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lordhelpus
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Went into halfrauds just to have a look around to see what they have on special offer, wandering about I find myself in the caravan and camping section.
While in this section I spot a 1 litre bottle spray pack of reproofer for caravan awnings and tents, made by a company called fenwicks. On the back of the label it states:
Handy Hint: Suitable for cabriolet roofs. at £11.99 for 1 litre it would be rude not to buy it, so I takes myself back to the car cleaning section and the cheapest reproofer over there is £8.99 for 500ml..now I will say I normally buy the twin packs such as autoglym, wonder wheels etc, which are priced a considerably lot more but what I always find is, that I end up with lots of hood cleaner left over? but very little reproofer\sealer..............at that price I will give it a try I think.
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Ive said many times on here, I used standard tent waterproofer on my Zeds, usually the stuff in the large spraycans. Costs very little, easy to use, leaves no marks and beads the water perfectly.
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The wife and I used to own caravans but alas no more! I used fenwicks products on the caravan and it is very good. Never used the tent cleaner but if it's as good as their other stuff you won't go far wrong. :)

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If you'd needed a couple of things from the car section then you could have got the conditioner/sealant for free on the 3 for 2 offer. I use the Wonderwheels cleaner and Wonderwheels sealant which have transformed my mouldy hood (as bought) into something that looks almost new.
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I used a tin of Grangers Fabsil 1Litre Tin bought from Go Outdoors which I have the discount card for, they price matched it to £9.99 which surplus and outdoors were selling it for plus they take an extra 10% off so it only cost £8.99. There was enough there for at least two treatments :D
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..... alas, with all the wonderful sunshine here, all I get to use is a jetwash weekly, and a Fabsil treatment annually... :sunny :cheers
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HI, I took youir advice Bert and used some canvas water-proofer from Ray's Outddoor World here in Tasmania. It worked a treat and only cost me equivalent to GBP7. I think I will treat it annually unless it starts to stay wet.
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Chiefy » Fri 11 Jul, 2014 20:11

If you'd needed a couple of things from the car section then you could have got the conditioner/sealant for free on the 3 for 2 offer. I use the Wonderwheels cleaner and Wonderwheels sealant which have transformed my mouldy hood (as bought) into something that looks almost new.
The point I was trying to get across Chiefy as stated in my original post was that I normally buy the twin packs autoglym/wonderwheels etc, but always end up with lots of the hood cleaner left over. I have plenty of hood cleaner from previous purchases and most single packs of the proofer are for 500ml and are priced at approx. £8.99. so this 1 litre of hood proofer seemed good value at £11.99. FYI it was not in the 3 for 2 offer. and as I don't suffer from a mouldy hood I use very little hood cleaner.

Update: Since purchasing the product I have used it, and it beads the rain up on the hood nicely, I will make it my regular proofer now. It's a good quality product and good value for money "just worth a mention I thought". :thumb:
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Cooper01 wrote:HI, I took youir advice Bert and used some canvas water-proofer from Ray's Outddoor World here in Tasmania. It worked a treat and only cost me equivalent to GBP7. I think I will treat it annually unless it starts to stay wet.
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Sorry mate was just trying to he helpful. As I work in Halfords it's surprising how many people don't take advantage of the 3 for 2 offer which covers all car cleaning product. Many will walk in and buy two things and leave without a third item which they could of had for free. Both the hood cleaner and proofer are part of the offer and have been for months. As I say - just trying to be helpful but I'll know better in future.
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I really feel the need of another trip to Halfords. Last time I was pleasantly surprised by what they stocked. Their touch up paint for Titan silver is the best that I've tried and has a nice pen applicator. I got a few other useful bits and pieces as well. I remember the time when you could get an overhead camshaft for a Cortina just from the shelf, next to the air fresheners and mini extension switches.
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Chiefy wrote:Sorry mate was just trying to he helpful. As I work in Halfords it's surprising how many people don't take advantage of the 3 for 2 offer which covers all car cleaning product. Many will walk in and buy two things and leave without a third item which they could of had for free. Both the hood cleaner and proofer are part of the offer and have been for months. As I say - just trying to be helpful but I'll know better in future.
No offence taken mate, its just nice to let people know when you have found a good product at a reasonable price and pass it on thats all.
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Chiefy, I know where you are coming from, about a year ago I purchased stainless exhaust trims for my 2.8 from the Far East for a fraction of the cost elsewhere and a received a STUPID (trying and failing to be funny) comment about quality.
These were so cheap (and with free postage) I wouldn't have cared if they had tarnished by now but almost one year on they are still like new!
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