water stains on 60 seats

[anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Use Oxy Clean. You can get it at Wal Mart. I removed old water stains out 
of the eagle cloth of a 56 Imperial. Use a new baby diaper, soft, and 
gently work with it. I impressed the local upholsterers with it.


Anthony




At 09:45 PM 1/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Clay & All:
>
>Sorry if this is a 'repeat', but for what it's worth,
>here's what it says in the "1960 Imperial and Chrysler
>Service Manual" regarding cleaning the fabric they
>made...
>
>According to the manual (under "Body & Sheet
>Metal"/Body Maintainance, pg. 14; item 29), it says:
>"CLEANING INTERIOR UPHOLSTRY (all models) - "Most
>common stains can be removed with a dry cleaning
>solvent, such as (warm) water containing one cup per
>gallon of a laundry type detergent....  When using a
>detergent, DO NOT USE ONE CONTAINING A BLEACH as this
>could discolor the fabric...  General Instructions"
>Use a piece of CLEAN cotton cheesecloth approximately
>3"x3".  Squeze most of liquid from the fabric [I think
>they mean the cheesecloth, here], and it is less
>likely to leave a ring.  Wipe the soiled fabric very
>lightly with a lifting motion.  Always work from the
>OUTSIDE towards the CENTER of the spot.  Turn the
>cheesecloth over as soon as one side becomes stained
>to prevent working the stain matter back into the
>cleaned portion of the fabric.  Use a new piece of
>cheesecloth as soon as both sides become stained."
>
>At the very least, the cheesecloth idea seems wise...
>Good luck...!
>
>Jim Byers
>'60 Le Baron Southampton
>Washington, DC
>
>
>--- Original Message ---
>From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: IML: water stains on 60 seats
>
> >Clay;
> > Believe it or not one guy to talk to about the
>stains might be an
> >upholsterer. Do not take the seat apart, you will be
>making a molehill into
> >a mountain. With these old seats as long as the
>original foam padding, latex
> >foam on a car this old, was not exposed to sunlight
>it should still be good.
> >Latex foam is a lot more resilient then the polyfoam
>that they use these
> >days. Knowing a Imperial, they likely used large
>quantities of cotton felt
> >in the seat padding as well. If you can find the
>correct solution to clean
> >this don't soak to death and don't scrub too hard.
>The door panel could
> >likely be taken off and taken to a dry cleaner but I
>wouldn't trust the
> >chemicals he uses with the padding. Try using soap
>and water first, that's
> >usually safe, and then go from there.
> >Best Regards
> >Arran Foster
> >1954 Imperial Newport( no amount of cleaning will
>save the fabric in its
> >seats.)
> >Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim
>parts.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "clay-deb" <clay-deb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:52 AM
> >Subject: IML: water stains on 60 seats
> >
> >
> >> Hello everyone.
> >>   My newly purchased 60 Custom has a very nice
>original nylon type
> >material
> >> on its seats(complete with neat  Imperial crowns!).
> >>   There are  though a couple of areas on the seats
>and door panels that
> >look
> >> to have been stained by water seepage .
> >>   The stains are a rusty brown sort of color.
> >>   Does anyone know of any product that might
>lighten,or remove the stains
> >> without harming the fabric on the seats ?  I was
>thinking of applying a
> >> paste of baking soda over the stains to see if it
>would lighten them.
> >>
>    Thanks
> >>
>     Clay Smith
> >>
>      67 Crown Coupe
> >>
>      60  Custom
> >>
> >>
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