Valkyrie Riders Cruiser Club
August 10, 2025, 03:29:08 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Ultimate Seats Link VRCC Store
Homepage : Photostash : JustPics : Shoptalk : Old Tech Archive : Classifieds : Contact Staff
News: If you're new to this message board, read THIS!
 
Inzane 17
Pages: [1]   Go Down
Send this topic Print
Author Topic: Seat Cleaning Question  (Read 1244 times)
Old Geezer Richard
Member
*****
Posts: 1047


San Antonio , Tx


« on: October 28, 2012, 12:07:38 PM »

  I had stored my back-up OEM seats , the driver , pass. seat and sissy bar pad all in one big box that had those white shipping foam peanuts that covered up everything on a shelf in my garage  .... Sooo with this last hot summer we had in Texas , some of the white color from the peanuts looks like got alittle warm and left a white imprint on the vinyl  ...  Soooo what can I use to clean off the white styro foam marks on the vinyl ??  Thanks the Geezer  crazy2
Logged

If you don't care where you're going, then you ain't lost , Murphy's Law because wherever you are going to , it ain't going nowhere ....   San Antonio,Tx.
hubcapsc
Member
*****
Posts: 16788


upstate

South Carolina


« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2012, 12:21:44 PM »

  I had stored my back-up OEM seats , the driver , pass. seat and sissy bar pad all in one big box that had those white shipping foam peanuts that covered up everything on a shelf in my garage  .... Sooo with this last hot summer we had in Texas , some of the white color from the peanuts looks like got alittle warm and left a white imprint on the vinyl  ...  Soooo what can I use to clean off the white styro foam marks on the vinyl ??  Thanks the Geezer  crazy2

WD40 might get it off. I sprayed gallons of WD40 all over all my dirt bikes, including the seats,
never hurt anything...

-Mike "so it won't hurt to try..."
Logged

six2go #152
Member
*****
Posts: 977

Ft. Wayne, IN


« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2012, 01:40:27 PM »

I had the same thing happen to a seat a couple of years ago. I thought it was toast, then I tried rubbing it with kerosene on a rag and the stuff came right off. Left a little odor on the seat for awhile, but I imagine if you put it out in the Sun it would probably go away pretty quickly.
Logged
SkGregg
Member
*****
Posts: 1

Saskatchewan, Canada


« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2012, 01:42:12 PM »

If WD 40 doesn't work you could try Goo Gone or maybe some hand degreaser (non pumice kind). Just try it in an inconspicuous place first and wash well after using.  Grin cooldude
Logged
john
Member
*****
Posts: 3018


tyler texas


« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2012, 05:23:14 PM »

put a drop of gas on one of those peanuts and see what happens               coolsmiley
Logged

vrcc # 19002
Westsider
Member
*****
Posts: 716


Fort Worth TX.


« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2012, 07:36:25 AM »

Mothers Back to Black works good on (stock) seats.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2012, 08:59:10 AM by Westsider » Logged

we'll be there when we get there -   Valkless,, on lookout....
Ricky-D
Member
*****
Posts: 5031


South Carolina midlands


« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2012, 08:29:50 AM »

I would suggest to never apply anything volatile to the stock seats because the material the seat covers are made of are hydrocarbon based materials and most volatile substances act like solvents to those kind of materials.

***
Logged

2000_Valkyrie_Interstate
Old Geezer Richard
Member
*****
Posts: 1047


San Antonio , Tx


« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2012, 06:06:55 PM »

  I thank you all for all the fine suggestions , I feel like real DUHHHH !!!  forgetting to take the seats down and dumping those shipping peanuts this last warm summer and then ending up spotting all my back-up seats  ...  Hey SkGregg , I have tried the Goo-be-Gone idea and it did remove a majority of the heavy white spotting but I still have a faded white outline still on the seats , they looks like white ghost freckles  ....  I tried a very little bit of carb cleaner on a rag on a small out of way spot with my index finger and it did nuthin  ....  Soooo Mr. Ricky-D , you did post a comment but no solution  .....  So with all your infinite wisdom on various topics , what do you suggest sir ??  I anxiously await your wisdom posting  ....  Thanks the Geezer  crazy2
Logged

If you don't care where you're going, then you ain't lost , Murphy's Law because wherever you are going to , it ain't going nowhere ....   San Antonio,Tx.
six2go #152
Member
*****
Posts: 977

Ft. Wayne, IN


« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2012, 07:04:39 PM »

Well, so much for me offering a solution to an exact problem that I had and how I solved it.
The seat I cleaned up with kerosene was a Sargent for the V-Strom & I got ALL the measles off. Good Luck!
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
Send this topic Print
Jump to: