, my wife will attest to this). I would be careful with how much altering you do unless your bimini sags even when the camper canvas is on.

I don't have the camper canvas, so not too big of a deal. However, I did notice that the edges out by the zippers don't seem very stretched -- if at all. This makes sense because the zippers helped keep that length as original. Rather than cut the side zippers out, I'm figuring we'll come in about 6" from the sides and take in the slack from there.

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