soft top leaking

[stagerme]

I got caught in heavy rain yesterday and my roof was letting water through! I noticed the roof was wet inside especially around the frame,had quite a rew drips on me, whats the best way to water proof the roof? Also anyone know where the water pipe clip on the front is suppose to fix to,I mean the pipe from the bottom of rad.

[AlanD]

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hi you need to talk to Chris, vmad, he is the expert for frames and hoods



Alan

[milothedog]

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Hi Cliff,

I used the Renovo stuff to re dye mine, worked a treat so I would assume their other products would be as good. They have quite a good web site.

http://www.renovointernational.com/products/products.html

Ian.

[Greenstag]

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I've successfully used Granger's Fabsil. You can buy in large quantities (2.5l) in most caravanning and camping shops.

[martin]

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Hiya, agree with Milothedog, although Renovo is not cheap, it's pretty much the industry standard.
If you look behind the steel water pipe, about half way down, you'll see a bolt going into the timing cover, the clamp fits under that. Martin.

[Andy Rundell]

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I use the Renovo proofer , seems to work well for me

......... Andy

[jleyton]

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Andy Rundell wrote:

I use the Renovo proofer , seems to work well for me

......... Andy

Ditto - and it was pouring through my roof where the hood rails touched the material before I used Renovo :shock:

[milothedog]

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jleyton wrote:

Andy Rundell wrote:

I use the Renovo proofer , seems to work well for me

......... Andy

Ditto - and it was pouring through my roof where the hood rails touched the material before I used Renovo :shock:

When I used the coloured reviver "Blue" It looked patchy and I thought what have I done! but it dried out fine and did exactly what they claimed it would. It's just a case of following the instructions re application for the best results.

[Arbman Al]

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Andy Rundell wrote:

I use the Renovo proofer , seems to work well for me

......... Andy

Just bought some off Ebay to do mine as it has been leaking.

Got it from here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

whichwas the cheapest I could find at the time.

Any tips, or just follow the instructions?

Cheers....Al

[jleyton]

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Just follow the instructions and don't worry that it's not going to work

It's got the consistency of nat's p**s and you'll never believe it's going to work, but it does

I totally agree with Milothedog that "It looked patchy and I thought what have I done! but it dried out fine and did exactly what they claimed it would"

Good luck and you've reminded me that I need to do my new hood - has anyone used the cleaner that they recommend using first?

Cheers

Julian

[Arbman Al]

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jleyton wrote:

Just follow the instructions and don't worry that it's not going to work

It's got the consistency of nat's p**s and you'll never believe it's going to work, but it does

I totally agree with Milothedog that "It looked patchy and I thought what have I done! but it dried out fine and did exactly what they claimed it would"

Good luck and you've reminded me that I need to do my new hood - has anyone used the cleaner that they recommend using first?

Cheers

Julian

Thanks Julian.

Is one coat enough or do 2?

Al

[stagerme]

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Thanks for yourreplys guys Renovo it is.

Martin I did see that hole to fix the water pipe cllip to but cannot seem to find a bolt to fit,so was not sure if it was the right place.

Cheers Cliff

[milothedog]

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I carefully steam cleaned mine first, You'll be amazed how much S**t that it gets out of it.

I would imagine an ordinary DIY pressure washer would do the job as well, (no detergent) just don't get it too close and be sensible.

Ian.

[jleyton]

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Arbman Al wrote:

Thanks Julian.

Is one coat enough or do 2?

Al

To be honest Al, I can't remember :shock:

I'm sure I did what they said so if they recommendtwo then that's what I did.

Cheers

Julian

[Andy Rundell]

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Arbman Al wrote:

jleyton wrote:

Just follow the instructions and don't worry that it's not going to work

It's got the consistency of nat's p**s and you'll never believe it's going to work, but it does

I totally agree with Milothedog that "It looked patchy and I thought what have I done! but it dried out fine and did exactly what they claimed it would"

Good luck and you've reminded me that I need to do my new hood - has anyone used the cleaner that they recommend using first?

Cheers

Julian

Thanks Julian.

Is one coat enough or do 2?

Al

I give mine a couple of coats Al, there is plenty in the bottle for twolots, my thinking was that it ensures that the cover is well saturated with the proofer and i was less likely to have missed any parts

.............Andy