Emergency stain removal for seats - found by accident

Thanks for the tip, I'll have to get some too ...just in case...opps

 

I found that Woolite © carpet cleaner worked fine for my new Silver front seat...found a rust-colored stain last weekend and it came right out.

wildplaces

 

is a 'contonelle' wipe those small wet napkins that come in a square wrapper?

 

I can beat that hands down. I dropped 3 blueberries from a danish between my legs and didn't realize it until the next day. I had big ground in blueberry stains. One week later, I took a white wash cloth with a little plain water and in thirty seconds the stain was completely gone. I was so impressed, I bought a sofa with the same fabric. I have removed many tough stains since then with a clean white cloth without a single failure. I wouldn't use anything else.

 

I had ink and chocolate on my seat.. different occasions. They both came of on my pant leg.. hehe. nothing sticks to these seats. If they do, just use water and a wash cloth.

 

I know the manufacturer of the fabric has a guide on how to remove various stains (I thought I read about it here). I can post the pdf if it's not on the site anywhere (if I can find it again). As I recall, basically water or alcohol will take out most any stain.

 

Ray... does that mean you know what fabric is in the Prius?

 

Had some grease or black stuff on my carpet mats *cries* the day we got it (this sat). Took them out and used some tide with color safe bleach to get it out.

stunk up the dryer

 

It's called Alcantara.

Here's their website (and they do make furniture or furniture fabric) :

http://www.alcantara.it/english/index_f.htm

And here's the thread with the fabric care and cleaning guide:

http://priuschat.com/forums/fabric-care-an...aning-vt41.html?

 

ok so we know this for sure?

previous threads here seemed to have a lot of confusion as to exactly what the fabric was. also as i remember it, no one could produce any official Toyota literature that specified the fabric.

 

no.. we do not know it for sure... from what i've seen Alcantara looks a littler different. Our prius is badged with ti Isofix in the rear seats. So.. i'm guessing it's Isofix.. but either way.. it's good material. What we really need is a picture of the light colored prius compaired to the greys... is it whtie seats? my seats are grey. I hear in europe and other regions it's Alcantara. Either way, we had a threat on this earlier and decided it was not Alcantara.

I'll email them and ask if they installed it or sold it to Toyota for the prius. It's supposed to be.. but we heard only on certain models. Plus.. Alcantara has moer of a crush velvet type of look to it.

 

http://www.alcantara.it/english/automotive.../automotive.htm click on Gallery.. the prius is still not listed

 

Just checked the Alcantara website. Like V8CobraKid, I found they name a lot of auto manufacturers who use their fabric, but Toyota doesn't seem to be one of them.

Isofix is the trademark for the childseat fixation system that newer vehicles have.

 

So Isofix designed those loops that are in the seats that bolt to the car right before the hybrid battery? you can see them if you fold the rear seats down.. well.. as they are folding they become visible

 

Prius upholstery

Standard upholstery in the USA and Europe is Jersey/tricon.
In Europe you can have Alcantara as an option. In Finland Alcantara upholstery is green.

 

well i have seen plenty of discussions that claim that alcantara is not in the Prius. a few people who had access to verifiable alcantara have stated that the material in the Prius is different.

whatever it really is (i dont really care to be honest with ya. up until the first alcantara thread, i had never heard of the stuff and its hard to miss something you never had) it is very very stain resistant and i like it whatever it may turn out to be

 

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/p...tds/isofix.html

On Alcantara:
The brochure shows a picture of seats with Alcantara, but according to my dealer it wasn't an option yet. Maybe on my next Prius...