Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:16:24 -0400
Reply-To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Removing oil from upholstery
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Hi
Sprayaway makes a product called C-60
Most of the time it will pull any kind of Oil, Paint, Varnish and Dye out of most any material. Test it 1st but if you have a Sunbrella style top it is solution dyed
so you can not pull the color out. We use it on Car seats to get grease out of Upholstery. There is another product also by sprayaway and it is call Spot
Lifter. Ive pulled Coffee stains out of White White Fabric before. Also for fun Toothpaste will pull ink out of Vinyl FYI. Make sure it is white toothpaste not
green,blue or red.
The issue you might have is the oil has soaked into the Foam. So it will resurface over and over again. Im sure someone might have a set of good used
buns to swap yours out then clean the skins ( upholstery ) Do not machine wash it will break down the backing holding the Fibers together and reduce the
life of the material and stitching. Also keep away of Detergents. Soaps are OK but detergents will break down the nylon thread holding it together.
All in good fun,
You need a bumper sticker that Jeep guys have on there Jeeps. "If you can read this tip me back over."
C-ya Jonce
>Try BrakeKleen...The spray stuff really gets to the worst of the oil &
>stains...Just used it on my desk chair after I sat on it after I had a
>splotch of CV grease on my derierre...The wif is happy now..hence i am happy
>now...
>Spray some on a clean rag and rub...Might attack some types of material, but
>I have used it numerous times with no problems.
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>(425) 788-4070
>aatransaxle.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:28 PM
>Subject: Removing oil from upholstery
>> Believe it or not, there is vanagon content here.
>>
>> When i put the Orphan ('82 diesel Westy) on its roof last month most
>> all the crankcase oil drained into the body. An hour later when it
>> was put to rights, all that black sooted oil came draining back. I
>> have oil stains EVERYWHERE. Worst places are on my new canvas
>> (acrylic) and on the OEM curtains. I removed the worst one and
>> laundered it with double doses of detergent and Oxy-clean. Still has
>> a bunch of oil in it.
>>
>> If there was still a dry cleaner in this part of the world I'd let
>> them deal with it. But since there's not....
>>
>> I am open to suggestion.
>>
>> Jim
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Jonce Fancher
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