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Post Cleaning a Wendy Roof
When I last owned 2CVs about fifteen years ago, I cleaned my Wendy Roofs with a powerful solvent which she sold for that very purpose. Amélie's roof has got pretty grubby having been in the workshop since June. What's generally the best method of cleaning them?

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What I heard is to use groene zeep (green soap), as we call it in Holland. Don't know if it is available in the UK.
It's also called zachte zeep, soft soap.
A brand wich sells it is Tricel.

This soap works very good on a standard roof. It cleans, brings the colour back and keeps the roof soft/smooth/flexible.

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Tom Duckpower wrote:
What I heard is to use groene zeep (green soap), as we call it in Holland. Don't know if it is available in the UK.
It's also called zachte zeep, soft soap.
A brand wich sells it is Tricel.

This soap works very good on a standard roof. It cleans, brings the colour back and keeps the roof soft/smooth/flexible.


This stuff?
http://www.tricel.com/

Clothes washing powder?

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This is gold-soap, which is the same as "green soap"...

But I don't know how it is called on the other side of the canal.

This soap used to be made with hemp-oil...

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Tom Duckpower wrote:
More like this:

This is gold-soap, which is the same as "green soap"...

But I don't know how it is called on the other side of the canal.

This soap used to be made with hemp-oil...


What would the normal person use it for?

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household cleaning, for greasestains in clothes
It's aslo very good for greasy hands, it's a good grease remover.

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Tom Duckpower wrote:
household cleaning, for greasestains in clothes
It's aslo very good for greasy hands, it's a good grease remover.


I don't think we've got a direct equivalent over here - we'd normally use different cleaning products for those jobs.

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On a wendy hood, ive used Jizer Bio to great effect, it dissolves muck like no -ones business.

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Tom Duckpower wrote:

This soap used to be made with hemp-oil...


:lol: ...not conforming to any national steryotypes then!

weve got Cillit BANG

or use flash or one of the generic copies from your supermarket.

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Sorry but I wouldn't buy Cillit Bang on principle. That bloody awful man shouting in the TV advert.

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