I have stains on my seats from a damn leaky water bottle. got some interior cleaner from walmart and it only made it worse. Whats the best way to clean the recaro's?

 

i have the same problem makes them look like complete ****...im interested as well if anyone knows any idea how to get those stains out

 

I used a steam cleaner on mine and it turned out fine. Just make sure the end of it is clean before touching the mesh part of the seat.

 

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from what I have heard, Mr Slobalt has the best answer.

 

I work for sears carpet cleaning and anything over the counter like resolve or those cleaners in s bottle will only ruin your seats. Mr.slobalt has the right idea with the steam cleaning. You need to put an alkaline cleaner down and extract it with steam and an acid rinse to bring the fibers back to new. Pretty much call a sears carpet cleaning or Stanley steamer and they will be like new. It's 85$ for the whole car that's including carpet. Just a heads up water stains are very diff to get out and may be perm

 

bissel mean green extractor. i have to use this on cobalts, neons, ford trucks, malibu's, anything with cheap ass fabric that stains easy. there is a longer way of doing it, just involves an air compressor. the steam cleaners do NOT always work. you have to know exactly what you're doing with it in order to get it right without making it worse

 

Bissel uses soap which u can't extract all of the soap out and then dirt sticks to the soapy residue. Bad idea. It will get dirty fast

 

so cleaning seats sounds like one of the most complicated things on this forum...interesting

 

To clean it right and make sure the seats don't go off the ph scale is east with the right equipment. Best bet for just spot cleaning is vinegar and water. So glad Im working here while going to school I get to clean my car out with the best equipment like every week.

 

Car Brite Xtra Duty is good stuff too. Spray stain, dab it with a towel, and then use a steam cleaner (no additives).

 

i normally spray tuff stuff on stains and let it dit for awhile. spray a 2nd coat let it sit again and i have a bissel that uses heat to help extract the stain out. i use detailers pride heat extractor solution.

 

i never once said use the bissel soap.

detailing cars for over 11 years. i have learned a thing or two about how to clean seats.

 

so steaming the seats wouldn't work..mine smell like BO it was my fault for sweating and driving right after a work out...so once in a while it'll smell..any suggestions??

 

either A. move the stain itself. this involves compressed air. or B. mask it with the extractor. if you steam it. use the big triangle attachment with a towel around tightly. takes some time but you can get it out. extractor is faster.

 

Sounds like the easiest method is to just buy new seats. lol

 

base model cloth seats are worse!

 

my idea was that if i just dump water all over the mesh part it will all be stained, so it wont look stained.

 

those seats are ******* evil when it comes to cleaning them

 

how do you get jizz stains out of a headliner?

 

I bought my recaros off ebay a while back. When they were delivered they arrived with orange spray paint all over the back (thankfully none on the mesh). I tried nail polish remover on a small area to see how it would work, and it slightly discolored the leather/vinyl.

Any idea what would work to get set-in spray paint out? Luckily there are no tears in these seats so I'd love to get them looking new again.

 

lmfao hahaha

 

i wish i had leather haha

 

the recaros are so easy to clean. my buddy had some seat cleaner foam **** and it worked wonders on the four loco stain on my seat lol. i will ask him what it is

blue coral carpet and upulstry cleaner is the ****

 

I agree. I detail as well and a mean green extractor is a very useful tool on carpet and upholstery with a low foaming cleaner such as Meguiars APC+. There are also some spot removal products if you only have some places. A steam cleaner is a good idea as well. Links:
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-all...plus-d103.html

http://www.autogeek.net/carpet-extra...treatment.html

Lot of good information about detailing here:

www.autogeek.net
www.autogeekonline.net
www.autopia.org