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Another job worth doing for E-Type Day was renovating the double-duck hood with Renovo's new restoration kit..... It's easy to apply and, although it took two coats of dye to cover the faded patches, the result was a vast improvement on the scruffy original.
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August 2004 |
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August 2004 |
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August 2004 |
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Vinyl Ultra Proofer Review from golf1cabriolet.com
All in French |
Conclusion :
NE cherchez pas, Prenez le rénovo ! Vous pouvez même avant d'appliquer "l'ultra proofer", utiliser le Renovo "soft top cleaner" afin de bien nettoyer votre capote. ce produit a tout pour lui: prix, facilité, rapidité de séchage, commande en ligne, efficacité....un MUST
See the whole review here...
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Vinyl Ultra Proofer Review from Cab-Land.com
All in French |
Ma conclusion
Comme vous le voyez, après l'épisode du nettoyage au savon, qui si cela avait marché, aurait été la vraie bonne nouvelle, il a fallu se tourner vers des produits plus efficaces.
Ce produit m'a donné entièrement satisfaction, mais il est aussi clair que les photos ne lui rendent pas justice, car :
- Comme le produit m'avait été prêté, je n'ai pas forcé sur la dose, qui selon RENOVO doit être 2 fois supérieure.
- C'est le produit préventif, et non curatif qui a été utilisé.
Par conséquent, je vais foncer chez un distributeur RENOVO pour acheter un kit complet (curatif, préventif et lunette), qui me permettra de restaurer et entretenir trimestriellement cette satanée toile cirée qui me sert de capote. Je suis persuadé que sur une capote moins attaquée que la mienne cela se passera bien.
Attention, je ne fais pas de propagande, et je ne gagne rien dans l'affaire. Je sais, de part mes recherches, que des distributeurs proposent des produits du même style, et cela vaudra probablement la peine de l'essayer.
See the whole review here...
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Practical Classics
Brian Cox's IN GEAR new product tests and reviews |
“BRUSH WITH AN EFFECTIVE HOOD REVIVER”
Cloth hoods add a touch of class to open cars, but over a period they tend to fade and look shabby. Now they can be given a new lease of life and returned to their original colour with RENOVO Hood Reviver.
It can be used on canvas, double duck or mohair hoods, but is not suitable for vinyl.
We tried our Hood Reviver on a badly faded 30 year old canvas hood and found that two applications were necessary to complete the coverage. One litre would seem to be sufficient for two coats on most four -seater tourers.
It makes a hood look new again.
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Jaguar Enthusiast |
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“THE
BIG CLEAN UP”
RENOVO
have come up with some excellent products
for those of us pestered with dirty and grubby convertible hoods.
First there's Hood Reviver for double duck, canvas or mohair
soft tops. It helps renovate discoloured and faded hoods and
comes in either black, dark blue or brown for a simple brush
on or sponge application. It dries quickly and within an hour
a second coat can be applied to bring up
the lustre of the original hood condition.
Then there's Plastic Window Cleaner to offset some of the problems
normally associated with this type of window in convertibles.
As the hood folds down scratches occur from microscopic canvas
friction marks. With the new cleaner these
marks can be polished out, which can also reduce significantly
the cloudiness that is also common with this type of rear screen.
This is not a miracle cleaner so it does not work on screens
that are so severely scratched that you can't see out of them,
but as the photos show, it can work very
well if applied correctly and carefully.
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Mirror Newspaper
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“IT'S
AS HOOD AS NEW”
If YOUR convertible hood looks a bit tired, there's no
need to buy a new one. For £48 I got a kit of hood
reviver, proofer, dry cleaner and even a polish to remove scratches
and cloudiness from the plastic back window.
An afternoon's work and the hood on my Merc
SL now looks brand new. Just as well, since a
new one is two-grand territory.
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“RENOVO
ULTRA PROOFER"
Designed to be applied after the Renovo Reviver to restore the
water-proof barrier and repel stains. As with the dye it is
brushed on and allowed to cry and again it worked well. When
hosed down it repelled water strongly initially and did so for
longer than its rivals.
