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ethirtydavid Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2013 Posts: 40 Location: portland or
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:31 pm Post subject: Is that pop top dirty? CLEAN IT WITH THIS! |
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I'm surrounded by large trees, which is nice. The westy though gets constant sap, huge needle piles, branches etc. I can also tell that the top itself has likely never been cleaned, at least not really..
So, today I blew off the debris and decided to really clean it. I used this great grease removing hand soap [Orange Goop - with pumice. Harbor freight] shown below- many of you probably use it after working on the car.
It's seriously effortless, the entire top was done in about 20 minutes and it was very rewarding.
Two towels.
I dampen the first in a cup of water and apply hand soap to. With this I lightly scrub the surface in circular motion. The second towel is just damp with water and I wipe it all down and take the debris away with it. The surface in the last picture is slightly wet but you can see the difference. Take a look.
keep that top clean, folks. |
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HoustonPhotog Samba Member
Joined: February 20, 2013 Posts: 1514 Location: Houston, TX
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Rallyedude Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2009 Posts: 206 Location: Aylmer, QC
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Wow , that looks awesome! That stuff sucks for cleaning your hands though . Looks like you found a great use for it though . _________________ 85 2wd Doka ABA In progress
82 westy diesel under the knife , MTDi ,weddle gears |
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ethirtydavid Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2013 Posts: 40 Location: portland or
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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There are different types of hand cleaner like this- can't imagine how you've had bad results with this brand though ..
I've been to my knees in grease and can't imagine an easier way to effortlessly remove it than this stuff. |
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outdoornate65 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2012 Posts: 161 Location: SE burbs of Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Quick.....get some Penetrol on that top. _________________ 1984 Westfalia Wolfsburg "Nana" |
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flomulgator Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2013 Posts: 950 Location: Leavenworth, WA
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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That is freakin amazing. I have a bit of that black stuff (mold?) on my top but no amount of scrubbing with car soap gets off. Will the citrus stuff harm the finish? Because if not I am totally going to do this (then penetrol!) _________________ She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro! |
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tam_shops Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2012 Posts: 1530 Location: Vancouver BC
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I thought I read that if you put Penetrol on a white pop top it'd make it yellow? I put it on my blue one and it made it beautiful, couldn't live with out it! No personal experience w/ the white though, check around...
tam
outdoornate65 wrote: |
Quick.....get some Penetrol on that top. |
_________________ 1987 Vanagon Westfalia GL Automatic
Making it special:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=545885 |
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outdoornate65 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2012 Posts: 161 Location: SE burbs of Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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tam_shops wrote: |
I thought I read that if you put Penetrol on a white pop top it'd make it yellow? I put it on my blue one and it made it beautiful, couldn't live with out it! No personal experience w/ the white though, check around...
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Good point....forgot about the slight yellowish tint. My top is tan so I was not worried about discoloration. Imagine the blue and maroon look amazing after "the treatment".
Nate _________________ 1984 Westfalia Wolfsburg "Nana" |
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ethirtydavid Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2013 Posts: 40 Location: portland or
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Honestly this stuff cleans it so well I wouldn't even bother with a coating over it. I wouldn't apply anything that made the top change colors..
This pumice hand soap is not invasive or corrosive at all to the top. |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16473 Location: Brookeville, MD
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alijonny Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2007 Posts: 328 Location: Des Plaines, IL
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I learned-and forgot about this trick from an old Bodyman I knew. I had a bay window bus that was chalky and he told me to use some pumice hand cleaner cut with water and I would be able to get my shine back with minimal hand effort. It worked! Looks nice! _________________ 1965 Beetle
1990 Syncro Westfalia
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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dobryan wrote: |
If you don't want to use Penetrol a good quality wax coating will help preserve your efforts.... |
agrees, else the fresh paint oxidizes again, quicker the next time. _________________
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