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[fred666]

I'm sure I read somewhere on here of someone attempting to dye their soft top?

 

did it work?

 

what product did you use?

 

How does it affect the waterproofing?

 

I have a dark blue soft top, I know it's easier to swap with someone but the chances of someone wanting a dark blue soft top are slim, and mine has been re-sewn so isn't quite as neat as most.

 

Cheers

[wbanixon]

what colour are you wanting to do it?

 

renovo soft top reviver is really good stuff they do that in blue. black etc... they do renovo water proofer aswel.

 

i used both on mine when i bought my vx and made it look brand new again

[fred666]

sorry. Black I'm after. Was you roof originally black?

[anz3001]

I used Renovo on my 'heavily' faded black top. Considering how faded it was it did a great job.

[wbanixon]

yes mine was black but quite faded like how anz3001 said. i used the black renovo and it done a brilliant job. it took a few coats but looks great now.

[fred666]

Tempted to try it, just a little dubious over blue...

[mark moyz]

I bought some cheap softtop cleaner and some water proofer from Halfords and it came up very well. Almost looks like new now as before it was starting to look a little grey and had some dark and light patches on it. Done for less than 20 quid.

[fred666]

The roof isn't in bad condition, it's just the wrong colour lol

 

I've used Renovo before on a black roof and was happy with the results, just never tried to dye over blue to black.

 

[mark moyz]

If I had a silver or orange Vx I might be interested but I don't think it works with me rab red.

[Samwise]

It would be much easier to just swap the soft top i'm sure. A dark blue one must be fairly uncommon (never seen one myself in the flesh) and you say the chances of someone wanting to trade for a black one would be slim but we do have a fair few number of crazy coloured Vx's on the forum, im sure you can find atleast one person that wants to spice things up that little bit more.

Stick up a wanted/For sale thread, who knows you might find a queue of people wanting to trade (not me mind you )

[fred666]

worth a try sam

[MartinS]

I've got  a dark blue roof and have bought renovo to recolour it. Will be doing it in the next few weeks so will let you know how it goes.

 

Martin s

 

[MartinS]

Finally done the renovo dark blue reviver on my soft top and its come up really well.

 

Martin S

 

[Kieran McC]

Finally done the renovo dark blue reviver on my soft top and its come up really well.

 

Martin S

 

 

Blue Rinse  

[slindborg]

just find a local vehicle upholsterers and get it refubed with new black fabric. Black fabric is p*ss cheap.... almost cheaper than the renovation goo