Comments for What causes the marine vinyl to turn brown? When I unrolled mine after storage my clear panels had turned opaque in many areas.

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Feb 07, 2022
Brown and Opaque Clear Vinyl Spots
by: Tammy

Hi Stephen,
Boat enclosure turn opaque from moisture. Most often this goes away over time exposed to the sun.
If it turns brown, you have crossed the point where anything you do or product you use will help the vinyl return to normal.
These can be anything from burns, to plasticizers failing due to age and other factors such as microbial degradation.

At any rate, the plastic has gone bad and will have to replaced. It also becomes very brittle as this point too.
You will have to test it in the sun to see how much of the opaque will disappear as the moisture trapped in the PVC begins to dry.

I hope it disappears for you.
Tammy

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