[jmiller99]

Hello All,

I've just pulled out my soft top from the garage to put back on. It's been in my Florida garage for about 6 months. In that time a considerable amount of mildew and mold had covered the inside cloth of the soft top. I have tried various cleaning products including: baking soda + bleach, bleach, borax and Mean Green Cleaner. Although the soft top is in slightly better condition than before, it is still pretty rough. Does anyone have any suggestions for salvaging this?

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Thank you in advance,
Jeff

 

[Jerry Bransford]

That's pretty bad, good luck getting it cleaned up reasonably well. I dunno if this will totally clear it up, likely not since mildew/mold can permanently stain, but I'd first soak it repeatedly for 3-4 days with aerosol Lysol to insure all the mold is completely dead. Then I'd take it to the local coin-op car wash and go after the mold with the high pressure soapy sprayer and a brush. Not much withstands that high pressure soapy sprayer in my experience.

 

[Burddog]

^^^That sounds like the plan i would use. Although I would hand scrub it with Lysol Mr Clean. You might also try some brands of carpet/upolstery foaming cleaner.

 

[NakedJeeper]

Like Jerry said, it's likely stained.
Steam?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ljjoLImGT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjaBtA_Grc