Thanks for sharing and being the courageous guinea pig.  My seats could use
a little wash so I will likely follow your advice.  I also swapped my seats
a number of years ago - and it is probably time I swap them back!

Thanks,

Bruce

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:57 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  So I took Vanagon to self-service carwash for a "turbo" vacuuming of
> seats, $1.  Sprayed on about 1/4 bottle of Folex per seat; let soak in
> about 5 minutes.  Used fingertips and fingernails to scrub upholstery
> surfaces as per bottle instructions.  Let it rest another couple
> minutes....then scrubbed again.  Took an old white towel to wipe off
> Folex.  Man, that white towel is no longer white!  My seats were not
> horrible dirty, but the residue on the towel indicated that cleaning was
> accomplished.  Everything seems to look brighter and more even now, and
> pile is fluffier.  I had used the advice that someone on this list gave
> about 10 years ago to swap driver and passenger seats to even out wear, I
> think that's a good tip.
> Is Folex better than other benign cleaning agents like Simple Green?  Not
> sure.  But am pleased with my results.  Seats are not sticky, and no
> odors...still in drying process.  It will be interesting to see what
> happens 1 or 2 years from now.
> Rich
> San Diego
>
>
>
>     On Monday, August 12, 2019, 3:42:00 PM PDT, Richard Koerner <
> rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>
>  Today had some fun doing cosmetic work on my van.  Had paintless dent
> removal guy remove 3 door dings.  To assist his efforts, I pre-emptively
> removed door panels, both sides.  When putting back together, I had the
> time to wash some plastic parts that hadn't been cleaned in 31 years, and
> also got the idea to use a little Simple Green on the fabric inlays on the
> door panels.  Very pleased!  And with a little Aerospace 303 spray on rest
> of door panel and associated parts, I just erased decades.
> I then looked at my seats....great condition...but no cleaning in 31 years
> other than vacuuming.  I've used a product called Folex on my carpets
> inside house; it's for spot cleaning.  The nice thing about this product is
> that it uses enzymes or something to make things like coffee, blood, food,
> grease magically disappear.  With minimal effort; and....NO RINSING
> REQUIRED (I never have....just kinda use an old towel to blot up the
> product along with all the crud).  It doesn't attract new dirt.  Works....I
> count on it to fix goofs; and cheap, and available at Home Depot.
>
> So....I'm thinking of attacking my Vanagon Seats with this product.  Says
> "Excellent for Upholstery" on the bottle.  Anybody ever tried it?
> If no negative feedback, I'm going to use it tomorrow....while waiting for
> my Air Conditioning guy to evacuate and recharge my A/C.  (Better than just
> sitting around....I plan on bringing a full spray bottle of Folex, and a
> bunch of old towels).
> Rich
> San Diego
>