hitop roof

[ThomChloe]

hi wondered if anyone could tell me if there is anything good for cleaning my hitop top roof once i have washed it. its a bit discoloured ive taken some old stickers off and wanting to try and get it gleaming cheers.

[Oldiebut goodie]

Starbrite http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARBRITE-FIB ... 3cc7673b29 then a top quality waxing.

[ThomChloe]

cheers for that ill get some ordered

[kentishvanman]

Hi,
I did mine with Vim. Cleaned it up a treat, then some polish it looks like new.
Don

[Plasticman]

thats the way cheap as a yorkshireman, good old vim
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[Oldiebut goodie]

[1664]

Won't Vim scratch tiny grooves into the gelcoat (the surface coat, I think that's what it's called).

An apprentice cleaned the gaffer's Daimler with Vim back in the seventies - looked great while it was still wet

[weimarbus]

Tesco value cream cleaner, less scratchy than Vim and has small amount of bleach to kill of the algae, mine gets done twice a year when I can be bothered to get the steps out and don't mind getting wet

[kentishvanman]

Hi,
I have cleaned mine with Vim twice now and hear what you say about scratching. I did mine a second time because after the first 'go' I left cleaning and polishing too long so traffic grime/birds etc etc built up and I had to re-do it. There does not appear to be any damage even in bright sunlight.
Maybe a less abrasive cream would be better but Vim shifts the muck quickly.
If I keep it clean, and polished, I won't have to re-Vim it.
Don

[Plasticman]

maybe a new thread should be started.

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To Vim or not to Vim
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[AdrianC]

Surely it depends on whether the hightop is still in bare gelcoat, or whether it's been painted at some point in the past?

[1664]

Even if it had been painted I'd not use a scouring creme....well, certainly not the domestic variety.

T-Cut would be better for a 'one off' application for really difficult to shift stains, or Autoglym Resin Polish (although that might be too gentle in this case)

[lefty67]

did mine with Daz.