Chris,
There is so much coffee in the seat that by the time you get all out, you
would wear the seat and make small holes in it with your hand held whatever.
The seat must come out of the car.  And just as you would clean a sponge of
dirt in it, you need to soak it with water and squeeze it out repeatedly.
It is not dirt, it is coffee.
This way the fabric will not wear out ubnormally or get torn by the hand
held something.  You will soon notice the dilution and the eventual
disappearance of the dreaded coffee and coca cola history.
This applies to the carpet too.  Even the carpet material will fall apart
with all the rubbing for too long.  Just hose the thing long enought to have
those dried in coke and coffee that spilled in that quater of century living
in it.  Take the carpet out.  Its easy.
If it is the rear seat of a Westy, take the screws out and lift the bottom
or the back of the seat out of the car.  Finally, you would be able to clean
it properly.
And as a final clean, apply some soap and finish the job.
Let it drip out for a long time.  It will be drying for days of the little
water still in the sponge.
This is really a small job and a clean work.  You may get splashed with
water.
Enjoy.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: cleaning coffee out of seats....ideas??

> seems the list consensus here is to use one of those "Bissel little mean
> green clean machines" or a professional carpet shampoo/vac system, or just
> irrigate the seatbottom with water until the coffee flushes out of the
> foam...
>
> then let the seat dry for a few weeks..
>
> i'll give it a whirl this weekend and see how it comes out..
> thanks everyone..
>
> chris
>