What is the best UV protection product to use on a xk8 2000 convertible top?

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Have used this for several years water beads off like a waxed surface.

 

<p>+1 on 303 - stuff works fantastic.&nbsp;</p>

 

+1 303 is the shiznit. My wife used to work at an awning company in Honolulu and that is all they used on their canvas products. It holds up for about four months before the water beading stops working. I use it on my boat and the Jag.

 

Is it also a good UV protectant to help keep my blue top from fading?

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All fabric convertible tops will fade over time but 303 is one of the best protectants on the market. Well worth the money and you'll get a bit of a price break if you buy the 32-ounce bottle rather than the 16-ounce bottle. Be sure to clean and dry your top thoroughly before you apply the 303 product. I give my wife's XK8 top a 303 treatment every May. Each full treatment requires about 16 ounces of product....

 

Do you spray the 303 or brush it on.

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I spray it on, then per the directions I allow it to bake in the sun for several hours....

 

+1 on 303; great product. Unfortunately, while rinsing the car, it got water-spotted (I guess I didn't flush it enough) and those spots are difficult to remove. I've tried soap and water, window cleaner and Meguiar's Cleaner Wax (which works somewhat, but I can still the outline of the drops). Anyone have any experience with this?

 

Max, definitely. I tried to clean my beige top with a certain product (not 303) and 3 things happened:
1) it didn't get cleaned. Actually I think it looks worse than before. Well, actually it looks OK, for beige, but it does show some streaking, which is what I wanted to get rid of.
2) the paintwork got quite badly streaked from the hood cleaner and/or protector, despite my masking off the upper half of the car as best I could.
3) after trying to rinse off the streaking with copious amounts of water, I was left with a car with streaks *and* a bad case of water spots.
Anyway. A full weekend's work later and it's looking half decent again. I had to deep cleanse the paint first and then use some paintwork polish to *almost* get rid of the water spots. Try that.
The morale for me was:
1) water spots are the devil's work. Wash your car in the shade, be nimble about drying and try to use soft water for the final rinse if at all possible.
2) cleaning and protecting my soft top has climbed to my no. 1 most hated car cleaning task.
Anyway, a decent polishing agent should be able to deal with the water spots.
And thanks, I really needed to vent.