Cleaning seat belts

[mybrainhurts]

What can I use to clean seat belts..?

Nothing I've tried seems to work and my shirts are getting annoyed.

[Snowboy]

I've had some luck using Flash Multi purpose anti bacterial wipes to clean the inside of cars.
They might work on seatbelts.

I wonder if there's a load of crud inside the retractor mechanism though, so it'll just re-crud the belt when it retracts?

[mybrainhurts]

Maybe, but I can't find anything that transfers muck from the belt to the cloth I'm using...

[mybrainhurts]

Any thoughts from the night shift...?

[anonymous-user]

I find surgical spirit works a treat, seriously.

Especially good if your new pride and joy had a previous owner who obviously "overdid" the perfume (I think she must have been putting it on in the car).

[mybrainhurts]

Doesn't that damage the threads..?

[Rostfritt]

I have heard furniture polish is good if they are slow to retract, not sure how it cleans them.

[0a]

This thread seems okay so far

[kev b]

Pull the belt out all the way,stop it retracting with a clothes peg or bulldog clip, then soak it for a while in a container of washing powder solution. Scrub with a nail brush if neccesary,rinse well and leave overnight to dry, keeping it away from leather trim etc.

[OlberJ]

Panel wipe, what you use for cleaning a car before painting it.

It's the business, cleans and then evaporates within 10mins.

Available from any paint shop.

[Remagel2507]

OlberJ said:

Panel wipe, what you use for cleaning a car before painting it.

It's the business, cleans and then evaporates within 10mins.

Available from any paint shop.

+1 for panel wipe worked a treat getting mould of the seatbelts of one our cars,

[mybrainhurts]

Thank you, gentlemen...

[AcidReflux]

Just been Googling to find out how to get vomit out of seat belts and our Audi's manual says specifically don't use chemicals, except for a soap solution.

[mybrainhurts]

Soap

Does

Not

Work...

[treetops]

Could I recommend baby wipes - any own brand will do.

Baby wipes remove pencil / crayon from walls they are effing brilliant at all sorts of removals.

[Nick3point2]

I've always used brake cleaner and paper towel.

[OlberJ]

treetops said:

Could I recommend baby wipes - any own brand will do.

Baby wipes remove pencil / crayon from walls they are effing brilliant at all sorts of removals.

Baby wipes can fade the colours.

Panel wipe is the answer.

[Lund]

I find sand and oil works best, followed by a dose of fake tan to restore the colour HTH.

[mybrainhurts]

You daft truncheon..