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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Clean Recaro's

well the recaro's are great seats when it comes to sitting in them, but when it comes to looking at them they are ****. no matter what touches them they stain. Does anyone reccommend a certain product on how to get all these stains out?

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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 06:41 PM
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how about some good old nylon spotter?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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idk lol. thats why i'm askin. they don't have to be perfect. i just wanna have somethin there to clean them with every once in a while that actually cleans them.
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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idk if it will work but it got out a grease stain from my headliner perfectly.
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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How about spelling them correctly?
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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I feel you..Everything i've tried makes more stains. I'm going to try to Resolve upholstery cleaner as my last bet..If it doesn't work steam cleaning by a professional.
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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corn gas ftw....
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mini wet vac ftw!! thats what i did to mine when i had em, add in a little shampoo to the wet vac and have fun seeing all the black/brown crap that comes offa them and then let em dry good
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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I have been usinh the tuff stuff apulst cleaner in gobs then wet vac it off
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 12:58 AM
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i'll keep this in mind. sorry bought the title. i was tired lol
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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any of u ever try scotch guarding them???
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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nope....id be careful with em tho
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 01:24 AM
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these seats suck ass too keep clean but yea get upholstry cleaner and wet vac them. im currently trying to find someone to take the cloth part out and replace it with black suede
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Gonna throw this out there..

A guy i know rec. some windex on a brush, and scrub. Then blobbing it up with a rag and let air dry. I was skeptical it'd change color of the fabric but no, it actually cleaned them and got a ton of stains out. Gonna hit it again with more solution and hopefully they're gone 100%
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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i am a pro detailer for a living and i learned this trick among others over the years

everyone is going to think i am crazy...but this works!

use brake cleaner! as odd as it seems...but the chemicals are identical to dry cleaning solution. i didnt believe it at first either but all you do is soak the affected area with it and let it dry some...blot with a towel and then let dry completely. come back later to find no stain!
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by blackICEbomb
i am a pro detailer for a living and i learned this trick among others over the years

everyone is going to think i am crazy...but this works!

use brake cleaner! as odd as it seems...but the chemicals are identical to dry cleaning solution. i didnt believe it at first either but all you do is soak the affected area with it and let it dry some...blot with a towel and then let dry completely. come back later to find no stain!
very nice!!
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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heres what i do ill see if i can get a pic......

tuff stuff
soft nylon birssel brush
paper towels
terry cloth

basically ill spray on some tuff stuff, let it soak in, spray some more aggitate it lightly with a brush and blot off with a paper towel. repeat but this time instead of a paper towell i use the terry cloth. works like a charm every time!
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:20 AM
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ive got the recaro's aha and i was literally driving my car home when i bought it and i was drinking a soda while getting off and exit. ha as im taking a sip, all of a sudden a ******* porshe drives by going like 90 and it was sooo ******* loud haha. i dropped my soda in my lap and some of it seaped into the recaro. ha anyways. so after a week or 2 the stain bugged me. i asked my brother whos 7 years older than me, what would be a good fabric cleaner and he said. go steal moms resolve. haha so ever since then i have used resolve. it works pretty damn good for the 4 dollars it is for a can of it. ha spray it on, let it soak in and once its all soaked in vaccum it then dab with paper towels or something really absorbent. then vaccum again, then dag some more and then vaccum. do as much as needed then ya. your stain should be mostly gone if not completely. (resolve can be found at any grocery store in the cleaner isle)
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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I recently came into this. My Recaro's were used when I got them (the blue Ion ones) and were in fair condition in terms of center material cleanliness. Well recently I've had a couple drink spots and they look like the snowman jizzed all over my seats. It looks terrible. I'll need to look into this stuff..
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 11:12 PM
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I ended up getting some upholstery cleaner from autozone. works like a charm. after i vaccum or i'll just whipe is with a rag then crank the heat all the way up and let it sit for about 10 minutes and it's like new!
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Billy Baldone
How about spelling them correctly?
there goes the spelling police again.
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Old Jan 15, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 03:12 PM
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there is this stuff i use that i get from Canadian Tire (can get it anywhere), its called Salt Eraser..
Its an Aerosol used for removing salt stains on carpets in cars. You spray it on the stain, and due to its high alcohol content it removes the stain, doesnt stain, and evaporates. Ive taken some nasty stains out of my recaro seats with it.. Great product, cheap, and effective.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 05:28 PM
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little green machine. i use it to clean up all the stains on my carpets and furniture. never used it in the balt tho.
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