safe hood insulator cleaning

[garyk1970]

what's the safest method for cleaning the hood insulator (major oil,grease) without damaging the white lettering?

 

[zeus87gn]

Hey Gary,

I haven't tried it yet, but Simple Green works well on the motor.
I need to cleam my hood insulator as well, but I have a couple of other things to fix before I can get back to the GN.

I would like to hear if anybody has other ideas/solutions.

Patrick

 

[turbofish38]

I've cleaned them with SG/409. Take a sponge and soak it in SG and pat the dirt and grime off. Very tedious. Use carb cleaner to get the heavy spots off.

 

[garyk1970]

thanks guys,im gonna pull insulater off and spray some kind of cleaner like simple green ,sg/409,or ?(il try a small spot first to test)and then rinse out,then let it air dry.

 

[David65]

Mine had some dirt (not oil/grease tho) on it like someone sprayed water from under the fender or something. I took simple green and then windex I think and got the area almost dripping wet and then sucked the moisture out with a shop vac. Didn't drag the nozzle across the liner, just held it up to it one area at a time. After a few times of that, you can hardly tell it was ever dirty.

David

 

[garyk1970]

Mine had some dirt (not oil/grease tho) on it like someone sprayed water from under the fender or something. I took simple green and then windex I think and got the area almost dripping wet and then sucked the moisture out with a shop vac. Didn't drag the nozzle across the liner, just held it up to it one area at a time. After a few times of that, you can hardly tell it was ever dirty.

David

thats a good method using the vaccum cleaner too.

 

[aminga]

Just remember that the lettering is just adhesive tape.

I have cleaned an aftermarket insulator (embroidered) with Meguairs All purpose cleaner diluted 10:1. Spray it on, rub it off with a soft terry cloth. That would probably work but don't scrub hard over the lettering