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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
      Keymaster

      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
      Member

      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

    • 25th July 2026 at 11:31 #26067
      Laurence Jones
      Keymaster

      I’m sure they can be recovered, but might take some practice to get the canvas to stretch and stick neatly on the curves. Should be possible though.

      I’ve had great success recolouring both Cabriolet and Convertible roofs, using this Canvas Dye. I’d imagine it would work well recolouring blue back to Black.

      Laurence

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