How to Guide - Clean your Hood Roll Bar
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Did a couple of jobs to the Chim yesterday and one thing that has always bugged me is how dirty the vinyl on the hood frame is. I have tried many leather cleaners over the last year with little or no sucess until now.
I used normal household Cif (formally Jif) with a damp cloth and it worked a treat so i thought I would be useful to share
1. Apply Cif with a damp cloth or leather cleaning brush
2. Wipe off with kitchen towel to remove dirt
3. Reapply with a different cleaner cloth and dry with terry towel
4. Apply Leather conditioner to add the supplety back
Comparison picture:
I used normal household Cif (formally Jif) with a damp cloth and it worked a treat so i thought I would be useful to share
1. Apply Cif with a damp cloth or leather cleaning brush
2. Wipe off with kitchen towel to remove dirt
3. Reapply with a different cleaner cloth and dry with terry towel
4. Apply Leather conditioner to add the supplety back
Comparison picture:
I'd be careful with Cif. I used Jif (as it was called) once on vinyl seats in a classic car and whilst it did a great job and changed their colour completely (they were really dirty) after a while they went hard / brittle and cracked pretty badly. Can't say for sure but the Jif seemed to be the cause.
or do as the trade (and by trade I mean detailers not dealers) go and buy some cheap own brand APC and dilute it down, this can be used on anything from carpet to bodywork and combine with a nail brush and is abit kinder to the surface the something like CIF, though I would be TOO worried about drying it out, its vinyl, not leather, leather feed will have pretty much no effect as it wont get through the paint nor do much as it isnt leather.
I use Meg's APC and having bought Mrs Johno a motor for tazzing round Paris I gave it a full detail, the interior is leather and vinyl and looking tatty. She comes down to the garage armed with everything from under the sink and I present her with diluted APC some brushes and a couple of mf's.
She scoffs, then spends an hour with it and declares it a miracle cure, now I have to fight to keep her away from it, carpets, vinyl, leather and makes a alright clay lube, excellent stuff.
She scoffs, then spends an hour with it and declares it a miracle cure, now I have to fight to keep her away from it, carpets, vinyl, leather and makes a alright clay lube, excellent stuff.
Johno said:
I use Meg's APC and having bought Mrs Johno a motor for tazzing round Paris I gave it a full detail, the interior is leather and vinyl and looking tatty. She comes down to the garage armed with everything from under the sink and I present her with diluted APC some brushes and a couple of mf's.
She scoffs, then spends an hour with it and declares it a miracle cure, now I have to fight to keep her away from it, carpets, vinyl, leather and makes a all right clay lube, excellent stuff.
there is a clay bar (name passes me by this early in the morning) which is the only one that work with just plain water as lube and I have found to work much better than the megs one. I have also heard there isnt much difference bar the smell between the branded APC and the tesco value/morrisons etc stuff which is like 50p or something for a bottleShe scoffs, then spends an hour with it and declares it a miracle cure, now I have to fight to keep her away from it, carpets, vinyl, leather and makes a all right clay lube, excellent stuff.
SwanJack said:
What dilution do you use for the clay lube??
Really depends on the state of paint, how much polishing it will need anyway and whether doing with already wet paint. I found it very good at 1 in 4 on wet paint, just after washing for example. I also keep lay lube handy if needed ...JonyTVR said:
there is a clay bar (name passes me by this early in the morning) which is the only one that work with just plain water as lube and I have found to work much better than the megs one. I have also heard there isnt much difference bar the smell between the branded APC and the tesco value/morrisons etc stuff which is like 50p or something for a bottle
Difficulty is ever knowing the differences. Meg's APC and others are professional products produced for use by professionals or amateurs like me who get their hands in it. I therefore trust it and long term has not caused me any issues, others may have found this with cheapernalte rnatives, but my experience of all these things isnyou end up back with the decent stuff often ... It's the things like the conditioners that are contained in quality APC's that last whereas the cheaper all day cleaners are just that, cleaners only and contribute little I think to the longer term condition of carpets, vinyl etc. But again, I'm only an a mature at these things . . . JonyTVR said:
there is a clay bar (name passes me by this early in the morning) which is the only one that work with just plain water as lube and I have found to work much better than the megs one. I have also heard there isnt much difference bar the smell between the branded APC and the tesco value/morrisons etc stuff which is like 50p or something for a bottle
Bilt Hamber clay bars require only tap water to lubricate:http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introduction.php?cname=Clays,%20Wax%20::%20Polish&name=auto-clay%20regular
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