Mohair hood cleaning

[Ken Nugent]

Hi All
Just looking to put the Z back on the road and the original hood requires cleaning. It has no green algae on it, its just dusty and has a rub mark from the plastic window. I have read allsorts of hints and tips of how to do it and what to use but they all seem to have a different opinion and some have down sides to them. From experience can anyone help with a product and a process.

Many thanks
Ken

 

[andyglym]

A variety of cleaners on the market that do the same thing.

1. Damp the roof down
2. Spray liberally on the roof (try not to get any on the paint as you'll need to wash it off).
3. Scrub with a course sponge, usually provided
4. Dry off with a shammy or similar and leave.

All sorts of snake oil out there like 'reproofers'. The roof is supposed to wick the water away, if you apply a 'reproofer' it won't let the water get to the rubber waterproof membrane, it'll dry and crack then you'll have a leak. The roof suppliers love this stuff as it keeps them in buisiness.

 

[petecossie]

The latest Car SOS have a MX5 as the subject and revived a soft top that was really grotty, it looked great when finished. They didn’t use a pressure washer at all, but used fairly ordinary products and elbow grease. Worth looking on catch up to see how they did it.
Good luck.

 

[Ianmc]

Agree less is more with this one. My car is used all year round and I just wash it with the sponge/car shampoo most weeks. Hood is original.