MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Lewo on December 15, 2021, 06:59:10 pm
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I've been wanting to sort out the worn drivers seat bolster for years.
Repairs, when you could get replacent fabric, was working out at £300+ probably nearer £350 now. :rolleye:
I left it too long before buying the fabric and it had sold out when I looked early this year .... :mad:
So roll on to today and I managed to pick up a decent condidtion set of fabric seats :jumpmove:
No holes in fabric and foam still intact, so happy.... But they are a bit grubby.
So looking for recommendations on products to clean them please, I have got some BH Surfed HD degreaser, I was wondering if a weak mix would be ok as a starter then use something else after?
Cheers.
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Use Autoglym Interior cleaner - brilliant stuff. About £8 from Halfords or similar
Spray on cloth items - leave for 10 mins - agitate with soft brush - wipe off with wet microfibre, rinse and repeat.
Removes most dirt and stains, grease, gunge etc. Doesn't ruin your interior or discolour the fabric.
Great product - PS I don't work for Autoglym either !
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Years ago I hired a Rug Doctor for about £20. It came with a hose attachment so did the seats in my old car, then did some carpets in the house as well.
Also, Surfex HD would be a good start as a weak mix.
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Thanks guys.
I'll put the Autoglym on the list of possibles cheers.
I wonder what ratio mix I should go with the surfex if I use it, 20:1, weaker..?
Having another look at the seats, they're not that bad a condition. Only one of the seats has a stain.
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I use 1001 carpet cleaner on everything in the car, or Vanish spot cleaner. Cheap as chips and mighty effective.
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Cheers, not thought about those.
I guess we do pay a 'car tax' for products when there are 'household' products about.
Just noticed there looks like a black pen mark on one of the seats as well, what to use on that as well... Vanish spot cleaner?
Cheers.
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get some seat covers Ive never cleaned my seats in 14 years :grin:
Titan covers are very good
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Cheers, not thought about those.
I guess we do pay a 'car tax' for products when there are 'household' products about.
Just noticed there looks like a black pen mark on one of the seats as well, what to use on that as well... Vanish spot cleaner?
Cheers.
Yup. 1001 is especially good on the headliner. You won't believe the crud that comes off that. I spray a load onto a microfibre cloth and just wipe away. Obviously you don't want to go too wet on the headliner, or scrub too hard, but it does come up clean :happy2:
For permanent marker removal, isopropyl alcohol does the trick.
Still haven't found anything that removes cigarette and dog smells though :thinking:
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Years ago I hired a Rug Doctor for about £20. It came with a hose attachment so did the seats in my old car, then did some carpets in the house as well.
Also, Surfex HD would be a good start as a weak mix.
This is good advice for cloth. Spray something first, I used AG interior cleaner, which I guess is an APC, when I did a friends car using the household Vax. Could not believe the colour of the water afterwards.