Need help with vinyl stain

[SuperSquirt]

I have a stain on one of my white vinyl seats and i can't get it up with leather cleaner or even oxyclean. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't know how the stain got there, but its either a berry stain or maybe even nail polish. Sorry if this is already posted but I didn't see any

[Chexi]

Sorry to hear this SuperSquirt. Try a lot of sun if nothing else works.

I was met with the unpleasant surprise of numerous yellow stains (also raised a bit) coming from the inside of my bow nose cushion (which I just re-upholstered in the winter). I'm guessing that I'm going to have to replace both the vinyl and the cushion. Before I take the plunge on that, I'm going to see if the sun can work some magic.

[Flipside]

I'm a proponent of lots of sun too. Someone decided to use a Sharpie marker to generate a tattoo on someone. Sure enough the tattoo transferred to my cushion. I tried everthing to get it off, without any real success. I sprayed it with Aerospace Protectant and after a day in the sun, it was gone???

People will say never to use a magic eraser on vinyl but this will probably get the mark off at the expense of potentially shortening the lifespan of your vinyl.

[teamenzo]

Cleaner

After we bought our Nautique this year, I poured over the forums to find what product assortment to collect together. For vinyl I went with the 303 route. However, at the beginning of the year (March) there was some mysterious bug hatch, that when the bugs were smashed (sat on) produced a brown stain which turned to bright red, we ended up with 5-6 small stains. I tried everything, the only thing that worked was a little Magic Eraser and sun. This happened before I was able to get the 303 protectant on, which I think would have made the stain much easier to get off.

[DanielC]

I suggest a mild vinyl cleaner, and sunlight. A Magic Eraser does not remove the stain. It removes the stained vinyl, Very fine sandpaper will do the same thing. I do not recommend using that, either.

[AuMDLST]

Fingernail Polish?

Seems like an odd place for that item - guess you'll have to start doing bag checks
like TSA at the airport - definately a banned substance.

Vinyl cleaner and 303 - plus sun as previously mentioned

Doubt nothing will work on polish but acetone (vinyl damage possibly at that point)

[SuperSquirt]

thanks guys, i thought about trying acetone, but has anyone ever experimented with it on vinyl?

[Chexi]

I just asked my dealer about my weird damage on my vinyl (and sent him some pictures), and he said that ," it looks like a chemical burn... acetone can do that..." So while I'm pretty confident that it is not acetone in my case, you have it from a dealer (the guy who actually does vinyl work for the dealer) saying that acetone will stain / burn your vinyl. I would not try it.

If it is nail polish, you might be out of luck and have to buy a new skin. I hope that is not the case, but nail polish is bad stuff when it comes to stains. It's one of the many reasons I hate it and do not allow it in my house.