Hi all,

 

I was wondering whether some of you could help me. I am buying my first car and the seats are wreaked and have water stains and dog marks all over them (They are not scrapable - They just have marks over them, So they need a clean). What is the best way to clean them up for basically nothing? Is it a nailbrush? That's what the Haynes manual said?

 

Could I use a nailbrush  and Shampoo? I have plenty of Shampoo. I just don't want to be paying out for a Rug Doctor.

Also carpets are a issue as well but I think a pressure wash or a wash with the hose and it will clean them up fine, However the boot's carpet and board are going in the bin. They have had it!

 

 

 

Also have any of you got any spare parts for a Skoda Fabia 1.2 2006?

 

Parts needed are:

 

 - Front left fog plastic cover

 - Boot carpet

 - Rear left/right lights plastic holder (I want to keep the car original)

 

(Can't Think of anything else at the moment, but will update this over time.)

 

Thank You for reading and if you have any comments, Feel free to put them below,

 

Thank You!

The key I have found with my vrs seats is heat. If using a nail brush it wants to have soft ish bristles, brush small amount of shampoo in and wipe off with a damp cloth, try not to get seats too wet else it knackers the foam.

I usually wait for a hot day and then run car for bit with heater on full, it turns it into a sweat box but it will dry the seats quick and stop you from getting water stains.

Use any shampoo stuff and wet vac the surplus out. Or if you're feeling adventurous, remove all the covers (as per the guide on here somewhere) and throw em in the washing machine.

Get some cheap carpet shampoo from the supermarket.

 

Mix it quite strong with warm water and using a microfiber cloth quite damp give them a good wipe over regularly rinsing out the cloth. Keep the cloth nice and damp almost wet.

 

Then once you're happy get some clean water and do the same but by keeping the cloth as dry as possible. Sorted!

 

Phil

Hire a steam/vac cleaner, dry steam doesn't wet the foam but lifts out all the dirt from the fabric, amazing results and you can use the car immediately.

Rug Dr upholstery cleaner 

cost me

 

£22.99  - rug doctor

£4.23 (free post)  - 1ltr ebay carpet shampoo

£3.99 (free post) soft brush

 = £31.21

 

Probably should be added to yearly service cost, due to white seats and kids :(

cost me

£22.99 - rug doctor

£4.23 (free post) - 1ltr ebay carpet shampoo

£3.99 (free post) soft brush

= £31.21

Probably should be added to yearly service cost, due to white seats and kids :(

That was how I looked at it, so purchased a multi-purpose vax for £50 off eBay. Seats and interior get done annually and have had it for 3 years now, so I reckon I'm in the money saving part of ownership now.

That was how I looked at it, so purchased a multi-purpose vax for £50 off eBay. Seats and interior get done annually and have had it for 3 years now, so I reckon I'm in the money saving part of ownership now.

 

i would, its just im limmited for storage .. i have to fight everything back in the shed when i open the door :P

i would, its just im limmited for storage .. i have to fight everything back in the shed when i open the door :p

 

Get another shed, I have three now...

Get another shed, I have three now...

Pah, I'm just building our fourth now.

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Take the covers off and soak them in some vanish or just bung them in the washing machine.

Pah, I'm just building our fourth now.

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You're obviously still married then, compulsive shed-building is a sublimation of mans desire to escape, you'll be tunnelling under the back fence next...

Get another shed, I have three now...

I would have no garden lol