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Subject:Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
From:Thomas Casal
Date:Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:26:27 -0400

That’s what I thought it was but it looks so black. Anyway to stop creating
the aluminum powder?

On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 1:25 PM <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's mostly aluminum powder from the hinge wearing, and likely can't be
> cleaned off, since it's so fine and embedded in the fibers.  No way for
> much "dirt" to get up there.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of
> Thomas Casal
> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 7:23 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
>
> Hey volks,
> What do you guys do to prevent the hinge dust from soiling your pop top
> canvas? I have a few year old canvas and it looks terrible with that hinge
> dirt on it. I don’t even know if an upholstery cleaner will clean it. Peace
> Tom
>
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