Mike Phillips demonstrates how to properly protect your canvas or vinyl convertible top 

thank you for your time to demo this video. i now know how to properly maintain my convertible, on behalf of the south texas corvette club, we thank you and appreciate the time and effort it took you to make this video.

Fantastic video and very detailed. Well done and very informative. Was great help. Thank you Mike.

Great host, great narration, great explanation, great video.

wow, very thorough!!!!! much, MUCH, appreciated. great friendly presentation. thanks mike!

Great video. Thank you.

Nice demo. Thanks.

Thank you for the kind words... Copy and paste the below into Google, Detailing How-To Book and Detailing How-To E-book The ibook just came out and it's full of how-to videos. -Mike Phillips

Good video learned alot

@Heytheresugar Whenever you see water beading diminish it's time to re-apply. -Mike

Either are top quality brands. I tend to go with RaggTopp in the past. -Mike Phillips

A very good video, Mike does a great job presenting everything you need to know. I was impressed. Mike, wear a bright Hawaiian shirt......just ....say'n.......

The old saying, "Use the least aggressive product to get the job done" comes to mind. I would recommend cleaning a top like I show first before super heating the fibers that make up a convertible top and any and all chemicals applied by the factory. -Mike Phillips

If my top looked that good I wouldn't need to clean it ! Why didn't you clean a dirty top and show how good your product works ,

Here's good rule of thumb for any part of your car... "Frequent car care is easy car care" And faster too. I'd start right away if it were mine, it certainly won't hurt anything. Most people don't do anything and then when the top starts looking ugly look for a "miracle" product. -Mike Phillips

how often should you wash the top

Lighter colored tops tend to show those dark spots that appear above the top's frame, and they're harder to eliminate.

What about the inside of the convertible top?

@Kevin172737 I'm going to guess you mean the "plastic" back window and not the front or side glass windows. The answer is "no" as long as you use common sense just like you should use with any tool used on a car. Also, you're supposed to soak the Boars Hair Brushes for 30 minutes before use to soften the natural hairs. -Mike

Thanks

Hi MIke - In between applying the fabric protector, what is the best way to keep the top clean and make sure it doesn't get stained? Should I vacuum the top and apply the fabric cleaner on a weekly basis or will this just remove the protector, requiring that it be reapplied? Thanks for the help.

I bought a brand new convertible and the top is already clean. Can I skip the washing and go straight to the protectant application?

Would you treat a canvas top on a Lincoln the same as a convertible?

I have a 66 mustang but it seems to have canvas top, i will go test it with water

Is it safe to use a steam cleaner as part of the cleaning process on a 'vert top to clean it?

Hi i have a 2003 Boxster , when rains heavily and continuously the canvas gets saturated and leaks inside. I understand there is a rubber sheet membrane included in the top as a layer of leakage protection. Will this product stop the leaks?

Will the brush scratch the windows?

I just purchased a canvas top VW Convertible. When shoul I treat the top?

Hello, just curious as to how to get rid of oil stains on my convertible top. I have tried simple green, Dawn, Meguiars top cleaner and nothing is working. Please help!

How often is it recommended to rinse the top with water and a special soap

Won't the chemicals in the soft top cleaner damage the paint on the car?

how many times should you do this a year?

Does anyone no how to correct a water burn on a convertible cloth top.my detail tech came to close to the top with the pressure wand,and made marks from the water.i call it water burn marks

Did I miss the “or vinyl convertible top” part of the video?

Huh? What do you mean when you say a top will "cause" problems? Do you mean convertible tops require more maintenance than a painted convertible hard top? -Mike Phillips

I have a sailcloth top. Is that considered cloth or vinyl? Someone told me vinyl, but I wasn't sure.

j'ai besoin les produits pour nettoyer ma voiture

The name of these products?

seriously folks. just take your car to your local carwash. by the time you drive home the top is dry, then simply buy a bottle of fabric repellent of your choice and spray/saturate your top in the sun and your done.

Would Scotchguard work?

Sure would be nice if the top was actually dirty. Then we could see what works and how.

Raggtop is garbage for canvas! Use Fabric 303. Total waste of money buying this Raggtop kit. The spray is fine and thin and meant more for new cars then anything with more then 2 years.

I see a lot of videos with people using pressure washers on their cloth/canvas tops for rinsing?This has always caused damage to mine. How do they use these without fraying the top/making it fuzzy?

What is your location???

use hair pomade it works great and make it shiny

I got sucked into a commercial ..

Is this guy showing us how to clean a convertible top or is he just trying to sell some expensive product that probably doesn't work anyways. ?

Take your convertible to a detaile shop have a professional clean and treat it they know what's best for your canvas or twill fabric top and what it takes to make it new again even if it needs dye to restore your convertible to new condition next step is to bye a new top people "" to many products on the market at auto stores especial waxes and cleaners your car deserves a premium professional detailing once a year !! 300 bucks gets outside inside under the hood trunk 6 hours later not bad for 300 hundred dollars for all you cheap people lmao

Thus dude thinks we're stupid

Too much talking. You could have done this video in under 5 minutes....