I assume you're referring to the bluish/grey Recaro VW Seats. Im sure I did this in a way that would make any knowledgeable VW enthusiast cringe with disgust --but here is what I did to clean them. When I pulled my pair of Recaros from the salvage yard, the seats were the typical dust and dirt covered as you would find in any salvage yard. Judging from the interior and the cigarette burn in one of the seats, I knew the previous owner was a smoker.
So to clean them, I first vacuumed then and then I wiped them down with a rag dipped in dishwashing soap and water. Not very scientific. I tried it on the back side first to determine if it would damage the fabric, distort color, or molest the shape of the seat. Not too much water because I didn't want to distort the fabric or get the internal foam soggy. Just enough to work out the stains and the smell. Then I vacuumed them dry with a shop vac and allowed them to air dry in the sun. My method successfully removed the smokey odor and removed a few of the stains that were in the fabric. When they dried, they were consistent color and the fabric was not damaged. It was dawn dishwashing liquid. The blue stuff That was my ignorant method of cleaning. -Les On Jul 17, 2015, at 7:13 AM, Larry Velez wrote: > What is the material on the stock Recaros on 91/92 16Vs – just suede? > > Trying to research how to properly clean it without damaging it. > > Thanks, > > -Larry > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/29c3e036169a4f7c84f24024ce9dc3f4%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/A7769C24-FADE-435B-8189-40730C05A0B6%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
