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Offline Stokie Mac

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Mould On Upholstery
« on: 22 March 2012, 13:50 »
Has anyone ever got Mould off their Car Seats??..
Thinking about swapping mine but the ones i looked at had White & Green Mould Spots/Stains on them..
Is there anyway i can get Rid Of it & Stop it from Coming back??..
Also will they smell or can you treat that too??..

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Offline dragonfly

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #1 on: 22 March 2012, 16:48 »
Try a wet vac with some all purpose cleaner.

Offline Gene Hunt.

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #2 on: 23 March 2012, 13:26 »
Must be some water getting in to make them damp?.
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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #3 on: 23 March 2012, 18:46 »
As above, needs a wet vac running over it,In these situations plus I've had this on my audi  I used brisk low foam and 2/3 capfuls of zoflora antibac,very effective at killing bacteria and leaves a nice fragrance whilst drying.
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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #4 on: 23 March 2012, 22:45 »
As above, needs a wet vac running over it,In these situations plus I've had this on my audi  I used brisk low foam and 2/3 capfuls of zoflora antibac,very effective at killing bacteria and leaves a nice fragrance whilst drying.

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #5 on: 23 March 2012, 22:46 »
Must be some water getting in to make them damp?.

THIS. no point in doing anything til the cause has been rectified  :smiley:

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #6 on: 23 March 2012, 23:54 »
Must be some water getting in to make them damp?.

THIS. no point in doing anything til the cause has been rectified  :smiley:
dont think the seats are in his car  :smiley:

Offline Stokie Mac

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #7 on: 24 March 2012, 00:28 »
Must be some water getting in to make them damp?.

THIS. no point in doing anything til the cause has been rectified  :smiley:
dont think the seats are in his car  :smiley:

Correct mate..
The Mouldy ones are in a Garage at the min..
Havent got a Wet Vac so is there anything else i can do or shall i try & Rent one for a day??..

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Re: Mould On Upholstery
« Reply #8 on: 24 March 2012, 08:41 »
well it still stands, if they are damp enough to be mouldy, you need to get them dried out before starting to CLEAN them

clean them as much as you like with a Wet vac. but it wont FULLY dry them.  thus the mold will return if you havent dried them out properly 

get the seats out in the sun this weekend to fully dry them out, then clean them, then keep them inside.

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