Brand new Prius - only a month old. I took a red plastic gas container to the gas station to get it filled and the red rubbed off on the end panel of the luggage cover. The material seem to be "clean resistant". Scrubbed with Fantastic and a brush but it only lightened a bit. Help appreciated! Thanks!
Sorry can't help you. I like your use of the phrase "Clean Resistant" as that is my observation as well. I somehow got some black marks on the cover, and have the exact same problem. They don't look like it should be anything that doesn't clean up, but the cover almost seems designed to absorb any marking as opposed to being very cleanable. I've also tried all the usual "chemicals". I'm wary of getting too aggressive as I don't want to make it worse. Hope somebody else has some suggestions for the OP and myself.
I'd be careful using solvents, like nail polish remover (acetone), because it might affect the plastic (vinyl?) material. May dull the area applied to.
Nail Polish remover is such a caustic substance I've often wondered why women need something that I think should be sold with warnings and kept under glass, just to remove colors from their nails. Yeah, I don't think I'd use Nail Polish remover on the vinyl cover.
Yep, even tho the instruction was "a little at a time", polish remover seems a bit aggressive. Wondering: Does Toyota monitor/post on these customer-facing forums?
Try rubbing at the stain with a Mister Clean Magic Eraser. Start out gently, then apply more pressure. Use something to back up the cover like a piece of wood or a book.
I am trying to imagine what the red stain is made of: superficial paint or the plastic itself which is polyethylene plastic got rubbed in there. Pic would help.
The stain came from an old red plastic can. Since there was no gasoline on the exterior, I assume some of the red (dye?) in the poly rubbed off.
OK some kind of red dye. That sounds like unusual can construction...I do not think my red Blitz can would bleed any color. There is the issue that the gasoline will slowly go through plastic, I believe modern CARB compliant cans have some treatment of the plastic that slows the permeation.
