What is the best way to clean a fabric hood on a recently purchased Pearl.Previous owner said he ad never got it wet.The invoice for the hood says mohair, would this be the same as duck cloth.
Stephen Barker

Stephen,

Type 'cleaning auto hood mohair' into Google and you'll get loads of advice...... all right, mostly from AutoGlym, but it's a start.

Naomi

Mohair is not the same as duck cloth (also known as double duck). Mohair is good quality and expensive. Double duck shrinks, fades and frays.

David

Many thanks to Naomi and David

I have had a mohair tonneau cover on the Morgan for about 15 years now and the fabric has proved to be pretty well indestructible. I usually wash it on the car with a brush on the end of a hose pipe, but if it gets grubby I have washed it with a pressure washer using a wide fan jet. No cleaning products have ever been necessary. Yes it is still waterproof! The only problem has been the zip wearing its teeth away but I have now discovered the aerosol spray used to reproof wax jackets. With the zip lubricated with this stuff it looks like the zip will outlast me.

Martin