Thanks everyone for your input.
Alistair, I have waxoyl cavity wax and hard wax. I'm guessing the cavity
wax would be best for this application unless you'd recommend a different
brand all together. What do you feel is the better option wax, paint or
both paint then wax? I feel like the paint will need some type of lubricant
on it so it doesn't turn to dust as well. You aren't feeling a silicone
type lubricant in this application?I'm sure nothing is a perfect solution.

On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 9:51 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> Aluminum dust? The hinges are steel, with electroplated galvanized coating
> ( zinc) . The hinge bolts steel too.
> But I do agree that the dust is from the mechanism rubbing.  If you don’t
> want to paint the hinges, try some hard car wax.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> > On Jul 6, 2021, at 2:26 PM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
>