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MG MGF Technical - Cleaning The Hood

Hi everyone,

Someone recently posted an enquiry about Renovo hood restorer.

Just like to say that I have recently bought and tried the Auto Glym Fabric Hood Cleaning kit and it works extremely well. The hood came up like new.

Hope this helps anyone thinking of doing a bit of hood cleaning!

Keith Phillips

That was me Keith, I might give AG a whirl as it's a heck of a lot cheaper than Renovo! Cheers!
Ian Hamshaw

The reason that I used Renovo was that they do a renovator for black hoods (and a small range of colours) in addition to a cleaner and proofer.

As the hood got older I found that it needed a bit of a blacking a couple of times a year.

Now have a green hood so that is ruled out now.

May have to go back to the Ag set that is in the shed as well.
JohnP

Can't say I was overly impressed with AG.

Yes the hood came up v. well with the restorer, but the water-proofing wasn't what I expected.

I was expecting the rain to 'bead' on the fabric and run-off. But it only seems to do this in a light misty rain. In a downpour it just soaks in, as per usual.

Someone I spoke to about this, said that they used a water-proofing agent which they had bought from the chemist. I'm assuming that the chemist bought solution applies a polymer coating over the fabric?

Any thougts?

Matt.
Matt Wood

Or a waterproofer from any good camping shop?
JohnP

Has anyone any advice on cleaning bird lime off the hood? This must be a common problem and the general view is that it's not good for the material.

Cheers
Dave

This thread was discussed between 02/06/2004 and 03/06/2004

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