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Old 04-22-2022 | 01:08 AM
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Old 04-22-2022 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nicholascanada
Finally getting my convertible after a few years search for something good, and wondered what people use for products to clean and/or protect the top? (I plan to ceramic the top) Also, any dos or don'ts when it comes comes to washing? (ie keep soap away from it, careful with pressure washer etc)
Raggtopp with a horse hair brush to clean it, Raggtopp fabric protector to seal it. Admittedly ignorant of using any kind of ceramic process on a fabric top
Old 04-22-2022 | 01:38 PM
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Nanolex is a great product!!
https://www.detailersdomain.com/coll...tible-top-care
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Few links:

Convertible (Roadster) Top Detailing

https://togwt1980.blogspot.com/2016/...detailing.html



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Old 04-23-2022 | 09:03 AM
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303 cleaner and protectant for the win along with a good horsehair brush as others have said. Don't touch it with a cloth as it will pull lint like crazy. Ask me how I know.

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Old 04-24-2022 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
303 cleaner and protectant for the win along with a good horsehair brush as others have said. Don't touch it with a cloth as it will pull limit like crazy. Ask me how I know.
I use a lint roller to get things off the top when that happens.
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Old 04-26-2022 | 03:56 PM
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This video just came out -

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Old 04-26-2022 | 05:18 PM
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I used the GYEON fabric coating on my 981 BGTS, and the water beading was insane - plan to look into it again when I receive my Spyder.

We took my dad's M2 to ESOTERIC in New Albany, OH to get corrected and ceramic coated, and they turned me onto the GYEON fabric coat. These guys are awesome...just a lot longer drive for me from Dallas to Ohio (as compared to Indy for my pops), or I would be taking the Spyder there!

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Old 04-26-2022 | 05:43 PM
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So they all seem to work about the same. Of course, there was no longevity test.

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Old 04-26-2022 | 06:04 PM
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Not the same based on my own experiment of RaggTop VS Porsche Tequipment Product.




RaggTop (top) looks better/blacker than Porsche


Water beading is much better with the Porsche product. RaggTop on the left, Porsche on the right



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Old 04-26-2022 | 07:42 PM
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Question for the group. Are you guys resealing your tops every year, every other year, or even longer time span?
Old 04-26-2022 | 08:49 PM
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I am guilty of not reading all posts. We’ve had our 2014 C4S since Dec 2015. I never use soap, etc on the top. I flood it with water and use a soft horsehair brush to loosen any remaining dirt. I finish by brushing front to rear. Once a year I will use Raggtop cleaner, then dry, then follow the general consensus re applying Raggtop sealer. I’ve been using the “hand wipe” technique to “push” the sprayed material into the canvas. I use a full can, drying between coats. Here is a photo of the top as it exists today, 5.5 years later. Again, I never use cleaner on the top during washes, only a soft brush, plenty of water, and a wipe from front to back while damp.



5.5 years of gentle cleaning - the only mark is from the fold.
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Pretty good PCA video in this weeks media push.

Covers Ragg Top, 303, and Porsche products

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZ_9pPRbL8

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Originally Posted by bb964
Not the same based on my own experiment of RaggTop VS Porsche Tequipment Product.




RaggTop (top) looks better/blacker than Porsche


Water beading is much better with the Porsche product. RaggTop on the left, Porsche on the right
Would love to see a 303 comparison.
Old 05-03-2022 | 01:07 PM
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303 performs the same as RaggTop, and some have said even better.


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