Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Is there anything you can apply to a soft top to restore its suppleness and shine?

I've got one here that is a bit less flexy than when it was new, a bit duller, and I am thinking that doing something now might extend its life a bit.

I've used a soft wax type product, sorry forget its name. brush it on on a warm day, works well, but too much on = shit. can also be tinted with enamel paint. ~ $20 per litre (enough to do a lwb soft top 2x)

I gave mine a good dose of Armoral and left it on overnight and repeated it the following night


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I remember using a whole can of some type of foamy show polish on Dads softop of his Sierra, then we proceeded to use half a bottle of baby oil. I don't which one, but it helped slightly. BTW, the stuff was old and lying around, we didn't bi it.

Also carefull what you use if the top has any clear panels, we eventually bought a second hand top for $50, and the owner said the clear panels were all blacked out because of something he cleaned it with. (probably acid based).

Vinyl roofs can just about handle anything to clean them, I have used truck wash and a scrubbing brush before and got good results. Kerosene is also good as being oil based it leaves a film and water runs off it.
If the top is hard and brittle there is not much you can do for it, i have used some hi quality vinyl conditioners over the years with various results, they will make it shiny. When applying conditioner warm up the top in the sun to help soften it. One product we used comes from http://www.uticolor.com.au/vinyl.htm#3
AVOID anything with silicone in it as it will advance the deteriation of the vinyl.
Studs and clips like WD40 every now and then and zips work better if lubed with baby oil or spray greese.
Window should be treated with care when new, just warm sopy water after hosing the bulk dirt off. When older you can use a window polish which will cut back the window and remove fine scratches and some clouding.
With my last top the windows were getting hard to see out of so as an experiment before changing the windows I used a fine cutting compound and a buff ( as panel shops use) and they came up awesome so I never changed them.

Thanks. It definitely isn't hard and brittle... yet. I just feel that it's getting on and has had no maintenance, so I might give some of that conditioner stuff a try. Even if it costs a bit it's better than forking for a new soft top.

Go to a decent boat shop, you can buy a product for boat canopies, it works great.
Restore original colour and softens