Cleaning stock R1 suede seats - any ideas?
10-08-04, 04:07 PM
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Cleaning stock R1 suede seats - any ideas?
Hey everyone -
My new-to-me '94 R2 has seats that are in excellent condition, but has what looks to be light staining on the seat bottom, either from sweat or from spilled drinks and whatnot.
What exactly is the material they made the seats out of? It feels like microfiber.
Anyhow, I want to get them cleaned up, and was planning on using a regular upholstery cleaner, but didn't want to make the situation worse. It's just such an odd material that I'm at a loss as to cleaning them.
Input is mucho appreciated!
Dale
My new-to-me '94 R2 has seats that are in excellent condition, but has what looks to be light staining on the seat bottom, either from sweat or from spilled drinks and whatnot.
What exactly is the material they made the seats out of? It feels like microfiber.
Anyhow, I want to get them cleaned up, and was planning on using a regular upholstery cleaner, but didn't want to make the situation worse. It's just such an odd material that I'm at a loss as to cleaning them.
Input is mucho appreciated!
Dale
10-08-04, 04:28 PM
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steam cleaner?? that lil scuzzie think i saw on a late nigth infomercail wokrs my buddys mom has one. try something that cleanes with steam not chemicals .
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10-08-04, 04:34 PM
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That might be a good idea. Kind of hate to buy a steam cleaner just to clean the seats in the RX-7 once a year, though 
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Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Dale
.Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Dale
10-08-04, 04:41 PM
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get the infomercail thing. you can clean everything with it even break dust . dotn knwo if your mall has a as seen on tv store or not . but i think iam goin to pick on up. to clean the engine bay of my car .
. dotn knwo if your mall has a as seen on tv store or not . but i think iam goin to pick on up. to clean the engine bay of my car .
10-08-04, 04:48 PM
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yeap steam cleaner will do the job very good at least it did for me. Just go and rent one, but is good to have one. You can also try using kind of the same principle with a wet vac, some HOT water and laundry soap if you don't want to get a steam cleaner. If you choose to do this use some fabric softener 
10-09-04, 02:40 PM
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When I fisrt bought my 94' Touring the carpets had a stale smell to them and my friends interior was rough from a reacent beach trip. So he and I split the cost of renting and removed the seats from both cars... steam cleaned the entire interior for say $15 each after soaps. It worked wonders on my carpets and I'm sure would be great for the R1 seats.
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10-12-04, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by KCflyer
Don't underestimate oxyclean 
Also a steam cleaner as stated earlier is great too. And you can rent those for about the cost of the Oxy-clean
