Vinyl cleaner

[simon bedford]

Can any one recommend a cleaning solution for the vinyl on and around the consul of my Chim? It isn’t that dirty but a good clean would tidy it up.


Thanks

Simon (Mid Wales)

[trefor]

Decosol - orange stuff in a small plastic bottle, mix with water. Cleans vinyl and leather very well (treat leather afterwards).

[alex.mcintosh]

Autoglym leather cleaner and conditioner works well...

[squirrelz]

How good is this stuff at fetching out the really ingrained dirt in the vinyl?

[alex.mcintosh]

I use the autoglym annually and the vinyl is pretty clean - and I should know...it's magnolia! The only problem I have is that one passenger wore a brown leather jacket and some of the colour has come off on the door and centre console. Autoglym doesn't shift this

[squirrelz]

Yeah magnolia here too - tried some pretty good stain remover, which did improve things, but theres still dirt in the patina of the vinyl. Might give one of these products a try.

[shmern]

trefor said: Decosol - orange stuff in a small plastic bottle, mix with water. Cleans vinyl and leather very well (treat leather afterwards).

Silly question, but where sells Decosol ?

Shmern

>> Edited by shmern on Tuesday 4th March 11:29

[trefor]

shmern said:

trefor said: Decosol - orange stuff in a small plastic bottle, mix with water. Cleans vinyl and leather very well (treat leather afterwards).

Silly question, but where sells Decosol ?

Shmern

>> Edited by shmern on Tuesday 4th March 11:29

I bought mine from the local motorists discount in Slough. Not sure if Halfords stock it though.

[TUS 373]

As had been noted above - beware wearing anything leather near leather seats, especially after they have been cleaned and then conditioned. Black leather trouser belts and cream/magnolia hides do not go together well. The pigment can migrate from one to t'other - and it will NOT come out. That Gliptone leather conditioner leaves a lovely leathery smell on the seat leather - but it also leachs colour out of anything else in contact with it.

[jaguar wheels]

Chaps and Ladies per chance, i have just bought the recomended Decosol in a local car spares shop, will try it in the next few days and report back, thanks for your advice.

[jaguar wheels]

Tried the Decasol last night, its OK but not briliant. I rubbed it in neat with a tooth brush and left it for a while then wiped it off with a clean rag. It came clean but took quite a bit of scrubbing in. I think it will be better to take the seats out to get a better angle on the vinyl around the gear stick/transmition tunnel.