

| Subject: | Re: cleaning coffee out of seats....ideas?? |
| From: | Mike Collum |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:43:53 -0500 |
I agree with Bob. Lots of liquid and a wet-r-dry vacuum. Mike Bob Stevens wrote: > "any ideas on how to get this old coffee out of the seat foam without taking > >>the seat apart...?" > > > Chris, if you'll keep doing what you are doing, eventually the amount of > residue in the foam will begin to dissipate. I had a stainless thermos, full > of coffee, "explode" while it was sitting on the psgr. seat, while the van > was in PHX in June/July at Karl's while the tranny was being fixed. He did a > hell of a job of cleaning and that's what he faced but at least it was > caught early .... more recent probably made that a little easier but still a > patience-job. I finished the project after getting the van back home. One > thing that will facilitate extracting/pulling the stain out of the foam: > once you've been working on it awhile and it's pretty damp, put a fairly > water-loaded sponge on it and let the water drench into the fabric and foam. > Go to a car wash where they have strong vacuum's and while using that to > pull the water + stain back out, have terry towels to catch/wipe the stain > and water off the fabric surface. Maybe you have a shop vac that will work > for this? > > Eventually this will get most of the stain out, just takes time and > patience. > > Good scrubbing ;) > > bob >
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