04SiSpeed
09-14-2011, 09:13 PM
Bring the shine that the seats once had in a few easy steps and with simple house hold products basiclly.
Woolite
Lots and Lots of clean rag's/cloths
Bucket
Spray Bottle
Time
And everyones favorite, Patients. Yes this does take some time
I used 6:1 ratios. 6 cups of water to 1 cup of Woolite. Because thats what the site that makes the material (that is ALCANTRA ) says to do and what soup cleaner is safe and best to use.
You want to make sure you wipe down vacuum and over all clean up the seats really well maybe even 2 times before you start to soap and lather. This is because the woolite will pick the dead skin and dirt that is matting the ALCANTRA down giving it that worn nasty look. Use the 6:1 ratio and get a nice hot bucket of water together. Change your water once you start to notice its getting gray and dirty because it truely will take you much longer using dirty water with not much soap left in it. Dont get the seats real wet, you just want the rag to be damp as if your wiping a counter down or something. It does good enought of a job if you do it well and a few times with a little elbow grease than soaking the crap out of it and having to wait even longer for them to dry.
Once you have gone over the seats 2 times with the soap bucket rag method, grab the spray bottle and mix up another 6:1 solution in it. Take the bottle and work in small areas that way you can make sure you get them good. I used my hand at this point because you are actually trying to work some of the woolite into the base of the material. If you made the right mix and are doing small areas at a time it should actually begin to foam, that means its working right. Take a clean damp cloth to wipe off the foam and begin to scrub the seats. When you scrub now you want to try and make the material look darker instead of lighter. This means you are raising the material and that is what gives it that restored look instead of shinny and looking worn. Additionally if you scrub with the clean warm rag after you worked the soap into the base of the fabric it will help raise any dirt deep in there.
For drying dont put them in the sun thinking its a good idea, it will cause the material to dry out to fast and harden. My best suggestion is if you have some sort of wet vac or a carpet cleaner with a hose detachment. Other than that keep them in a warm area or like i said dont try and get them too wet so you dont have to wait as long. Once dry you can spray them with scotchguard so you wont be doing it again soon.
Do any of those steps as much as you feel like you need to, i did each step basiclly twice before moving on to the next and to be honest they look brand new. So, i hope this helps ppl i dont have pics right now because i dont have a camara. But i will get some before and after pics up asap. Thanks for reading.
Woolite
Lots and Lots of clean rag's/cloths
Bucket
Spray Bottle
Time
And everyones favorite, Patients. Yes this does take some time
I used 6:1 ratios. 6 cups of water to 1 cup of Woolite. Because thats what the site that makes the material (that is ALCANTRA ) says to do and what soup cleaner is safe and best to use.
You want to make sure you wipe down vacuum and over all clean up the seats really well maybe even 2 times before you start to soap and lather. This is because the woolite will pick the dead skin and dirt that is matting the ALCANTRA down giving it that worn nasty look. Use the 6:1 ratio and get a nice hot bucket of water together. Change your water once you start to notice its getting gray and dirty because it truely will take you much longer using dirty water with not much soap left in it. Dont get the seats real wet, you just want the rag to be damp as if your wiping a counter down or something. It does good enought of a job if you do it well and a few times with a little elbow grease than soaking the crap out of it and having to wait even longer for them to dry.
Once you have gone over the seats 2 times with the soap bucket rag method, grab the spray bottle and mix up another 6:1 solution in it. Take the bottle and work in small areas that way you can make sure you get them good. I used my hand at this point because you are actually trying to work some of the woolite into the base of the material. If you made the right mix and are doing small areas at a time it should actually begin to foam, that means its working right. Take a clean damp cloth to wipe off the foam and begin to scrub the seats. When you scrub now you want to try and make the material look darker instead of lighter. This means you are raising the material and that is what gives it that restored look instead of shinny and looking worn. Additionally if you scrub with the clean warm rag after you worked the soap into the base of the fabric it will help raise any dirt deep in there.
For drying dont put them in the sun thinking its a good idea, it will cause the material to dry out to fast and harden. My best suggestion is if you have some sort of wet vac or a carpet cleaner with a hose detachment. Other than that keep them in a warm area or like i said dont try and get them too wet so you dont have to wait as long. Once dry you can spray them with scotchguard so you wont be doing it again soon.
Do any of those steps as much as you feel like you need to, i did each step basiclly twice before moving on to the next and to be honest they look brand new. So, i hope this helps ppl i dont have pics right now because i dont have a camara. But i will get some before and after pics up asap. Thanks for reading.