stained roof lining

[Deb]

Hi all, wondering if anyone has a remedy.

The roof vent in my minibus leaked before I acquired it.
The previous owner carried out a repair by pop riveting a square cut from a dead transit roof, this has worked well.
But the lining is now very stained. I was thinking along the lines of steam cleaning it, has anyone tried this?
I would be grateful for any remedies.

Debbie

[rover]

Steam cleaning it will kill it stone dead as its compressed cardboardy type stuff

I took mine out (only a cab head lining) and painted it with a light coat of celulose paint, it looks almost new now, and that was three years ago ( a compressor and a cheap spraygun is best)

Rover.

[Deb]

Thanks rover,

We have a spray gun, but taking out the roof lining worries us a bit. It seems to be in sections so might not be too bad.

Debbie

[bigmastif]

damp cloth with some sort of of fabric cleaning agent will lighten it up but wont removbe it, just dont get it sodden like rover said

[GBBiker]

You could remove it and re-cover it with a cheap material or car carpet spray glued on.

[ginsambo]

Remove it and take it to the dry cleaners??

I had a really black greasy headlining. Removed it and worked a load of '1001 shout' stain remover into it with a stiff nylon brush and then cleaned it with some damp clothes and softer brushes. Surface damp is alright as long as you don't leave it soaked. Always dry it in the sun upsidedown so when you refit it, it doesn't look loose and deformed and hang down too badly. Its synthetic so some product should be able to get the stains out. Maybe watch more TV ads?

[captain hook]

I had a Mini-Bus as a Taxi many years ago and, could never get the headlining clean.

I tryed nearly everything and nothing worked on the water stains

I sold it to another Taxi driver and when I next looked inside..........

I would swear that there was a new headlining fitted

I asked him how much? He just laughed

"£2.50 for some emushion [sp] at B&Q"

It looked brand new.......

[Deb]

Thanks all, certainly given me some ideas.

We are going to try a small area with the steam cleaner on minimum pressure. If that doesn't work we will probably end up hand painting it in place, taking the lining out to spray it worries us a bit

Debs