Decasol Orange / Vinle / Leather / Carpet Cleaner

Decasol Orange / Vinle / Leather / Carpet Cleaner

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6,356 posts

169 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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An Orange liquid that could be used neat or diluted , This stuff was superb for interior valeting and the best product by far for cleaning Vinle door cards , centre consoles , sun visors , leather , carpets etc etc , but i have now run out and the Rep i contacted was far less than helpfull . For some reason they dont make it anymore for the uk , so New Old stock is probably my only hope . Halfords and many accessory shops used to sell it . For years it was in a glass bottle then a plastic bottle .
Anyone know where I can get any ?

mph

2,316 posts

281 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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A quick search on google shows that others are also looking for it.

It was a great product and modern foam cleaners aren't a patch on it.

Maybe the company could be persuaded to put it back into production.




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Original Poster:

6,356 posts

169 months

Thursday 24th May 2012
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Thanks mph, yes it was a great product. I will try to contact the makers and see what they think .

In the mid 80s I bought my first Capri Mk3 a Venetian Red 3000S , which was had a very grubby interior , particularly the red check Recaros . It took a couple of days graft but Decasol transformed the inside of that car , I just couldn't believe it.
I sold that S soon after as I just couldn't live with the ruddy glass sunroof and the fact that the MK3 just wasn't a patch on my previous MK1 3 Litre cars .
The first buyer bought that car because of it's superb interior.

v8250

2,724 posts

210 months

Thursday 24th May 2012
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Steve Zodiac

314 posts

142 months

Thursday 24th May 2012
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Yes, I cleaned my fair share of car interiors with Decosol, a pleasant smelling orangey liquid of watery gloopy consistency often purchased at the local Motor Factors (usually a cluttered little shop fronted by a man in a Brown store coat) you would point at it on a shelf and he would serve you, (remember that?)
It was very good and I can only imagine that it's been discontinued due to some dodgy carcinogenic ingredient?

mph

2,316 posts

281 months

Thursday 24th May 2012
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v8250 said:
No it wasn't anything like that.

The reason I remember it so well was because it was a fantastic product. If I recall correctly it came in a wide-necked glass bottle.

The consistency was rather "snotty" for want of a better word. Applied with a nail brush to vinyl or leather panels it was really effective.

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Original Poster:

6,356 posts

169 months

Friday 25th May 2012
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Ha, nice one Steve Zodiac !

My first intro to Decasol was at the age of 16 in 1977 at Loughton College on a C and G Motor Mechanics course . The College workshop had a few old cars , Inc a Vanden Plas 4 Litre R , a skeleton Rover 2000 and a very early Maroon coloured Mini. On my first day there , Mr Morish our Tutor ( what a great guy he was ) gave me a bottle of Decasol and told me to clean the seats in the Mini. I just couldn't believe how well that Gloopy Orange stuff worked !

In the late 80s I worked in Walthamstow as the Sth East Rep for a now sadly no more / great company called " LE Chapman Engineers " . ( Anyone remember them ? ) Chapmans had been started by a real go getting character called Laurence and his wife Steff. Laurence was trajically killed in his Merc sports on i beleive the M1 when it rolled over sometime in the mid 80s .

We were the Main Distributors for Monroe Shocks and also our own range of recon Struts , steering racks, lever arm shocks , discs , pads etc. I used to call on many of the Old School Car Accessory shops, Motor Factors etc etc . Some of the stock that was sitting out the back of some of these places was just amazing . I can recall seeing glass bottle after glass bottle of Decasol on the shelves.

blackscooby

300 posts

279 months

Friday 25th May 2012
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Blimey - I remember that stuff. Wonderful cleaner for door cards, vinly etc. Used to use it regularly.
I'll ask my Dad - I'm sure he's got a bottle of the stuff in the back of the cleaning cupboard. I'll see if I can get a photo!

