soft top going green.......... help!

Inexperienced Joined: Oct 23, 2011 Posts: 31

Washed my car his morning and gave the green stuff a good rub, but its still there Confused

How can I clean it safely?

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:59 pm

Did you scrub it with a soft natural fibre brush or was it just a sponge?

The brush is about as rough as you can go. Chemcials and jet washing you risk seperating the internal waterproof lining from the canvas.

You could give it a few washes then recolour it with roof paint.

Is the green stuff moss? Do you store it in a garage overnight?

Camped on the site Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 314

I had to give mine a good scrub with a black Renovo kit to get rid of the green. Once it was done it came up like new. You can get all 3 bottles, the cleaner, black paint and the 'proofer'. The cleaner is the best soft-top cleaner I have used yet, it's pretty good stuff, but not particularly cheap.

Needs to get out more Joined: Sep 05, 2010 Posts: 114

I'm looking at getting this kit from e-bay, Is this the one to get (mine's a blue hood)
Renovo hood cleaning kit blue

Camped on the site Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 314

It sure looks like it, but the usual eBay precautions apply.

Needs to get out more Joined: Sep 05, 2010 Posts: 114

Usual ebay precautions?

Camped on the site Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 314

Watch out for dodgy sellers! Smile

Needs to get out more Joined: Sep 05, 2010 Posts: 114

Cheers, my moto is not to buy from ebay items that are worth more than I can afford to loose.

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:01 pm

Hi
Best thing for getting rid of the green moss is baby bottle sterilizing fluid such as Milton and a soft brush. I used it on my blue hood especially round the stitched areas with a toothbrush,a few scrubs then put the hose on it and it just run off.

Colin

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:26 pm

I tried the MIlton (still had some in the house) but it didnt work for me.
Got he Renovo kit of cleaner and re-proofer and it took 95% of the green moss (Lychen ?) out of the roof. You will need a large firm (but not too hard) brush for the roof, and a small nail brush for the stitch area's.
Use a jet washer from a 2 metre's distance to rinse out, and do this 3 times to really get a deep clean.
They didnt offer a green re-colour product so I just re-proofed it and it looked better, but not "as new" like the black roofs can do if they have been re-coloured.