After getting my Zed back on the road, I'm start to tackle the little jobs..
After heavy rain, or not getting used for a week or so, that water was seeping through the fabric and dripping into the interior. Basically if you rubbed your hand over the inside of the roof, it got very wet
On top of that the roof was staring to show a little bit too much green mouldy bits.
So, starting by cleaning it first here some pics..
This is before shot.. it's not in bad condition, just a bit dirty..
you can see mould and green gunk along the seem edges, and round the back windows
I know there are other products out there, but I used these as a I had some left from doing a car years ago..
Basically paint the cleaner on in sections, to make sure you've covered it all. Applying it well into the seems. The roof needs to be damp to start with, as i'd had some rain that morning.. it was..
I left it 20 mins and went over it reasonably firmly with an old scrubbing brush with a bucket of hot water ( to use with the brush), making sure I worked the seems, spots and any areas where the roof was seemed or edged, e.g. round the back window.
Then rinse it until the water runs clear off the roof.. It will take 5 mins to get it all clear. I also had a second bucket of cold water to rinse the dirty brush in between doing the scrubbing.
And then paitiently leave it to dry.. and the last three pictures show it dried before using the proofer..
I decided not to use the renovo reviver, as i don't think the roof is badly faded and I quite like the fact the seems are still grey. I'd rather leave them to it. If like me you wait for the roof to dry before Proofing it, a little run will help dry it off..
Proofing was simple, and a more info to follow on that next...
After heavy rain, or not getting used for a week or so, that water was seeping through the fabric and dripping into the interior. Basically if you rubbed your hand over the inside of the roof, it got very wet
On top of that the roof was staring to show a little bit too much green mouldy bits.
So, starting by cleaning it first here some pics..
This is before shot.. it's not in bad condition, just a bit dirty..
you can see mould and green gunk along the seem edges, and round the back windows
I know there are other products out there, but I used these as a I had some left from doing a car years ago..
Basically paint the cleaner on in sections, to make sure you've covered it all. Applying it well into the seems. The roof needs to be damp to start with, as i'd had some rain that morning.. it was..
I left it 20 mins and went over it reasonably firmly with an old scrubbing brush with a bucket of hot water ( to use with the brush), making sure I worked the seems, spots and any areas where the roof was seemed or edged, e.g. round the back window.
Then rinse it until the water runs clear off the roof.. It will take 5 mins to get it all clear. I also had a second bucket of cold water to rinse the dirty brush in between doing the scrubbing.
And then paitiently leave it to dry.. and the last three pictures show it dried before using the proofer..
I decided not to use the renovo reviver, as i don't think the roof is badly faded and I quite like the fact the seems are still grey. I'd rather leave them to it. If like me you wait for the roof to dry before Proofing it, a little run will help dry it off..
Proofing was simple, and a more info to follow on that next...
