Hood [from Pilgrim]

[Roger 3OOO]

I bought my hood from Pilgrim soon after it was "repossessed" by Den but I have a bit of a problem with it.  I drove the car to the first day (Saturday) of the 2010 Exeter kit car show & it was a bit damp (to say the least) especially in the afternoon & when I got in the car to drive home there were damp patches on the inside of the hood which seemed to spread from the stitching lines but MAY not have been restricted to this - I can't properly remember now & I haven't really got it wet since.
 
The purpose of this discussion is, then, to ask, may be first, why should a 'new' hood leak like this (or is it effectively 'old' with having been lying around in the store for some time?) and, secondly, any advice as to how to treat it?  I've been doing a bit of internet research on various forums & the choice seems to be (brush on) Renovo or (spray on) Autoglym; but would they cover the stitching side of things?  or is it a bit more radical than that???
 
Is anyone able to advise, please, or suggest where I go to for my next step?  I need to sort it out before Stoneleigh - at the latest! 

[istreatf]

I think that you are heading in the right direction with camping type solutions such as Renovo - I expect that the high end classic car accessory places like www.holden.co.uk will have something as well.
Fortunately my mohair hood has never suffered that way, but it was freshly made to order.

[stevebish]

I had that problem with my vinyl hood many years ago and rubbed good old "Dubbin" into the seams. It worked like magic and seems to have been a permanent fix. "Dubbin" will keep your boots waterproof too!

[Robin]

Dubbin is brilliant - a name I haven't heard for many years!

With regard to the hood I got mine direct from Polyfactors (Right spelling?) for my Bulldog 5, before they were taken over, and no leaks at all. Guess what I am saying is that a new hood shouldn't leak! You must be unlucky or as you say it had been sitting around for some time.

Robin

[Roger 3OOO]

Thank you all for your input; by the way I omitted to say that it is a fabric hood (not vinyl) - I realised that I hadn't stated it in bed last night! [not sure why ]