cleaning interior

hey all, just a quick question, got some dirt on my seats the other day, tried to clean it off twice but when dry it leaves a mark like a water stain, how do i get rid of that? thanks

use a damp cloth with soapy water on the entire seat. Making sure that it all gets damp then hoover up what you can and leave to dry.

ah rite thanks for that, ill give it a go

I have the same problem, will try it too

Never use water on seats!!!

Use a dry cleaning aerosol

Buy some supergard or similar after they're clean and you won't have the same problem again

havent got round to doing it yet lol, thanks for the advice

oh my god, it used to drive me crazy, i had some black punto seats off ebay, cleaned them with water all over, white marks everywhere, washed again, water marks, still, in the end had to sell them as very dirty lol

soapy water is okay!
Don't use Supagaurd unless you get the seats minted clean cos you won't get any stains out after you apply it.
Try your local car dealers Valet Bay as I know when we supaguard a car you never use all the interior spray especially if the car has leather. and the tins just start to collect. If they are nice they may give you a half can! It will be more than enough to do a punto!
1 supaguard pack will easy do 2 average size cars.

jet wash them

I had to replace a complete interior in one of my Mini's when I used soapy water as it left water stains.

If you have to use water, steam clean them, and then dry them thoroughly afterwards. But I wouldnt advise it.

Not sure what you did there then. As head valeter in a Fiat dealership I have to advise the valeters, and deal with myself some of the dirtiest most disgusting cars you have ever seen. From dog hair so woven into the farbric you can only burn and dye to cover it. To having to shampoo Blood out of roof cloths (an attempted suicide) whenever we have to shampoo a car because the dry foam upholstery cleaner just isn't up to the job we use soapy water a soft scrubbing brush and a Numatic George vac. Although as long as the seats aren't soaking any vacuum will do.
When you clean a patch of a fabric, once it is dry it will be a different colour to the rest of the fabric. That is why when you clean fabric you do the entire section so that when it dries it dries the same shade.

What about one of those water bassed carpet cleaner/vacumme? the ones that take a carpet cleaner, hot liquid, and squirt it out and suck it up?

Kristian

That will do the job aswell. aslong as you can get a hold of one with a narrow head the one you would use for a carpet is too wide to use on the contours of a car seat.

i haven't got round to cleaning it yet not sure if it's the same thing but my mam has a steamer carpet cleaner type thing, would that work? thanks for your help, you to Beast

it should although its kinda hard to tell. the main thing to remember is what ever you use make sure you use it over the entire section of fabric that way if it does darken or lighten it slightly there is no way to tell.