If the fabric is still strong and fresh, you can clean it with normal
cleaning agents.  They often get pinched by the pop top and discolored from
the rubber.
It is a two person job where one holds a board on the inside and the other
guy is cleaning on the outside with soap and water and brushing.
The fabric is thin and maybe week now, being old, so be careful not to
overdo the scrubbing.
Of course, the best is to take the whole top off and clean everything inside
and out.  Only its a pain to screw all the little screws back to place
again, not to mention how heavy the whole thing is.  Also a two person job,
preferably.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mariposa Charme" <mariposaducharme@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:26 AM
Subject: dry rot on pop top

Hello All,

I am a new member to the mailing list! I am quite impressed by it, and hope
to contribute to it, when I gain a little more knowledge!

I am an excited new owner of a 83 westi. She needs a name, and a lot of
work.

My first task is to give her a complete, well deserved, �make-over� (major
interior clean-up) I found some dry rot on the fabric of the pop-top. It�s
black. I am not sure how to go about removing the ungodly stain.

Is there any way to remove the stain without removing the fabric? (That
looks like quite the endeavour.).

Thanks!

Marie,
Yukon Territory

Happy 4th of July to all my neighbours �down South�!
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