Cabriolet hood cleaned with mechanical brushes and hot high-volume rinse, dried, then sealed with two-year nano-coating. Krytox on all door rubbers. Scuttle gutters cleared. Two-stage polish and Matrix Blue ceramic on the bodywork.
This cabriolet hood clean began the way most do: mechanical brushes and strong detergent to break down the lichen, moss, and algae that builds up in the fabric, followed by a high-volume, low-pressure hot water rinse. Our pressure washers are not the same as domestic or hire-shop ones -- they push a high volume of water at lower pressure. A domestic pressure washer can destroy a soft-top; ours will not.
Once the roof is clean, we remove as much water as possible with an air blade before leaving it to dry completely. Waterproof coatings will not bond to a wet roof.
Convertibles seal through the windows pressing against the door rubbers. Those rubbers dry out and shrink over time, which is one of the most common causes of water getting into a soft-top car. We treat them with Krytox, which restores the rubber and keeps the seal tight.
We also cleaned out the guttering in the scuttle area where the hood is stored when it is down. Leaves and debris block those drainage channels and eventually back up into the car. Cleared as a matter of course on every roof job.
The hood was then treated with a two-year waterproof nano-coating. The car also had a two-stage machine polish and Matrix Blue 3-year ceramic coating on the bodywork.
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