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Title: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 07 August 2010, 13:32

Hey,

A while ago i bent the door hinges and so my door wouldnt shut this is when we had lots of rain and as a result of the car getting a bit flooded, i now have mold over the seats, drivers door panel and steering wheel, how could i get rid of it ?

any help would be great.

Cheers.

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: SoundillusioN on 08 August 2010, 04:46

Quote from: Chives09 on 07 August 2010, 13:32

Hey,

A while ago i bent the door hinges and so my door wouldnt shut this is when we had lots of rain and as a result of the car getting a bit flooded, i now have mold over the seats, drivers door panel and steering wheel, how could i get rid of it ?

any help would be great.

Cheers.

I'd say post it here http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=56.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=56.0) seen this crop up before.

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 08 August 2010, 09:31

thanks alot  :smiley:

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Snoopy on 08 August 2010, 21:18

The last car i did which was my daihatsu winter car i simply cleaned it with a VAX type hover product, probably not the proper way to do it but it worked on the cloth seats.

I then used leather cleaner and feed on the leather steering wheel.

Plastic and vynal door panels got done with soap and water then a house table polish product.

Im sure some of the detailing expert in the detailing section will know what to really use but they worked for me and no mold or smell bak in the past 2 years ive owned it.

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 10 August 2010, 12:30

Thanks for your help! im sure i will have lots more problems i can see this car bein a long project haha

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: SoundillusioN on 10 August 2010, 15:32

Quote from: Chives09 on 10 August 2010, 12:30

Thanks for your help! im sure i will have lots more problems i can see this car bein a long project haha

Be good to have another mk1 here.... it gets quite quiet so feel free to post stuff.. if you've got a project it would be good to see its progress, got any pics?

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 10 August 2010, 16:19

i havent at the min, ill have to take some, weve had it for ages but its just stood and deteriated for years after my dad died so i thought it would be nice to do it back up to how it should be again.

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: SoundillusioN on 10 August 2010, 16:29

awwww, good for you.. great idea, what model is it?

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 10 August 2010, 16:46

it just needs a bit of love haha, ermm its 1.8 Gti convertable, white with blue hood :)

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: SoundillusioN on 10 August 2010, 16:58

Cool, well theres plenty of peeps here if you need owt... get some pics up when you can and stuff ti needs

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 11 August 2010, 00:18

i will do :)

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 11 August 2010, 08:25

As it's not a daily, it would be better if you can take the seats and door cards out of the car, and leave them to dry for a while. Preferably inside, in a dry but warm environment. I.E. not in a washroom or something like that as that environment inherantly has moisture in the air.

Then get to work with a stiff (not rediculous) brush and get rid of the surface stuff, then get some carpet cleaner on them and a strong hoover. Should get rid of it in no time.  :smiley:

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 11 August 2010, 12:15

Thanks alot for the help, i was thinkin bout gettin my mate to take me out the seats cos i thought it might be easier, thats a good idea if i can convince my mum to let me put the seats in the house!

Cheers

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: SoundillusioN on 11 August 2010, 13:52

Quote from: Chives09 on 11 August 2010, 12:15

Thanks alot for the help, i was thinkin bout gettin my mate to take me out the seats cos i thought it might be easier, thats a good idea if i can convince my mum to let me put the seats in the house!

Cheers

Seats are well easy to take out... couple of bolts each... also, if you to wanna keep em in the house they dont tske up much pace if you you wind them all the way back so they lie flat, then you can lean em up against a wall or something.

Title: Re: help with mold pleasee
Post by: Chives09 on 29 August 2010, 00:44

sorry havent been on here for a little while, onn i might be able to do it myself then, thats a good idea id never have thought of that haha,

Thanks alot