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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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Best way to get dirt out of cloth seats?

I got a pair of seats which have had dirt on them for a couple years, I was wondering, what's the best way to rid of all of that without redying the seats or taking the cloth off? Thanks.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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This works good
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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Simple Green.. it works on anything.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 01:02 AM
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simple green...Im gonna try that sometime
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 01:44 AM
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sell them and buy leather seats

seriously though, simple green works good, or just a good steam cleaner
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 04:20 AM
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After you get them clean......take a bath.....will help them to stay clean...

I like the steam cleaning idea. Chemicals always leave residue to deal with. A good steam cleaner can do the seats really cheap. Sometimes it is almost as cheap as buying those chemicals.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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Originally posted by MetalliCamaroRS
Simple Green.. it works on anything.
You talking about money? cause that does work on anything .

Thanks for the ideas though, I'm gonna go try to stream clean em first, then I'll mess with soem simple green and if that doesnt work, some of that prestone stuff. Thanks.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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simple green is a concentrate cleaner at wal mart and such, inexspensive and will clean grease off garage floors even, its tough


good luck

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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After you get them clean......take a bath.....will help them to stay clean...
lol!
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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i bought a set of fourth gen seats that where in bad need of cleaning. moldy and every thing. for $20 i figured it was worth trying to save them. i took the covers off and put them in the washer, 3 times, and then i let them air dry over night. results:
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 03:23 PM
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they look pretty nice
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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After you get them wet with whatever you decide to clean them with, beat 'em with something. I use an old police style billy club for this. It will help bring the dirt to the surface. I read about this in some car mag once and it works!

Blue Coral works pretty good for cleaning seats!
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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The bristles on the brush of the presone can were quit soft but yet stiff compared to the other brands brushes on their cans,theirs felt all hard and looked like they might damage my cloth.
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Old Jan 14, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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I have a horror story about my seats. Somebody that was not very hygenic drove my car before me and the stains that he left were terrible i tried every cleaning agent on them possible. I managed to salvage the back seats but the front need to be recovered. I'll post them when i'm done.
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