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[Closed] Your recommendations for a car/van upholstery cleaner please

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The front seats in the STW-Issue T5 Camper are, frankly disgusting.

Any recommendations for an upholstery cleaner?


 
Posted : 31/01/2017 10:58 am
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I have one of these. A Vax Radipe Ultra 2. Bought it in a January sale a couple of years back and it's been well worth it.

Has an upholstery brush attachment sucky hose thingy which I've used a few times on the cars. Works well and doesn't soak the seats too much.

Did a couple of carpets in the house over the weekend as a matter of fact. THey were filthy with kids tracking in from the garden but came up a treat.

The colour of the water that you end up emptying away is horrifying. 😯

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Posted : 31/01/2017 11:08 am
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The Halfords spray bottles of upholstery cleaner are pretty good.
Ideally they should be done with the help of a wet / dry hoover. The trouble is, this time of year really isn't the best to try and get car seats dry.
The ones in our Scenic looked like there had been a dirty protest and they cleaned up pretty well with the stuff.
Personally I'd wait until the spring when you stand a chance of some warm weather.


 
Posted : 31/01/2017 11:41 am
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As above you really need to use a "wet" vacum cleaner like a vax etc. I use diluted biological washing liquid that would go in a washing machine.
Spray it on from a spray bottle and leave it to break down the oil / dirt then lift off and rinse with the vax.
The VW seat fabric is decent tough stuff they should come up well.


 
Posted : 31/01/2017 11:45 am
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Cool, cheers all.

Perchy - can I borrow your hoover? 🙂


 
Posted : 31/01/2017 12:00 pm
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Perchy - can I borrow your hoover

Let me think......lending a valuable electrical appliance to some random bloke off the internet that i've never met.....mmmmmmm?

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Posted : 31/01/2017 12:30 pm