[Hooter]

On my 69 GTO vert, the original parchment interior is in good shape but has it's share of grease stains from various motor swaps over the years. Any suggested cleaners to take this off?

[Rustie]

No but that is Rob's newest fear since buying a new car with parchment interior... how to keep it clean?

I have grease or tar or something on the back of one of the seats in my minivan (kids, what the did they get into and WHY??? )

So I am curious too. How do you get this crap out of cloth uphostery and carpeting? I tried Dawn, but no good.

[Hooter]

Regular soap and water won't cut it. Nor will Armor All cleaner. Guessing it's gonna take something strong.

[Rustie]

My Dad (who is also a chemist) said that it's going to take something like a dry cleaning product. Or one of those carpet cleaners that has the solid particles in it... I don't know exactly what he is talking about, but I know there is always Goo Be Gone....

[Old Blue 66]

An old neighbor of mine gave me some sort of Amway product a long time ago which works great for something like that. I also like something called Purple Dragon for getting out stains on that type of interior. Unfortunatley, I cant rememebr where either one of those products came from since Ive had them so long.....

Im a big help arent I???

[cruzn68]

Purple Power- you can get it at Lowes/Home Depot or most Autozone/Advance stores

[Stuart]

An old time auto upholstery shop owner showed me his secret weapon...Coleman camp stove fuel, basically the same thing as white gas. Put a little on a clean white rag and gently rub the stains. It works well on either cloth or vinyl.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by cruzn68

Purple Power- you can get it at Lowes/Home Depot or most Autozone/Advance stores

No its Purple Dragon....Ill look at the bottle i have in the garage later and see if there is some web address. Its like $12.00 a bottle and it cleans ANYTHING!! But dont get it on your skin!!

[Stuckinda60s]

I've used dry-cleaning fluid. I don't remember what brand it was, but it came in a tubular, white can with red lettering that held about 8-oz. It was slightly oily. If you can find something similar to that, you wet the area with the stuff, rubbing it in. Then sprinkle talcum powder liberally on the area and let stand overnight. The talc absorbs the oil/grease even after the fluid's dry.

I used this method to remove a solid 4" bicycle chain grease stain from a pair of tan pants and you couldn't see a trace of it when I was done.

Rich

[Rustie]

What about Simple Green? I used that once to get grease from being a waitress out of my white work shirts. Not even bleach could get the stains out of the sleeves, but that simple green stuff was awesome!

[Old Blue 66]

I do like the simple green products. A lot better than the Soilent Green products!!!

[mike nixon]

penray brakekleen. part number 4520. has the same active ingredient as the drycleaning solution. it's used by a LOT of furniture stores.

mike

[SuperQuad]

You'll think I'm FOS, but I've always found that dish soap and hot water work just fine and have no harsh chemicals that will change the color of your fabric.

[Rustie]

I tried the dawn and hot wstr, but mauybe I diluted it too much.... Do you pour it directly on the grease stain?

[YVEYANT]

Greased Lightning, spray on a cloth not directly on the interior as you will see the drip marks etched into the vinyl. Will wipe anything right off. On my carpets and light interior, Grey Blue etc..I have used Clorox Cleanup, as long as you spray it on and scrub brush it to distribute the spray quickly it does not bleach anything. Gets everything really clean too. I would not try this on dark interiors though.

[Jeff Walker]

I've used Simple Green with pretty good success.

[shawn e.]

http://ramcleaner.com/

We use this at work for soot stains. It is No B.S. The best cleaner I have ever used.

[SuperQuad]

Originally Posted by Rustie

I tried the dawn and hot wstr, but mauybe I diluted it too much.... Do you pour it directly on the grease stain?

Yes, I take the bottle and put the nozzle right on the stain and rub it in. Then I saturate the area with hot water and rub it with a wet cloth.

[zbuickman]

Originally Posted by Stuart

An old time auto upholstery shop owner showed me his secret weapon...Coleman camp stove fuel, basically the same thing as white gas. Put a little on a clean white rag and gently rub the stains. It works well on either cloth or vinyl.

Originally Posted by Stuckinda60s

I've used dry-cleaning fluid. I don't remember what brand it was, but it came in a tubular, white can with red lettering that held about 8-oz. It was slightly oily. If you can find something similar to that, you wet the area with the stuff, rubbing it in. Then sprinkle talcum powder liberally on the area and let stand overnight. The talc absorbs the oil/grease even after the fluid's dry. I used this method to remove a solid 4" bicycle chain grease stain from a pair of tan pants and you couldn't see a trace of it when I was done.

Rich

Didnt know about the powdr thing?? doesnt that leave a white spot on dark stuff that you cant just throw in the washer??

Originally Posted by mike nixon

penray brakekleen. part number 4520. has the same active ingredient as the drycleaning solution. it's used by a LOT of furniture stores.

mike

BINGO Ditto the above Ive just put it on a rag and blotted or wiped the stuff right off. works on carpet in the house too. petroileum based stains

[drailed]

Originally Posted by Rustie

What about Simple Green? I used that once to get grease from being a waitress out of my white work shirts. Not even bleach could get the stains out of the sleeves, but that simple green stuff was awesome!

Simple Green was a proven winner for me on grease grimmed parchment interior. Looked new afterwards. My next choice would be brake clean.