ok went and bought some seat fabric cleaner, gave it a shot last night, rubbed it in all seemed fine..........................

went into car this morning

big stain mark like a dried out puddle,

what did i do wrong

thanks in advance

jase

ps how to fix,

was it just too damp , should i have put a towel on it afterwards and plonked me butt down to soak up the excess

what i used to do was use soda crystals dissolved in warm water, put in a spray bottle and spray onto the mark and wipe off, in doing it this way i didnt get any water stains like you have with the cleaner you used. Give the soda crystal a try on the stain left, they should remove the mark and dry in without staining. Extreme option is to get the leather retrim like i did as i was fed up cleaning the seats

i had / have same problem... varnish stain remover! pah! its shi73! more stained than ever... give up!

Hi

More or less what Chas said, I suggested this in another thread about fabric:

Short of cleaning the whole thing, it might be possible to fade the stains in with a solution of water/bicarb of soda using a wrung-out cloth. Start from outside the stain line and move towards the centre but in straight lines, like a starburst, so that only about half of the area is "swept". Perhaps a level desertspoon per pint or two. If there's any improvement after the first go, try again later.

Thus if you can't remove the puddle you can probably disguise it.

I don't know what you did wrong TBH. Overwetting would not be good since it can draw up colour or react with whatever is under the fabric (some foam fillings do that). If spot cleaning, it's worth doing a quick rub over of the rest of the area with a weaker solution to avoid an obvious difference.

HTH Good luck

Mo

You have to make sure you clean the whole panel of part of the seat you're doing. What's happened is you've cleaned a specific area, and it's just moved the stain along, and concentrated it.

I use a Vax Spot Scrubber, which is a portable wet/dry vac (about £50 from B&Q). That enables you to soak the part you're cleaning with solution, work that in with the Vax, then vacuum up the excess. Does work very well

Alternatively pay £20-25 to get the interior done by a valeter

Steve

to clean seats you will need 1 pack of baby wipes. just the normal ones, not any with moisturizer in .if u do use a brand with added moisturizer then your seat will be buggered as they will leave a big grease stain. and a hair dryer.

use the wipes to wipe not scrub dirt marks clean. do a small area at a time but best if you clean whole individual panels,(if u get wot i mean). as u wipe the dirt away follow it with the hair dryer being carfull not to have it too hot & keep the dyer moving as it will burn the fabric. by useing the dyer you prevent it drying wth a water mark. then stand back & be amazed at your new looking seats. or you can do wot i doing.....go for leather.mmmmmmm

The autoglym stuff works a treat, I think shifty had good results with it as well.

When my little girl yakked purple puke all over the back seat, her brother, her mum and the back of my neck ......... the autoglym got all the stains out a treat.

the soda crystal technique works to

Hmm purple :P

Sounds like soda crystals are the way to go, it's cheap & it works, right up my street that

Can you get soda crystals at the supermarket, or do you need a pharmacy or an old fashioned hardware store? I'm clueless!

Can you get soda crystals at the supermarket, or do you need a pharmacy or an old fashioned hardware store? I'm clueless!

As long as it's a fairly large supermarket you should find soda crystals near the laundry products.

If you can't get soda crystals because some stores have replaced the shelf space for "old fashioned" soda crystals with Calgon, that's also fine but rather more expensive as it's a refined version. It's of course very good at its purpose, i.e. water softening, so the remainder wouldn't go to waste - pop a dessertspoonful in the bath, for example - more bubbles and no limescale residue

Bicarbonate of soda in a small plastic pot (c.1/4 pint size like herbs come in) from the cooking shelf usually next to flour, is also a good equivalent. I haven't tried that in the bath though

Mo

hi just spotted this thread, i have exactly the same prob, i used soda cystals, 51p from tesco for 1kg i think, so cheap, but a pain, didnt work, so gonna try cleaning them again then suck up the water with a carpet cleaner, just waiting for the rain to stop!!!!