Cleaning Seatbelts?!...

[martandem]

Gave the car a good detail inside yesterday and noticed how grubby the seatbelts were!...

Gave them a good scrub with soapy water but didn't do much!

How do you guys clean them? Is there an easier way to do it than taking them off? OR is it relatively simple to take them off?

Ideas sil vous plait...

 

[paul]

easily sorted! dont listern to people who say use special cleaners!!
clean microfiber cloth and hot water with washing powder! easily sorted and back to new in know time! scrub scrub scub!

 

[Rich]

I would not call it a special cleaner, Meguiars APC also works well.

 

[paul]

^ but the stuff im on about is free and every household has it! (well you would think)

 

[Rich]

Everything has to be free for Rustycheapskate

 

[Turkish]

Remind me how washing powder is more free than APC? :S

 

[paul]

^^ most people dont have Meguiars APC in there garage but they will have washing powder in the home! :approve:

why spend money when you dont have to! (can you see why i got a lotus now)

 

[martandem]

easily sorted! dont listern to people who say use special cleaners!!
clean microfiber cloth and hot water with washing powder! easily sorted and back to new in know time! scrub scrub scub!

Paul, you are implying i need to employ elbow grease...

 

[martandem]

^^ most people dont have Meguiars APC in there garage but they will have washing powder in the home! :approve:

why spend money when you dont have to! (can you see why i got a lotus now)

OK, I'll start off with washing powder then, see how i get on! Do i use Surf or Bold 2in1?!...

 

[paul]

did you sort them?!

 

[clio_luke]

im going to give this a try too when i get a chance.

hope this works paul!

 

[paul]

cause it will work!!

 

[martandem]

did you sort them?!

Yes mate! Just soap powder and warm water, with a microfibre cloth! Unbelievable, like new!... not that i doubted it fella looking at how clean your details are!

Although i was shi*ting bricks afterwards.... i pulled the seatbelts right out so that they wouldn't come out any more to clean it, and then after the belts weren't going back into the casing very well, the slack was just dangling around! NOT good! But now luckily it seems to be a lot better, i must have strained the mechanism or something.

So if you are thinking of attempting the clean, don't put too much pressure on the belt when it is fully extended!