Conclusion:
It's the first time we've tested Renovo's products and they
performed well. If your roof has the specific problems
the Reviver and Ultra Proofer deal with, give them a try.
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Quantum Owners Club |
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“A
Solution to the Faded Hood Problem”
Renovo
Hood Reviver....
“ the end result is quite
outstanding! You can't see any residue on the surface,
the colour is completely even and if in the long-term durability
is as good as they claim (no cracking and a special sealer prevents
fading) then this is one product which is
worthy of its advertising (and believe me for cynical
advertising man to say that; it has to be good!)"
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Gerry's Tech Tips |
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“COVER-UP
JOB”
Our Quantum 2+2 was needed on display at the Chatham Show, and
the only part of the car that did not look good as new was the
hood.
For appearances sake we decided to treat it with Hood
Reviver.
It was a simple enough task. We chose a warm spring day and
started by brushing the hood with a stiff clothes brush to remove
any dust, then simply painted on the Hood Reviver with a two
inch brush.
After removing the masking tape we stood back to admire
the results. The car looked great
with a hood as good as new and all
ready for the Chatham Show.
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“RENOVO
ON TEST”
The packaging says "The definitive Plastic Window Polish"
Oh yeah? Well actually, if not THE definitive polish (I struggle
to award 10 out of 10, it's pretty darned close to it ....probably
9.5 out of 10.
It's quite rare
that I test a product that's as good as it boasts, especially
when, like RENOVO's, those boasts are plastered all over the
bottle.
But, bless me, RENOVO works.
Not only does it remove scratches
from perspex and plastic rear hood windows, it's easy
to do.
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Jeff Howlett |
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“Spray
hoods are wonderful things”
They keep you inside in the dry, yet you can still see out through
the clear plastic panels. Until the plastic becomes scratched
by the continuous folding up and down of the wood, and ultra-violet
rays make the panels go cloudly.
This new product from Renovo aims
to put that right by removing cloudiness and scratches, using
a simple polish-on, polish-off process.
I tried the stuff on the corner sections of my wheelhouse windows,
which are curved and, therefore, perspex and which were very
cloudy. I admit I was sceptical. After all, the perspex is 3/16in
(8mm) thick and much tougher than the flexible panels one finds
in a hood. However, I've gone over them twice and there is a
dramatic improvement - I reckon a
third dose will restore them to close to their original clarity.
A lot cheaper, at £14.95
for 100ml, and easier than new windows or
hood.
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Product Reviews |
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“Renovo
Polish”
Renovo's Plastic Window Polish is
now beginning to establish itself as an aviation
product for cleaning and polishing
perspex cockpit canopies and windshields.
As soon as you start to use a light aeroplane the windshield
quickly loses some of the wonderful clarity it had when new.
Once it has been dusted a few times, washed down, and suffered
being taken off through someone elses dusty slipstream or flown
through a batter of hail, it soon begins to show signs of damage
in the form of microscopic scratches. These have their worst
effect landing into a low sun and makes it virtually impossible
to see anything straight ahead.
There are many products on the market to polish plastics but
not all are ideal for aeroplane canopies. Renovo
Window Polish, to judge from the testing I have done,
fills the bill pretty well.
I've used it on a well-worn, 25 year old windshield of a Gruman
AA-5 and I could easily see just what a distinct improvement
the Renovo polish made to pilot vision, 'healing'
many of the hairline scratches. The result
is quite amazing; it isn't 'as new' but it is very
much the better for its treatment.
If you are one of those pilots who use a waterproof cover to
protect their aeroplanes, you might well be interested in a
few other Renovo products. These include a Cleaner that shifts
bird-droppings, salt, leaf-gum, and general gunge from the aircraft
cover with ease and without harming its waterproofing; an Ultra
Proofer that reproofs the cover and contains an ultra-violet
inhibitor and resists mould and mildew; and a Colour Reviver
to smarten up the appearance of your parked machine.
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