The Unthinkable

[steveab]

Arhh,

My passion for TVR's and curry has gone all horribly wrong resulting in a nasty yellow curry stain on my passenger seat.

I've tried Vanish and a good clean with proper leather cleaner but the stain is still there . Any further ideas???

Talk about being a complete doofus!!

Help....

Steve

[marki]

was the curry that bad !!!

[steveab]

Hmm, curry was good, just a 'leeky' bag type situation!!

[s3 bob]

colostomy or paper?

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colostomy or paper?

[Martin Hunt]

Gliptone Liquid Leather works well on all TVR upholstery and is recommended by TVR.....

[pbrettle]

Yes, the liquid leather stuff works, but you do have to put your back into it - lots of wrist action...

Cheers,

Paul

[angusfaldo]

I can vouch for liquid leather (the product). But see for yourself at the following address:

www.liquidleather.com

But as for the staff, I called for advice but the chap at the other end was short, to the point and unwilling to chat.

[steveab]

Cheers Guys,

So far I've tried the turtlewax leather cleaner and the autoglym stuff. No result. I've try the liquid leather.

Stev

[EdT]

Exactly the same happened 2 years ago - complete horror - discovered it next morning..
Being addicted to Autoglum products, went through full collection - bar one - then in blind deparation....
'clean machine' - engine bay cleaner. This was on grey leather of ex-S2 - guess what - near perfect results in 10 mins - and saw the car today as a pal took it off me- still 100% fine. So X your fingers & try it (usual diclaimers apply..)

Ed


Edited by EdT on Monday 10th December 00:54

[steveab]

Cheers Ed,

Glad to know theres some fellow insomniacs (sp).

I'll give that 'clean machine' a go. I tried white spirit also (followed quickly by leather cleaner to ensure I didn't completly bugger the seat).

Will use x-treme caution since my interior is tan (now with a hint of yellow!!).

I'd rather try that kind of stuff rather than abrasive cloths etc.

[pdavison]

The seats in my S3 were filthy when I bought it and a car valenter gave me the tip of using an engine degreaser mixed with water (change the mix depending on how bad the staining is).

I used a 50/50 water with 'Gunk' mix and the end results was quite amazing. You don't even need to use much elbow grease ! I used leather food afterwards to ensure that any oils that had been stripped were replaced and have repeated this a couple of times since. The leather looks great and it hasn't done it any harm whatsoever (I did this about 6 months ago).

Happy cleaning...

Paul

[jpritchard]

I've just ordered some of the liquid leather conditioner (thanks for the link been after it for a while!) and I must have spoken to the same guy because he was very short almost to the point of being rude! I just want the smell of leather back in the car...

Thanks also for the engine degreasant tip - can this be used on the plastic bit of half hide?

I assume so, but do you need to put anything on after? (leather conditioner seems expensive option!)

[mel]

This may appear mad but try some of your good ladies make up remover (or your own I suppose )

Basically "feed" the leather with normal moisturiser leave it for a couple of hours then get the make up remover out you might be pleasently suprised. (your skin is after all a form of hide!)

[EdT]

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...and I must have spoken to the same guy because he was very short almost to the point of being rude!

Yeah I remember him. Product good, trouble for me was that the 'my dad's old Jag' leather smell hid the TVR sexy leather smell, if you know what I mean
Ed


Edited by EdT on Monday 10th December 23:29