Weird Stains on Cloth Seats
06-22-2011, 01:54 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
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Weird Stains on Cloth Seats
Hi - I know there are probably related posts but I'm too lazy to wade through the search results 
so here goes: I bought my 2009 45th with grey cloth seats as a used car from a local dealer. The seats had "whitish" water stains" on them. When I asked the dealer about it he said that the people that owned the car probably lived by the beach and jumped into the car with wet bathing suits. Kinda sorta seemed to make some sense at the time, and the car was a good deal otherwise, so I asked them to clean the seats before I picked it up. They did a so-so job and said it was the best they could do. Problem is, the stains are back and then some. Anyone know what would cause white stains such as this? I now see some brownish colors coming up, and the driver's rear seat has a dark stain - right about where a baby seat would mount - which makes me think leaky diaper! Yuck. That didn't come out at all.
My local body shop just got in a steam cleaner and said they'd try and clean the seats for free (guess I'll be their learning curve...
). Anyway, I don't have too much confidence that this will work, so any suggestions on how to get these nagging stains out would be much appreciated. I like the cloth interior with the wording all over the seats, just not with other people's stains on them (
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Thanks all - and I promise, one of these days I'll post with fewer than a plethora of words!
so here goes: I bought my 2009 45th with grey cloth seats as a used car from a local dealer. The seats had "whitish" water stains" on them. When I asked the dealer about it he said that the people that owned the car probably lived by the beach and jumped into the car with wet bathing suits. Kinda sorta seemed to make some sense at the time, and the car was a good deal otherwise, so I asked them to clean the seats before I picked it up. They did a so-so job and said it was the best they could do. Problem is, the stains are back and then some. Anyone know what would cause white stains such as this? I now see some brownish colors coming up, and the driver's rear seat has a dark stain - right about where a baby seat would mount - which makes me think leaky diaper! Yuck. That didn't come out at all.My local body shop just got in a steam cleaner and said they'd try and clean the seats for free (guess I'll be their learning curve...
). Anyway, I don't have too much confidence that this will work, so any suggestions on how to get these nagging stains out would be much appreciated. I like the cloth interior with the wording all over the seats, just not with other people's stains on them ()Thanks all - and I promise, one of these days I'll post with fewer than a plethora of words!
06-22-2011, 02:15 PM
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Location: Indiana
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i have an 06 with grey cloth seats. I love them but i hate them. If i would get any time of moisture, water,pop,juice anything on them it would leave a stain, if i had sweat shorts from swiming and got in, it would stain so i spent 200 on a pair of really good seat covers for the front and never regreted it.
06-22-2011, 04:55 PM
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I have to say I had just too many comments run through my mind when I saw the thread title...none of which would probably be considered an appropriate response...so I will just say...I hope you find a solution...
06-22-2011, 05:54 PM
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But that might leave a mark...
