In rec.autos.makers.chrysler on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:46:59 -0700 "Ted
Mittelstaedt said:
http://www.behome.com/bh/misc/cleaningcode.asp
I highly doubt your cloth is "S" On the bottom of the seat there may be a
Not sticker.
sticker if it hasn't fallen off. Most people just test in an inconspicious spot.
I thought about that. The carpet cleaner suggests that. But I'm the type who, if I did damage a little spot, it would bother me even if no one could see it.
But I thougth about it and looked for a spot, and the only one I coudl find was where the seat was covered by the head restraint. Strangely, that seemed darker than most other places, and I began to think the dark spaces were clean and the light places were sun-bleached. Further thought convinced me that some parts must be dirty, for all the usual reasons.
Cloth upholstery is the easiest kind to clean - assuming that it hasn't faded with the sun - if that is the case the fabric may be very weak and ready to fall apart.
If the cloth is still strong then use a wet-dry shop vacuum, and a 1
I gather that if I leave the convertible top down in the sun a lot, that will degrade the strength of the seats very quickly.
gallon spray pump bottle. You can use an upholstery cleaner if you want, but any good hair shampoo (ie: Johnson's Baby Shampoo) that's not a cleaning/conditioning shampoo will work. If you can shower with it and after rinsing your hair doesen't feel like the shampoo residue is still there, it's fine.
I use carpet shampoo myself since I'm generally also cleaning the car carpet, and that works fine.
Thanks. I did all this. The vacuuming seemed to have a tremendous effect on the seat back, but little on the seat seat. Can't tell exactly how much the carpet shamppoo did yet, because it's still wet.
vacuum. A lot of these cleaners have Scotch Guard in them which helps the cloth resist further staining, and just about all of them say safe for upholstery.
I plan to use ScotchGuard when the seats dry.
Of course, you will want to
let the car sit for a day in the hot sun to throughly dry it out, or use a towel to sit on - as long as the cloth is still damp it will act as a dirt magnet.
Will do.
That is a whole different ball game. Do not spray velvet!!! To clean that get a bucket of warm water, a bucket of cold water, a couple wash cloths, and several very deep, fluffy towels. Put a cap of Woolite in the warmwater, put in a washcloth then wring it out, then gently rub the washcloth over the fabric. Then take the other washcloth and put it in the cold water, wring it out, rub it over the same area, then take the towel and dry the area off with the towel. The same trick works on headliners.
Did that. They were basically very clean already (car is 10 years old) but there were about 3 little brown spots, a little grey spot, a little blue spot at a seam, and what looked like a pencil mark about 8 inches long. I got all of them out but the little blue spot, which is one that really didn't bother me. I put down a moving pad or two and sometimes blankets, but I carry a lot of things in the back seat. 98% of the time don't dirty the uphostery at all, but I guess I screwed up once or twice.
Anyhow, it's clean. Thanks.
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