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fasthamster
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Vinyl cleaning

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Hi,
I need to try and restore the drab grey colour, hopefully to a more blueish colour, of my vinyl interior. I'm looking for a vinyl cleaner and protector that is gentle on the surface but gets into the pores of the vinyl material.
If you've done this job before I would appreciate your advice.

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There are various vinyl cleaners out there but I find Autoglym caravan and motorhome cleaner works great. You get a lot of product and it's useful for all kinds of cleaning besides vinyl and motorhomes - works brilliantly on wheels and dirty engine bays too :D
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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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Acetone(nail varnish remover)from the pound shops.then baby oil.
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Or you could use a leather dye to change the colour,i changed a rear seat from red to black,as i could not find a black back seat.only cost £8 ish looks fab and wears well,gave it a good clean first with acetone and a rub with leather dubbing afterwards.
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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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Sounds like a suitable alternative for me, if the new colour doesn't have to be much darker than the original.
Is there a leather dye manufacturer you could recommend ?

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I used Nero d'inferno permanent staining ink,250ml,they do 10 different colours.flea bay.about £8.50
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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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Thanks everyone.
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I'm not sure that leather dye would be the best thing to use on vinyl seats. Here's a great thread about interior refurbishment which you might find useful, and it includes dying vinyl seats:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21742&hilit=interior&start=20


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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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For cleaning the vinyl is tough old stuff and you can attack it with washing up liquid and a scrubbing brush. I had some seats which looked so awful I almost threw them away but they came up surprisingly well.

Vinyl doesn't have pores, it's plastic.
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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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So, to summarise, we're saying for plastic seats the answer is elbow grease?
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I have had good results using vanish soap.
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Like i said in my first reply,clean with a decent cleaner (acetone or similar) and a nice rub with baby oil...cheap as chips and fab results.Sorted for less than £2.00 If it is really bad resort to dye.
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Re: Vinyl cleaning

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After all that elbow grease a nice rub with baby oil must be very relaxing :D
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