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Re: Rain with the top down
Posted by John A. (more from John A.) on Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:05:25
In Reply to: Rain with the top down, Coty, Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:17:43
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I had an MGB. Surely the fabrics, threads and leather in this MGB car weren't up to the standards set by Saab. This was 30 years ago. After a few experiences with rain-soaked interiors, I can say, based on experience, you've got nothing to become overly concerned about. When I got rid of the MGB, the interior was the best part of the car.
Just use a good leather treatment/conditioner (I'm in Canada so I use "Roots") and you should be fine. Make sure you get it to the threads in case these are of natural fibres (I highly doubt it).
From the look and feel of the Saab 'carpets', they're of synthetic material so rot won't be a problem. They're more like indoor-outdoor carpets than anything else. Again, since I'm in Canada we track in a lot of snow and goop from the streets and the carpets both dry out and clean up quite nicely. Of course, ours are Scotchguard-treated. [If memory serves, Scotchguard had to take that product off the shelves altogether as they found some of the constituent parts, when inhaled, stay in the bloodstream for many years.]
Another thing you might do is call an auto insurance adjuster and ask around for adjusters with auto interior water damage experience. There have to be a lot of people around who've made claims for damage far worse than yours sounds. Mitigation (or attempts thereat) needs to have been a factor in some of the claims work because doing a whole interior over is a costly business.
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