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Old Jul 7, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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Upholstry cleaner

Has anyone found a good Upholstery cleaner for the seats in the HHR? I do not know what GM was thinking when someone decided to use this type of material on the seats. Even water seems to leave a stain. I am most likely going to live with it though the summer then find a good set of seatcovers or reupholster the seats.
Old Jul 7, 2013 | 11:27 AM
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yaaa i dont know what gm was thinking either...i have some kind of stain on my seat and i used an ulphosltery cleaner and the foam that comes out of the can stained the seat too...i was like wtf? so much for cleaning! Best bet is just to get covers
Old Jul 7, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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I used windex and a brush and rag..gotta get whole area, seat top wet..can use rug sucker to pull moisture out..no stains..windex dries clean
Old Jul 7, 2013 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by F-16C
Has anyone found a good Upholstery cleaner for the seats in the HHR? I do not know what GM was thinking when someone decided to use this type of material on the seats. Even water seems to leave a stain. I am most likely going to live with it though the summer then find a good set of seatcovers or reupholster the seats.
plain simple...the best.....get it at just about any auto store or walmart,

http://tuffstuffcleaning.com/

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Old Jul 7, 2013 | 09:00 PM
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I had good luck with Simple Green, but the key thing is cleaning the whole seat, spot cleaning just makes a mess.
Old Jul 7, 2013 | 10:55 PM
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I used foaming glass cleaner and a microfiber cloth to spot clean some areas that i got duct sealer on...oops....got it off and the seat looks brand new with no trace of the cleaner!
Old Jul 14, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by alexrckid
plain simple...the best.....get it at just about any auto store or walmart,

http://tuffstuffcleaning.com/
Been using their products forever, great results, never a problem, the cleaner/degreaser is a good hand cleaner.

Bill
Old Jul 14, 2013 | 08:55 AM
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Kids and pets

I use kids and pets. Saturate area with kids and pets rub with clean cloth or scrub brush let stand about 10 minutes. then use another clean towel or rag that's pretty wet but not soaking wet and scrub area. if rag is clean then let dry if dirty use another clean wet area of the rag and repeat as needed. This has always worked for me.
Old Jul 14, 2013 | 09:52 AM
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Folex, FTW!

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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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THANKS GUYS ! for all you input. I will give them a try.
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