Tyre Tread

10,525 posts

215 months

Friday 25th May 2012
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I think I may some of this in a tin can in my car cleaning cupboard.

graemel

7,017 posts

216 months

Friday 25th May 2012
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Steve Zodiac said:
Yes, I cleaned my fair share of car interiors with Decosol, a pleasant smelling orangey liquid of watery gloopy consistency often purchased at the local Motor Factors (usually a cluttered little shop fronted by a man in a Brown store coat) you would point at it on a shelf and he would serve you, (remember that?)
It was very good and I can only imagine that it's been discontinued due to some dodgy carcinogenic ingredient?
Such a man and shop still exists. He may still have some of that excellent product. The shop is a time warp
http://www.broadfields2000.co.uk/

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Friday 25th May 2012
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graemel said:
Steve Zodiac said:
Yes, I cleaned my fair share of car interiors with Decosol, a pleasant smelling orangey liquid of watery gloopy consistency often purchased at the local Motor Factors (usually a cluttered little shop fronted by a man in a Brown store coat) you would point at it on a shelf and he would serve you, (remember that?)
It was very good and I can only imagine that it's been discontinued due to some dodgy carcinogenic ingredient?
Such a man and shop still exists. He may still have some of that excellent product. The shop is a time warp
http://www.broadfields2000.co.uk/
There was similar down Portslade way a few years ago when I lived in the South, Can't remember the name of the place but the sign was blue.

mark387mw

2,174 posts

266 months

Saturday 26th May 2012
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Hooli said:
Such a man and shop still exists. He may still have some of that excellent product. The shop is a time warp
http://www.broadfields2000.co.uk/
There was similar down Portslade way a few years ago when I lived in the South, Can't remember the name of the place but the sign was blue.
Similar to this one http://epicaccessories.co.uk/

Who knows, maybe one of these shops have some tucked awasy at the back somewhere...

DBSV8

5,958 posts

237 months

Saturday 26th May 2012
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google is your friend





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Original Poster:

6,356 posts

169 months

Saturday 26th May 2012
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That's the gloop . Wonder what Dodgeee ? chemicals it contained for them to discontinue it .

God that photo brings back the valeting memory's and of dropping and smashing a few Glass and plastic bottles of that stuff too !

Just has to be some on a dusty accessory / factors shelf somewhere !

DBSV8

5,958 posts

237 months

Sunday 27th May 2012
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neutral 3 said:
That's the gloop . Wonder what Dodgeee ? chemicals it contained for them to discontinue it .

God that photo brings back the valeting memory's and of dropping and smashing a few Glass and plastic bottles of that stuff too !

Just has to be some on a dusty accessory / factors shelf somewhere !
the scary thing is ..........that wallpaper was exactly the same as on the walls in the cottage in France when i bought it ....real " life on Mars moment "

dbdb

4,311 posts

172 months

Sunday 27th May 2012
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My God, my parents had wallpaper like that in the kitchen when I was about five!

I remember Decasol well; my Grandfather was very keen on it, so it must have been laced with dodgy chemicals. I used it on my dad's cars when I was in my teens in the late 'eighties. It was excellent stuff.

OldSkoolRS

6,718 posts

178 months

Sunday 27th May 2012
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I remember helping my Mum clean our 'new' Vauxhall Viva one school holiday with this stuff back in the 70s. It was an ex smoker's car so we cleaned the headlining and were surprised to find it was off white rather than beige. smile

Even after they were cleaned the vinyl seats were still sticky on hot days though...

4sure

2,438 posts

210 months

Monday 28th May 2012
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Yes this stuff was great and i still remember the smell,something in a distant memory tells me it was originaly owned by a guy from Rochdale.
Was looking in our local car stuff shops and many people remembered it but no one stocks it or remembers when it vanished from the shelves.

gethyped

72 posts

153 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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Decosol who manufactured the product were bought over about 4 years ago.
The new owners were a huge chemical company who were only interesed in the Decosol Screenwash Range (Very good product)They de-listed most of the Decosol Range which also contained another old favorite Decosol Screenwash Powder (Previously Alexander Clearalex).Any body remember that old product?