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Old Sep 7, 2012 | 03:14 PM
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Does anyone know of a good spot cleaner for the Light Grey Cloth interior?
I know water likes to stain it so i need a good cleaner, I have a small stain on my arm rest (center seat) from a Dr. Pepper I spilled yesterday, as well as the inevitable sweat stains. I tried some Tuff Stuff I had sitting around but it didnt work very well....

These cloth interiors stain way too easy

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Old Sep 7, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Heres some pictures, The Stains hard to see but its there
 
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Old Sep 7, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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I've had no luck with Tuff Stuff either..on the carpet it works though
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 03:42 AM
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anyone have ideas?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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You could try brake cleaner a lot of shops use it to get stains out of rugs after they work on the car. I'm looking to redo my interior because all my seats are really stained after 4 years of using the truck for construction it's pretty beat up inside. It's supposed to be getting painted soon because someone keyed it and the body shop is very confident they'll get all the stains out steam cleaning the interior (Which they include with all the body/paint work). I've thought about getting a hand held steam cleaner for carpets numerous times. Anything you try do a test run on an area you can't really see, don't want to end up screwing up the color on the armrest making things worse.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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I used a steam cleaner with carpet shampoo/cleaner. Worked great on the seatbelt, too.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Derrick Miller
Heres some pictures, The Stains hard to see but its there
My armrest is about 10x worse then that, I have been thinking the same thing about getting something to clean it. I have pondered finding the Driver/Pass Seats with the individual fold-down armrests.. I have seen them in a 08 ST

 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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steam carpet cleaner is what works best, but pledge multi surface honestly works great for stains. spray it on. blot it up
 
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Best thing to do is rent a carpet cleaner from lowes or home depot. Then get some nice covers because they will stain again. I don't know what it is about Chrysler products and their cloth seats. The Journey has stains from spilled water!
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
Best thing to do is rent a carpet cleaner from lowes or home depot. Then get some nice covers because they will stain again. I don't know what it is about Chrysler products and their cloth seats. The Journey has stains from spilled water!
Its not just Chrysler, GM has the same issues and I am sure others do too. The wife's Saturn does the same thing with just plain water.
 
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