MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: agmac on June 15, 2019, 09:01:29 am

Title: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: agmac on June 15, 2019, 09:01:29 am: Can anybody recommend a product that will breath life back into the leather trim on the ED30 seats. Mine are getting tatty and I want to cleanup and get the leather protected if I can?

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: Dave_M on June 15, 2019, 10:47:20 am: And can I slightly hijack the thread and ask what's the best way to clean the cloth centres. My driver's one is filthy after 125k miles....

Thanks
Dave
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: willni on June 15, 2019, 11:18:04 am: For leather is general;
Leather Clinic Ultra Clean, followed by their Alcohol Cleaner if it's a steering wheel / gear knob / handbrake eg very dirty grabby areas, then coat it with Leather Clinic Leather Protection Cream. If not a "grabby area" then the cleaner and protector.

Cloth (Wet Vac Required) ;
Hoover the car, spray the fab over the seats and agitate with a brush, and then hoover with a wet/vac and leave to dry preferably in the sun.

If you live in the UK like myself and don't have access to the sun. Get baking soda and shake / spread it over the cloth, then leave it over night and then hoover it up.
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: DBXdarkangel on June 15, 2019, 02:59:42 pm: Use autoglyn leather cleaner to clean the seats and then use autoglyn leather balm to condition them.

I use it on my leather seats and balm them 3 times a year as I live in Devon and the sun naked them.
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: v4rley on June 15, 2019, 03:35:12 pm: I’ve got a rug doctor with hand tool and used some car pro clean. Here is the result on my GSI

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F1zp17uq.jpg&hash=0e112f8c9bc1be01d633e66c50828612d5f323c3)
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: Dogma on June 15, 2019, 06:23:57 pm: Quote from: v4rley on June 15, 2019, 03:35:12 pm
I’ve got a rug doctor with hand tool and used some car pro clean. Here is the result on my GSI

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F1zp17uq.jpg&hash=0e112f8c9bc1be01d633e66c50828612d5f323c3)

Cracking job

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Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: shail on June 15, 2019, 09:09:04 pm: As above, I've hired a rug doctor in the past for cloth seats. Worked a treat.

With my current leather ones I use a steam cleaner as I have one that we use in the house. Again, works a treat. I then apply autoglm leather cream.
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: willni on June 15, 2019, 09:20:57 pm: (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190615/70a0b8137b198605bdf74dfd77d4f4d5.jpg)

My wet vac method, unfortunately an awful interior to show the difference.

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Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: agmac on June 17, 2019, 09:55:00 am: Thanks everybody for replies. Never thought to ask about cleaning the cloth!
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: spesh on June 21, 2019, 11:50:04 pm: Also remember it's not all leather, only the parts you touch when sitting are. The backs, for example, are leatherette or fake leather.
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: pudding on June 29, 2019, 12:19:07 pm: I use Saphir No.15 (Dark Grey) leather cream on the bolsters and 1001 upholstery cleaner on the seats, carpet and headliner. Both work a treat.
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: RyanPaterson on January 26, 2021, 11:50:25 am: Hello guys! This is a bit late, but where can you get your car cleaned (seats and everything) for a good price? I have bought a new car, and mechanical stuff is working great, the car is in a wonderful shape. The only bad thing about it is that it's filthy. I was surprised because I never saw anything like that. It's clear that the previous owner didn't care about the car being clean. I don't really have the time to clean it, and I am thinking of hiring someone from cleaningday.co.uk (https://cleaningday.co.uk/) to clean it for me. You know someone that specializes in stuff like this?
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: Notch000 on January 28, 2021, 09:34:14 am: any car valeting service can clean up interiors,
Title: Re: Edition 30 seat cleaning
Post by: ljc19630 on January 31, 2021, 08:58:29 am: Quote from: RyanPaterson on January 26, 2021, 11:50:25 am
Hello guys! This is a bit late, but where can you get your car cleaned (seats and everything) for a good price? I have bought a new car, and mechanical stuff is working great, the car is in a wonderful shape. The only bad thing about it is that it's filthy. I was surprised because I never saw anything like that. It's clear that the previous owner didn't care about the car being clean. I don't really have the time to clean it, and I am thinking of hiring someone from cleaningday.co.uk (https://cleaningday.co.uk/) to clean it for me. You know someone that specializes in stuff like this?

Where you based bud as i can totally recommend Detail Devil -
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Cheers
Louie