Hello everyone I am in the process of upgrading my little pink fiat 500c, the headlining on the convertible roof is cream and very dirty, is there an effective way of cleaning this or will I need to get a new lining ? Thanks so much, Penelope Pitt stop x

Penelope said:

Hello everyone I am in the process of upgrading my little pink fiat 500c, the headlining on the convertible roof is cream and very dirty, is there an effective way of cleaning this or will I need to get a new lining ? Thanks so much, Penelope Pitt stop x

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Welcome, I would say " if in doubt, have a professional do the job" but no I don't think a new lining would be needed, I might try some simple interior cleaner on a sponge and then a dry towel, it might work quite well?

Thanks so much John202020 I am going to give it a go ?

Penelope said:

Hello everyone I am in the process of upgrading my little pink fiat 500c, the headlining on the convertible roof is cream and very dirty, is there an effective way of cleaning this or will I need to get a new lining ? Thanks so much, Penelope Pitt stop x

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I've found the foaming type cleaners seem to do the best job (I tend to favour Meguair's but I'm sure other well-known brands are effective). I tried a non-foaming one and all it seemed to do was move the dirt around. You can't scrub the inner liner properly because there's nothing behind it. If it's the leading edge of the roof that's grimy you might also want to clean the channel at the front where the wind deflector resides. Good luck.

Did you have any joy with the cleaning?
We've just bought a 500C for my daughter and it's the one thing that kinda lets the car down. Everything else is pretty good (maybe the cream steering wheel looks a 'little' tired) but the headlining is proper grubby. I thought perhaps steam cleaning might do the trick. We had a valet company try to clean it but with no real visible improvement (personally I didn't rate them and don't think they really tried).

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I'd use a household steam cleaner.

Good luck.

Yes, I've got good results using a hand held steam cleaner with fabric cloth attachment on the cleaning head. Just be careful not to get the headlining too wet. Vacuum first then 2 or 3 light applications with the steamer and allowing to dry in between should make a good improvement.

Good info . Thanks all.

How did you get on Penelope ?