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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
>