Renovating hood - best way to clean up

[e42]

Hi,

My Mk1 1.8 has a tan coloured vinyl hood which has suffered from being left folded too long. The hood is pretty grimy with some green/black mold staining.

Can anyone recommend a suitable cleaner?

Thank you,

Dom

[S Works]

I've had good results with the Autoglym kit on fabric roof material before. Is your fabric or vinyl?

[MX-5 Lazza]

Renovo. You can get it from MX5 Parts.

[e42]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. The hood is vinyl, I'll give Renovo a try.

Regards,

Dom

[Tyrewrecker]

S Works said:

I've had good results with the Autoglym kit on fabric roof material before. Is your fabric or vinyl?

link pls

[gforceg]

Tyrewrecker said:

link pls

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/300422052119?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla

This is the one I bought (for a lot more than that!) at my local car bits place.
I can't pretend I was overly impressed with the cleaner but the re-protector does a grand job of beading the rain water.

[Tyrewrecker]

gforceg said:

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/300422052119?var=lv...

This is the one I bought (for a lot more than that!) at my local car bits place.
I can't pretend I was overly impressed with the cleaner but the re-protector does a grand job of beading the rain water.

£5 delivery, hmmmm
thanks for link

[S Works]

Tyrewrecker said:

S Works said:

I've had good results with the Autoglym kit on fabric roof material before. Is your fabric or vinyl?

link pls

Google is your friend...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[Tyrewrecker]

S Works said:

Google is your friend...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

Glad I paid nearly half the price of halfrauds.

[vdubbin]

Would you consider respraying it?

[MX-5 Lazza]

vdubbin said:

Would you consider respraying it?

A vinyl hood?

[JFReturns]

MX-5 Lazza said:

vdubbin said:

Would you consider respraying it?

A vinyl hood?

[mneame]

Renovo all the way.

[Tyrewrecker]

mneame said:

Renovo all the way.

What way?

[MX-5 Lazza]

Tyrewrecker said:

mneame said:

Renovo all the way.

What way?

That way >>>
And back again <<<

[mneame]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Tyrewrecker said:

mneame said:

Renovo all the way.

What way?

That way >>>
And back again <<<

Then do the hokey kokey.

On a serious note though it's by far the best vinyl roof clear I've used.

[Tyrewrecker]

mneame said:

Then do the hokey kokey.

On a serious note though it's by far the best vinyl roof clear I've used.

I have bought some autoglym stuff. No idea how good it is as I haven't tried it yet, but my roof is pretty wrecked so I probably should of threw that £20 down the street.

[JFReturns]

AG stuff is good, I've used it on three of my cars and still have some left.

After it has been cleaned and protected water beads and rolls off.

[mneame]

Tyrewrecker said:

I have bought some autoglym stuff. No idea how good it is as I haven't tried it yet, but my roof is pretty wrecked so I probably should of threw that £20 down the street.

The AG is ok. I guess a fair bit will also be down to personal preferance.

[Richyvrlimited]

MX-5 Lazza said:

A vinyl hood?

Not as daft as it sounds, there's some extremely good vinyl paint available.