Best way to clean white seat cover?

motoarmageddon
Edited Date/Time 7/27/2019 9:58pm
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple green isnt working. Any suggestions?
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Harry Backmon 7/25/2019 10:20pm
7/25/2019 10:20pm
Contact local riders in the UK. He uses some kind of special sauce to get whites their brightest.
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cdncombatmedic 7/26/2019 4:38am
7/26/2019 4:38am Edited Date/Time 7/26/2019 4:38am
I avoid anything to do with white when it comes to seat covers and gear. It's not worth the hassle. I know that doesn't help you now. Give a magic eraser a try.
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kb228 7/26/2019 4:41am
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Shout and SOS pads work great for my seat cover.
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jeasley 7/26/2019 4:58am
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I've always had really good luck with Soft Scrub for anything white (plastics, shoes, boots, etc.) and had great results. I've never had to try it on a seat, but I don't see why it wouldn't work just as good.
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CR92 7/26/2019 5:03am
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Acetone. Be careful, but it has worked for me in the past.
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motoarmageddon wrote:
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple...
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple green isnt working. Any suggestions?
Have the installer buy you a new one.
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BRAPPWHIP86 7/26/2019 6:54am
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motoarmageddon wrote:
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple...
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple green isnt working. Any suggestions?
Magic Eraser - Thank me later
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Blade Flanagan jr. wrote:
Try goof off. I've made some old seat covers look new again with that stuff.
I use a spray bottle of Goof Off and a grey non-scouring Scotch Brite pad on everything. Plastic, graphics, seat cover and even the frame look brand new with minimal effort.
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motox331 7/26/2019 8:38am
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westleys whitewall cleaner and a magic eraser
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Go to the grocery store and get a plastic brush used for dishes. Scrub using whatever cleaner you're going to try from the list above. I use two of these in my cleaning kit; one for seats, one for chains:

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I found a trash can works wonders...
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Cleanser and a brush. Thats all you need
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piscokid 7/27/2019 5:53am
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I was going to suggest Westley's Bleche Wite but it looks like it was taken over by another company and the formulation is different, so YMMV.
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DownSouth 7/27/2019 6:43am
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Try old school shaving creme, the white foamy kind not gel. I read that in MXA years ago as a tip to clean white boots. I never ran white boots but it worked great on white sneakers.
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DoctorJD 7/27/2019 7:02am
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motoarmageddon wrote:
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple...
I had a new seat cover from dcor with white top installed, but my installer somehow stained the white part. About a 3” square stain. Simple green isnt working. Any suggestions?
BRAPPWHIP86 wrote:
Magic Eraser - Thank me later
Yep. I had a boat with white seats in it. Magic Eraser was the only thing I could find that would keep them clean. I always went back over them with some 303 Protectant after using the Magic Eraser, you don't want to put that on your seat cover, thought.
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mxracer71 7/27/2019 8:19am
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scrubbing bubbles works wonders with a brush.
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rongi#401 7/27/2019 9:24am
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Simple green and a scrub brush, I’ve had white seats a lot
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Oh it has one stain that won’t come out...try gas

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