Convertible top grubby, and ideas to sort out?

[paulguitar]

Does anyone know how to clean this up?


Thanks, everyone.

[Master Of Puppets]

Scrubbing brush and soapy water, or you could use any of the multitude of commercial products which will do the same job but cost more.

[thetapeworm]

Is that vinyl?

Renovo worked wonders on my old car.

https://renovointernational.com/products/vinyl-sof...



They do a fabric version too.

[paulguitar]

thetapeworm said:

Is that vinyl?

Google says:


The Porsche Boxster 981 soft top is made of premium three-ply acoustic canvas, predominantly a material known as Sonnenland or Twillfast RPC

[tr7v8]

Nail brush and dilute washing up liquid, next stage neat washing up liquid, next stage is neat Milton solution.
Once dry 4-5 coats of Fabsil. Keep undercover until completely dry & try not to get it on the paintwork.

[Doofus]

I just bought a Protex kit from Amazon.

Auto Express recommended.

[Belle427]

The Renovo stuff is good but as suggested any warm soapy water and a brush to agitate will do really.
I did read that hoods like this don`t really need treating afterwards as the design of them allows water to dry out naturally and they wont leak.

[loskie]

when I had an mx5 I used a very small amount of laundry liquid in warm water. A stiff brush then rinsed it well. Came up really well and reproofed even better. I even thought it looked good and I'm one that can't be bothered with the faff of washing , sorry detailing cars!

[Furbo]

paulguitar said:

Does anyone know how to clean this up?


Thanks, everyone.

I'd be at that with Flash and warm water.

[Panamax]

Master Of Puppets said:

Scrubbing brush and soapy water, or you could use any of the multitude of commercial products which will do the same job but cost more.

This.

A reasonably soft brush, nothing too aggressive. Pick a warm day, get the roof wet with the soapy water, leave to soak for a few minutes and then scrub with more warm soapy water. Finally rinse with a gentle hose, scrubbing as you go. Leave to dry. Job's a good 'un.

[Quattr04.]

I use autogylms convertible soft top protector and cleaning kit on my TT, it’s about £30 but gets rid of green stuff very easily and it’s got a protector which makes it nice and black again and protects against UV damage.

[E-bmw]

Soft brush, warm water, washing up liquid, rinse with lots of water, either a carpet cleaner with an upholstery attachment or wet/dry vac for a final rinse/vac of any remaining crud, leave to dry in the sun (if you get any) for a good while.

[Wills2]

I recently did my e class convertible's mohair roof prior to selling it and it was in a bit of state a bit like yours, it took me all day and two bottles of 303 roof cleaner I then protected it with some Autoglym protector.

The dirt and algae just kept on coming it looks clean because it's wet then it dries and there is still loads left, work in small patches (maybe 6 sections for that roof) use an upholstery brush to work the cleaning solution and don't be afraid to scrub with pressure, you'll need to rinse and rinse and rinse as well to get all the product out, then towel dry and then apply a protector to stop it from happening again.

Obviously your roof is half the size so it should take half the time and product but it's not the work of a moment to get the job done correctly.

[paulguitar]

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

I got it done locally, I am very happy with the result:




The car is now up for sale.

[omniflow]

paulguitar said:

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

I got it done locally, I am very happy with the result:




The car is now up for sale.

Looks great.

Where's local for you?

Who did it?

[paulguitar]

omniflow said:

paulguitar said:

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

I got it done locally, I am very happy with the result:




The car is now up for sale.

Looks great.

Where's local for you?

Who did it?

Believe it or not, 'Waves' car wash in the local Tesco car park.

£20!

[Alex_225]

I use Protex Canvas Cleaner on my BMW roof and on my previous Saabs roof. Work it into the roof with a brush, leave for 15 mins to do it's thing and rinse. I usually give it 24 hours and then protect with Fabsil Gold - ideally two coats.