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Fabric interior cleaner recomendations
r1_pete - 18/10/11 at 01:15 PM

Can anyone recomend me a fabric seat cleaner? I bought a pair of MX5 seats for next to nothing, they are structurally very good but, need a good deep clean.

My last few cars have been leather interior, so no recent experience of cleaning fabrics.

Cheers.
Pete.


jossey - 18/10/11 at 01:29 PM

i bought some carpet cleaner to clean my 5 series cream cloth interior. it worked really well.

the AAA stuff was good. i put it on with a spounge and used the wet vax to get it nearly dry again. then i put my patio heater in the garage with the car in there with windows open and it dried really well. came up like new.

hope thats useful.....

you can hire a wet vax thing for about £10 a day if you dont have one.


Confused but excited. - 18/10/11 at 01:34 PM

I bought some of that American Amway stuff. Fabric and Upholstery Cleaner. Worked a treat.


UncleFista - 18/10/11 at 02:08 PM

I once watched someone clean an interior (out of the car) with a pressure washer.
The force of the blast took the water straight through the seats and left them surprisingly dry, and very clean


r1_pete - 18/10/11 at 02:26 PM

Thanks guys, I have an old vax, and a pressure washer....

Think I'll set Mrs on with the gentler approaches 1st, the seats are all sponge no springing so I'm guessing they'd take forever to dry out.


PAUL FISHER - 18/10/11 at 02:35 PM

I use 1001 carpet cleaner with some very hot water, I put it in a spray bottle, spray on the seats then wipe over with a clean damp cloth.


steve m - 18/10/11 at 03:11 PM

"I once watched someone clean an interior (out of the car) with a pressure washer.
The force of the blast took the water straight through the seats and left them surprisingly dry, and very clean "

I have done exactly that, and all the boot carpets,


philw - 18/10/11 at 06:24 PM

I've always used TFR, dilute in some water and scrub away, i have a Karcher seat cleaner to hoover it out, always comes up like new


DixieTheKid - 18/10/11 at 07:28 PM

Tesco do thier own brand in of form in a squirty tin for £1.50. I used it on my trucks at work and it worked a treat and trucks get dirty!

Spray on, scrub with a brush and leave to dry.

[Edited on 18/10/11 by DixieTheKid]


Angel Acevedo - 23/10/11 at 01:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DixieTheKid
Tesco do thier own brand in of form in a squirty tin for £1.50. I used it on my trucks at work and it worked a treat and trucks get dirty!

Spray on, scrub with a brush and leave to dry.

[Edited on 18/10/11 by DixieTheKid]


I use a variant of this,
Spray, Scrub with Brush, Scrub with wet towel - if you use a light colored one, you can check the amount of dirt being removed- rinse towel in clean water and repeat if necessary. This has the added advantage that you don´t need to wait too long for the seats to dry.
HTH