blue jeans

[cubby]

I have just been on a discovery day for a carpet/upholstery cleaning franchise where i was told that you can clean most leather sofas but you cannot remove the blue tint caused by blue jeans from cream leather. They went on to say that when jeans are dyed they use a metal in the dye which over time will leach into cream leather making it have a blue tint. Having had my cream seats re-leatherd i'm now covering them as i live in jeans. Has anyone else heard of this? Beware you have been warned!!!!!

[li'l pugs]

What rhymes with smollocks ?!!

We had cream leather suite, and cream leather seats in cars and cleaned them with all sorts of substances including cheap perfume/ aftershave (has higher alcohol content)but more recently have used saddle soap.

Paul

[S1X OK]

I get a buildup of 'jeans colour' in both cars but I regularly wipe them down with a damp cloth - no detergents or scary fluids, which does the job. There doesn't seem to be any residual effects, so I'll stick with what I'm doing.
Pete

[mikedavis1]

metal in the dye unless they mean the rivits used in Levis ...virtually all dyes have some trace metals unless they are natural, organic, green thingies...

Speaking as Jeans retailer of the year 1999 (honest - with the award handed over by Denise van O ) there are a bunch of different dyes used in denim as there are in most fabrics, biggest risk is when they are brand new or at least before the first three or four washes - this isn't leaching its simply the surface dye rubbing off: It can happen.

I recon the secret is to wipe off marks quickly so they dont get ground in or dig out yor 1980's acid washed jeans - we know you still have them - cos they aint got much dye in them anyway: The acid wash is carcenogenic (sp?) but at least your seats will be OK..

M

[cubby]

thanks mike for your reply ! I'm off now to splash on brut and put on some new 5o1s cause I'm going to the pub in my m8s bald mans wheels [sorry i mean bmw]!!!

[Rum Runner]

I also got told that most light colours like cream are spray coated, where as darker colours dye can be used. I looked at a lot of S series cars before i bought the Chim and decided that light colours were not the way forward as they don't look to good after miles and time, unless well looked after.