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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9912 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Working on my back seat at the moment. Removed the seat cover that came with the car (supposedly a factory/aftermarket cover - it was hog-ringed on) only to find a pleasant surprise. The vinyl is uncut and the fabric unripped. However, both need some TLC cleaning. I found the thread about cleaning the vinyl with GoJo and will follow that. I did a small area of vinyl with Goof Off today but felt that it was too aggressive and might actually be eating the vinyl a bit. I will give GoJo cream a go. Then on to the fabric. Normally I would think of a fabric shampoo, e.g. Bissell, however, I know that I don't want to get the substrate beneath the factory fabric wet because it appears to be very organic, i.e. jute and maybe horse hair (??) - stuff that I know I shouldn't get wet and moldy. I would consider renting a carpet cleaner with a upholstery head that has an extraction vacuum but don't know if that would be overkill or prevent the mold issue. This is what I want mine to look like (mine is the same vinyl/fabric combination but not as bright and fresh as this one): Edited by 56D500boy 2017-04-10 1:32 AM (56246031-770-0@2X.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 56246031-770-0@2X.jpg (102KB - 248 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8947 Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | gojo is full of oils ------------------------------------------------------later | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9912 Location: Lower Mainland BC | 60 dart - 2017-04-10 4:23 AM gojo is full of oils ------------------------------------------------------later Lanolin to be specific. This is supposed to be a good thing for the vinyl. I would keep it off the cloth to prevent staining. Thanks. | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 520 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Run light with the bissell and leave the car out in the sun to cook (windows cracked) and you shouldn't have a mold problem. Don't soak the seats and you'll be fine. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8947 Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | at some point with gojo there's goin to be ,,,,,,,,,,, what the hell did i just do moment ! ----------------------------------------------------------later | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9912 Location: Lower Mainland BC | 60 dart - 2017-04-10 11:48 PM at some point with gojo there's goin to be ,,,,,,,,,,, what the hell did i just do moment ! ----------------------------------------------------------later Thanks for the warning(s). So what do you suggest that I use to clean 61 years of grunge off the vinyl? (It's not that bad but it certainly hasn't been cleaned while is sat idle since 1992). I just want to make my car better. | ||
Chrispy |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 520 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | This stuff works great, https://www.amazon.com/Griots-Garage-11104SP-Interior-Cleaner/dp/B00... | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8947 Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | windex works great on interiors , dawn works with a terry rag . in the past i've even used a soft babies hair brush to work it up a little but using a brush ya gotta be careful not to fling the dirty residue everywhere but what do i use the most of , windex followed by terry rag dampened with armorall -------------------------------------------------------later | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9912 Location: Lower Mainland BC | I tried some glass cleaner on the seat back vinyl. Not much action. I tried solvent on the seat back vinyl. Not much action. I tried Goof-Off on the seat back vinyl. TOO much action. That stuff removes a bit of the vinyl with the dirt. I tried Bissell Upholstery and Carpet cleaner with its soft brush on a portion of the seat back fabric (both front and rear). Won't know until tomorrow. Griots Magic Snake Oil is too far away from me. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9912 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Wow. Time flies. Fantastic day out today here in the Vancouver BC area. I had the rear seat out of the house (where it's been since Nov. 1/17) and deep cleaned the fabric. I used Shout, Oxyclean, Woolite for pets and EasyOff uphosltery cleaner in varying degrees. I have foam off the seat bottom as per this post: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=67105&... I spread a contractors-grade garbage bag over the jute and then put old wife-approved-for-the-task towels on top of that (and under the fabric). I used the sprays and then used Oxyclean dissolved in warm water and wearing gloves I scrubbed the fabric (tough stuff) with surgeon's scrub brush (we buy them in bulk for multiple cleaning issues) applied the warm water/OxyClean solution, blotting up the crud as much as possible with Bounty the quicker picker-upper towels (cheap at Costco). And repeated that spray/wash/blot several times. In the middle of that, I tried the Shout fabric spray on the vinyl with the surgeon's scrub brush. SOB worked real well - better than anything that I had tried before. When I had done a number of rounds of the spray/wash/blot, I changed the towels out for dry ones and moved on to straight warm water with the scrub brush, blotting as much as possible. When I thought I had rinsed everything enough, I removed the towels and the garbage bag and propped the fabric up and away from the jute with clean up-turned large yogurt tubs and let the fabric dry in the sun. Didn't take a final photo but it is much improved clean-wise. This photo was taken just before I started the rinsing. Now to get the new foam and get the seat back together. Edited by 56D500boy 2018-03-11 9:20 PM (DaveFs56DodgeRearSeatBottomFabricCleaning.jpg) Attachments ---------------- DaveFs56DodgeRearSeatBottomFabricCleaning.jpg (243KB - 252 downloads) | ||
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