Help!! Stain from suit on Vinyl

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jeez....forget about the silly stains on the seats !...who cares, with that suit on I wouldn't.
seriously...I have not found spray nine to remove much.
 
I'm guessing you have some cute butt prints on your seats. If you're sure you want to remove them, it can be done. However, magic clean eraser is an abrasive product. It will remove the sheen from the vinyl so that it will look old. I would not recommend using it.

Spray Nine is detergent, and only detergent. Powerboat Reports tested a large number of cleaners and Spray Nine came out on top in each test. Good stuff.

Some cleaners have solvents in them that will remove some of the plasticizers in the vinyl. Solvents therefore will make the vinyl old and brittle prematurely. Don't use any solvent containing product or solvent such as isopropanol or acetone.

If Spray Nine doesn't work, try a dilute bleach solution. Dampen paper towels with diluted bleach and let them sit on the stain for a few minutes. Don't allow the stain or paper towels to dry. Rinse after keeping the spot damp with bleach. Bleach will break down the dyes. Any remaining stain will fade when exposed to sunlight. It is counter productive to leave the bleach solution on the stain for a long period of time. A few minutes is enough.

Best regards,
Frank
 
I'd say by the size of the "suit", the stain must not be that big:grin::lol::smt043:thumbsup:, and is as frank said "cute", I'd leave it! LOL
 
I had a nasty grease stain on the corner of my sun pad this spring. I tried pretty much every spray cleaner imaginable to get it off with no results at all. My mechanic (auto) friend stopped by while in the cleaning process and asked why I wasn't using WD-40 (like it was common knowledge)? He told me they used it all the time at his shop to get handprints off leather steering wheels and seats. I reluctantly tried it, but it worked like a charm! Might be worth a shot.....
 
nben said:
My mechanic (auto) friend stopped by while in the cleaning process and asked why I wasn't using WD-40 (like it was common knowledge)? He told me they used it all the time at his shop to get handprints off leather steering wheels and seats.
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Another good reason to be really careful about who you let service your car. A petroleum solvent based product that will dry out leather and vinyl. Good one to avoid.

Best regards,
Frank C
 
I used to work for an automotive seat supplier and we swear by the SD-20. It cleans everything from vinyl to cloth & leather.
 
Quint4 said:
This is a timely post as my S-I-L wore a swim suit this weekend that left blue dye on my white seats. I tried vinyl cleaner, spray-nine,windex, & magic eraser with no luck.What is with the magic eraser...I do not see any damage to my seats after using it ? It does not feel abrasive or leave visible damage. I am going to try oxyclean next.
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Ok, just to make sure we're solving this problem properly, ThisPostIsWorthlessWithoutPictures (TPIWWP) of said S-I-L. This is at your discretion of course... It seemed to help in FLAScott185Sport's case, we're finding lots of methods and procedures to cure his vinyl stain issue.:grin::smt001:thumbsup::smt043:lol:

(edit: pics like Gary's 3 beauties of course can be left on your HD, for your own perusal - that's the "at your discretion" piece)
 
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Ringy Dinghy said:
Try a Majic Eraser, it seems to remove most everything and not cause any damage to the seats, I have not tried it to remove dye like from the bathing suit, buit it sure does a great job on everything else, the Admiral swears by them.
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As others have said.... I think magic erasers do not have a place on the boat. They are aggressive and unnecessary when a milder cleaner will perform the same function.
 
I just was out doing my mid-summer detailing on the boat, and had a few scuff marks and stains on my white seats/side pads. I use 303 protectant to protect my vinyl/rubber. I sprayed a little on the spots, and after a bit of elbow grease, they came off(all but one, and that one is now quite faded). You might try that first. As others have said, start out with the least aggressive cleaner and work towards more aggressive. I also keep a bottle of orange cleaner spray on the boat, and use it for spot cleaning that does pretty good, but it didn't clean these marks like 303 just did.

-VtSeaRay
 
As far as the quality of the suit ( and the $$), it really is more a matter of the type of fabric being dyed as synthetics won't hold dye as well. However, most all fabrics are going to have residual dye in them from the factory and should be prewashed....and I'm not going to say a thing about maybe it will shrink a lil more.. ;)
 
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