upholstery cleaning

[Guy]

Awesome mate, think I have a vac in the garage that can suck up water. Not sure if that will work... will have a go tho.

Thanks for the tips.

james

james... where do you live?

[jimbooboo]

Barnsley in south Yorkshire.

[Guy]

Barnsley in south Yorkshire.

tis a bit far for me! 

[mikemk4gti]

you can hire a machine to clean them. My local Morrisons and Homebase do one with an upholstery tool for about £20 for a day so you can do the house and the car!

[Jimp]

jim

get yourself a decent degreaser... something along the lines of megs APC... dilute this down 4:1 in a spray bottle and use this to clean your plastics and headlining

for your upholstery.. your best bet is to shampoo material to get it looking its best... you will be surprised what a turn about you can achieve

find a friend with a 'george' with some APC and some autosmart 'brisk' or 'biobrisk' or rent a rug doctor http://rent.rugdoctor.com/ you will be amazed at how much dirt you can remove from seats and carpets...

vacuum your carpets thoroughly first... then shampoo the seats & carpets... use a short scrubbing brush like this http://www.vikan.com/sw3699.asp to scrub the material and work the cleaning agents into it and extract as much water as possible... you will need a day (min) for them to dry fully.

et voila http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=89507.msg1186179#msg1186179

you can then use quick detailers and smellies etc for dressing... think along the lines of 'fabreeze'.. it only masks smells etc... but if you want it 'clean' then you will have to do the work above... it will then naturally smell fresher too.

Sorry if this is a bit of a stupid question, but when you are shampooing the seats and carpets and have scrubbed in the shampoo do you then dry off the surface stuff and leave it to dry or do you just leave it sit?

[Guy]

jim

get yourself a decent degreaser... something along the lines of megs APC... dilute this down 4:1 in a spray bottle and use this to clean your plastics and headlining

for your upholstery.. your best bet is to shampoo material to get it looking its best... you will be surprised what a turn about you can achieve

find a friend with a 'george' with some APC and some autosmart 'brisk' or 'biobrisk' or rent a rug doctor http://rent.rugdoctor.com/ you will be amazed at how much dirt you can remove from seats and carpets...

vacuum your carpets thoroughly first... then shampoo the seats & carpets... use a short scrubbing brush like this http://www.vikan.com/sw3699.asp to scrub the material and work the cleaning agents into it and extract as much water as possible... you will need a day (min) for them to dry fully.

et voila http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=89507.msg1186179#msg1186179

you can then use quick detailers and smellies etc for dressing... think along the lines of 'fabreeze'.. it only masks smells etc... but if you want it 'clean' then you will have to do the work above... it will then naturally smell fresher too.

Sorry if this is a bit of a stupid question, but when you are shampooing the seats and carpets and have scrubbed in the shampoo do you then dry off the surface stuff and leave it to dry or do you just leave it sit?

you have highlighted the answer... you extract as much water as possible.. they will be left slightly damp once you have extracted them and will need a day to dry fully

[paddy_coyle]

I used a steam cleaner on my headling, seats and carpets yesterday, the results were fantastic