Cleaning alcantara

[not normal dan]

Basically this morning I scraped me window on the trophy an when finished through the scraped in the car an it landed on the seat. It had some frost left on it but I didn't notice, now its marked the seat! What can I use to clean it? Cheers Dan.

 

[Yellow Dave]

never used it, but raceglaze alcantara cleaner seems highly rated for this job.

available from polishedbliss for £10 with free delivery

 

[not normal dan]

Sweet cheers mate, I'll get some ordered up. Do you recommend a leather feed/cleaner? May aswell do the whole seat

 

[Yellow Dave]

polished bliss sell cleaner and conditioners from both raceglaze and autofinesse that would be worth considering

 

[fakeConcern]

http://www.alcantara.com/content/en...the_material/maintenance/ordinary_maintenance

 

[MarcB]

I have used the Raceglaze stuff on my trophy seats and it works a treat.

 

[Jon.G]

I've also used raceglaze with a swissvax brush, In all honesty didn't notice much difference.

Speaking to Phil at Shinearama, he says there most, if not all, alcantara cleaners won't do a lot.

I ideally wanted something to bring the life back into the seats as there are a couple of 'flat' spots in the alcantara.

 

[not normal dan]

I'm going to give it ago, the seats are very good condition no flat spots or real wear just this pesky mark! Why was I so stupid haha

 

[Scrooge]

Mine really need a good going over, struggling to find anything that truly works

 

[montana]

not sure if you have seen this

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?325859-Alcantara-Cleaning-Guide&highlight=alcantara

Its a generic alacantra cleaning guide so ignore the bit about putting it in the washing machine (cant imagine the seat will fit :)

 

[not normal dan]

Well I've got rid of the stain, it was really doing me head in looking at it an as I was on me way home I passed old halfrauds so popped in an grabbed some auto glym interior shampoo cleaner stuff which seems to have done the job

 

[Richyy182]

My seats at the edges seem to be getting fluffy - do people shave the seats ?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Yeah I shaved mine when they got bobbly. I'm talking about my seats not my b****cks btw.

 

[Richyy182]

That just made me laugh on the train

 

[Detail Chris]

Yeah I shaved mine when they got bobbly. I'm talking about my seats not my b****cks btw.

Lol!

thing is with alcantara, it's delicate. Sure you can buy a generic interior shampoo and scrub the dirt out and it will work but it may/will f**k the material. Raceglaze is very mild. It's for maintenance not for minging skank seats. It's a toughy to deal with for sure. Multiple hits of raceglaze is safer than using a strong cleaner.

 

[Detail Chris]

Oh and tbh what fuckwit heathen thought it was a good idea to put it in car should be hung by his peenarse!