MarkD51
07-13-2013, 04:23 PM
Hi All,
Late this morning, I decided to tackle the interior on my beater 2001 Kia Spectra, was in need of a good going through.
I did not drag out my Hoover Shampooer, and do an extraction.
I simply used Folex, coated each seat section with a light coat-misting of the product, used a soft nylon scrub brush, and a small clean cotton washcloth with a bucket of hot water.
All looked much better, and the light grey cloth interior was looking nice and clean.
(I didn't do much with the carpets, just vacuum, but did clean-wash all the carpeted mats.)
So, I parked the car out in front of the house in the midday sun, left all the windows cracked about 2", and 2 hours later, all was dry.
As I pulled the vehicle back into the shade, and was preparing to vacuum the entire interior again, I noticed about a 8' circular yellow spot in the middle of the rear bench seat, and a couple of other very small areas on the rear seat side bolsters, and one small area on the passenger seat.
So out came the folex again, some more warm water, and another clean white washcloth.
What I was seeing was yellow coming off onto the washcloth as I again lightly misted, and wiped with the damp towel. The Water in the bucket as I reinsed the towel was yellow.
I was seeing that when I first cleaned, but was thinking at first this was just the dirts, and dusts coming out of the material.
This sounds like bleed through of the foam, doesn't it?
It looks good now, but it might return again? About all I can think of doing, is again just very lightly dampening the top surface of the material, without any saturation of water-(or cleaner if I choose to use it again) through to the foam?
Any other suggestions, or observations perhaps?
Thanks, Mark
Late this morning, I decided to tackle the interior on my beater 2001 Kia Spectra, was in need of a good going through.
I did not drag out my Hoover Shampooer, and do an extraction.
I simply used Folex, coated each seat section with a light coat-misting of the product, used a soft nylon scrub brush, and a small clean cotton washcloth with a bucket of hot water.
All looked much better, and the light grey cloth interior was looking nice and clean.
(I didn't do much with the carpets, just vacuum, but did clean-wash all the carpeted mats.)
So, I parked the car out in front of the house in the midday sun, left all the windows cracked about 2", and 2 hours later, all was dry.
As I pulled the vehicle back into the shade, and was preparing to vacuum the entire interior again, I noticed about a 8' circular yellow spot in the middle of the rear bench seat, and a couple of other very small areas on the rear seat side bolsters, and one small area on the passenger seat.
So out came the folex again, some more warm water, and another clean white washcloth.
What I was seeing was yellow coming off onto the washcloth as I again lightly misted, and wiped with the damp towel. The Water in the bucket as I reinsed the towel was yellow.
I was seeing that when I first cleaned, but was thinking at first this was just the dirts, and dusts coming out of the material.
This sounds like bleed through of the foam, doesn't it?
It looks good now, but it might return again? About all I can think of doing, is again just very lightly dampening the top surface of the material, without any saturation of water-(or cleaner if I choose to use it again) through to the foam?
Any other suggestions, or observations perhaps?
Thanks, Mark