just got back from the smash repair to remove the damage caused by an idiots key....they did a bit of detailing on GIO's bill...recommended baby oil for the soft top.
seems like a cheap and effective option that i had not read on this forum so far.
thought i would share it accordingly
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mhj
baby oil for the hood
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Re: baby oil for the hood
mhj wrote:just got back from the smash repair to remove the damage caused by an idiots key....they did a bit of detailing on GIO's bill...recommended baby oil for the soft top.
seems like a cheap and effective option that i had not read on this forum so far.
thought i would share it accordingly
enjoy
mhj
Just remember, whatever you put on your roof, will eventually leak to your body panels once it rains. I don't think baby oil is waterproof.
So ask yourself this question, would you like baby oil over your body panels? Plus will baby oil also cook if its exposed to extreme heat (ie. Aussie summer)? If it does, it might even harden the vinyl top and cause cracking.
Just as on off topic: Baby oil I think is similar to mineral oil - very fine, non abrasive oil. Reason I'm aware of this is that we were told once by a reputable bike dealer that if all fails, we can always use baby oil as the lubricant for our Shimano hydraulic disc brakes on our mountain bikes. Shimano only recommend mineral oil for their hydraulic discs.
A few of the guys I go riding with have done so for 3yrs now (it's much cheaper than mineral oil), and have had no problems with it.
Juffa wrote:I'm already in enought trouble for spending too much time with Tweety. If I was caught rubbing baby oil into her sleek, yet rounded torso....... heads off looking for a bottle....
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Yes what ever you put on your roof will go onto your body panel I know because i learnt the hard way
I put some vinyl protectant stuff on my roof looks awesome a few days later when it rained the roof was like it was before and my body panels were covered in oily crap
now i have the 303 convertible vinyl top kit which has the cleaner which i use when i wash the car then i apply the protectant on after its top is dried
it doesn't go onto the body panel altho it did once but thats because i use a bit too much 303
I put some vinyl protectant stuff on my roof looks awesome a few days later when it rained the roof was like it was before and my body panels were covered in oily crap
now i have the 303 convertible vinyl top kit which has the cleaner which i use when i wash the car then i apply the protectant on after its top is dried
it doesn't go onto the body panel altho it did once but thats because i use a bit too much 303
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