Cleaning made my blue top black (apologies to Crystal Gayle)

Started 31st May 2026 at 11:56 · keith thomas

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Gutted : used AutoGlym’s “Soft Top Clean and Protect” kit…….and it turned my lovely rare blue SC top to boring black ! Hoping it’s going to fade back to blue….

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- 31st May 2026 at 19:45 #25806
  
  Laurence Jones
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  Hi Keith,
  
  Oh no, that is not good to hear – have you contacted AutoGlym for advice on how to clean their cleaner off ?
  
  Have you photos ?
  
  Laurence
- 2nd June 2026 at 08:29 #25861
  
  keith thomas
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  I haven’t contacted AutoGlym….I suspect they would point to the bit in the instructions where it says ‘try out on a less visible area first…’. I am not quite sure where that would be on a car hood….plus there is the doubt over whether the hood has gone black because it’s wet or because…. it’s gone black ! The cleaning product is colourless/white so I guess it has removed the blue…at least temporarily….still have fingers crossed that it ‘fades’ to blue (perhaps on imminent trip to France, if the sun is shining there). A photo now would just be of…a black hood.
  
  As a matter of interest, can XJ-SC tops be re-covered ? Where ?
  
  K
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