Re: Cleaning tolex?

JP wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:31:12 -0500, Dave Curtis
<dbaudiotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 07 Mar 2009 03:09:20 GMT, claudel@xxxxxxxxx (Claude V. Lucas)
wrote:

In article <rqn3r411u667q223tav47q7d0lvqif6ucb@xxxxxxx>,
Dave Curtis <dbaudiotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 07 Mar 2009 01:14:19 GMT, claudel@xxxxxxxxx (Claude V. Lucas)
wrote:

In article <9dg3r4lqru4agb3ls37nrtgfjdsb4mkas9@xxxxxxx>,
Dave Curtis <dbaudiotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 06 Mar 2009 16:15:07 GMT, claudel@xxxxxxxxx (Claude V. Lucas)
wrote:

In article <s382r4tp0mmegisn87or1ikf24ebimiela@xxxxxxx>,
Dave Curtis <dbaudiotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 06 Mar 2009 05:03:59 GMT, claudel@xxxxxxxxx (Claude V. Lucas)
wrote:

In article <L-ydnZMI_MbbPy3UnZ2dnUVZ_jyWnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Axtman <daxt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What products do you recommend to clean tolex? I don't expect it to become pristine new, just get the years of dirt and dust off.

Meguiars Vinyl Conditioner
I've tried it, and have to say I like Gel-Gloss better. I'll use the
Meguiars on the car.

http://tinyurl.com/dmnffc


http://tinyurl.com/besg5o

Silicone-free = good.

Yeah, buddy! I came 2" away from smashing my foot after Armor-Alling
my MusicMan. I'll never use that crap again. Lost one of the Sylvania
6CA7 fat bottles.

I did my Pro Rreverb about 7 years ago with GG and it still looks
pristine new.

The aerosol is quick 'n easy:
http://tinyurl.com/dn6p3s

I use the liquid diluted w/ water for tolex.

Carnauba wax?
Mmmm. Great *cleaner*, too. It does have polishing compound, so if you
rub too hard, it gets too shiny (careful on faceplates). The way I use
it on tolex is mainly as a cleaner and it's blotted off with damp
towels and not allowed to dry (as you would on the tub surround ;o).
Then the tolex is towel-dried. Comes out very non-slippery and
new-looking.

Do ya have to order it from the maker? I've never noticed it.
You can get it at the hardware store. Get the liquid so you can cut it
down.

Meguiars #40 is easy to get and it's not slippery either.
Well, not like Armor-All (butter-finger juice), that's for sure, but
still more so than the GG, IMHO. I like it because it cleans

I once got hold of a dual rectifier SUNN 2000S that spent a few
decades in a barn somewhere. Rodents had feasted on the output
tranny wires. It was shit encrusted. Literally. Genuine barn critter leavings.
Sad. Makes you wonder.

I had a V4 (V2?) in on the bench that was great on the outside, but in
the (thankfully) distant past had been used as a maternity ward for
cockroaches. Ick. That was gross. I had a clue before I opened it up;
there was a leg sticking out somewhere...

MM cloned the tranny, and I took the box into the shower with
a brush and a bottle of Murphy's Oil Soap. Only took about an
hour to scrape down to the vinyl. A jug of #40 and it was good
as new except for the rusted metal parts.
Murphy's is a great mild cleaner. Gel-Gloss is more aggressive. It
has solvents and crystalline silica, which is why I cut it with H20,
and blot it off after brushing it into the cracks. It can polish
metal when used full-strength, and most tolex isn't shiny when new, so
you need to be careful not to buff this stuff (per the package
instructions).

Meguiars #40 is definitely good stuff (sunscreen, too!), but it's more
of a treatment than a cleaner. That would be the Meguiars #39. GG
does both very well. The amp in the PhotoBucket link was done with
only the GG. Maybe it's just me, but the #40 feels "filmy".

Gotta go pull some more friggin' snow off the roof...
Damn..gotta go outside and adjust my back brakes ...kind of warm...75
or so with partly cloudy and 15 mph wind....might just nap under the
car if I don't watch out...lol
rear drums? haven't seen those in awhile...
.

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