Cleaning canvas hood.Any ideas?
Cleaning canvas hood.Any ideas?
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BLUETHUNDER

Original Poster:

7,881 posts

281 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Im about to paint my 101 for the start of the show season.Its been sitting in the yard for the last 5 months,and has a covering of green moss over the canvass.Im going to treat the canvass with a kahki paint/proofer that i have.But what can i clean it with first to remove the moss.Any ideas?

cy88

2,808 posts

251 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Lay it flat, scrubbing brush and elbow grease?

BLUETHUNDER

Original Poster:

7,881 posts

281 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Normal soap/detergent ok?

greenlandy

1,635 posts

252 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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If you going to retreat the hood I think I'd try to power wash it before wasting elbow grease .

bluespanner

3,383 posts

244 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Pressure washer - was amazed to find out my green tilt was actually blue!

cy88

2,808 posts

251 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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I'm sure if I tried to powerwash my original '50s tilt it would disintegrate!

nervous

24,050 posts

251 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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i pressure washed my tilt on my v8 and it scored clean marks into it that i couldnt match everywhere else.