Cleaning Products Help - Carpet and Vinyl

[viperjuice]

I have these black dots here and there on the white vinyl seats of my 08 sv211. I'm pretty sure it's spider poop. does anyone know how to lift that off of the vinyl?

[TxJole]

Malco

[Chexi]

Joel, don't let that Malco sit for more than a few seconds befoer agitating and removing. It can streak your vinyl.

Starbrite makes a spider scat remover. I don't know how well it works. I'd start with Malco or Totally Awesome first.

[TxJole]

I had the local rep come by and show me how to use it. I soak a rag, wipe it on and then brush it and then go over with wet sponge. If its streaking its because its dripping down in a dirty spot and you just have to clean that area to get the streak out. So i'm told.

[viperjuice]

ok I'll get some of that. Do you know if I need to scrub it? If so, how hard should the bristles be? Thanks for the help, just got this boat and want to get it nice and shiny before I put it away for the winter.

[TxJole]

I use a super soft brush just to work it in.

[BP22]

Totally Awesome. Dollar General. $1 or $3 for a gallon. Dilute it a bit, maybe 3:1 water to TA for regular cleaning (or even 10:1). Use a stiff bristle brush (biggest key for any cleaner). Don't let it sit long or it can streak. Rinse/wipe down with water afterwards. 303 Aerospace protectant after that.

Another vote for Totally Awesome. I use it as my regular cleaner diluted 10:1 and 5:1 for the deeper cleaning. I also agree that the brush is the key to getting the vinyl clean.

[viperjuice]

Got Malco Leather cleaner from Amazon, $20 for 22oz. What a great job it did cleaning the vinyl. It feels soo luxurious now and looks awesome. Although, did not touch the spider sh*t.

Got Boatdacious , http://www.boatdacious.com/vinylcleaner.php, $16.90 with shipping for 32oz bottle. This stuff is great. granted I didn't have much to clean after Malco but it did a number on the Spider Sh*t and the couple pieces that I used it on. Yes wit the spider sh*t I had to spray, scrub, wipe, couple of times.

I also got couple other before: mothers, spray nine and some ghtx or sometime but none of them compared.

Thing I love the most about Boatdacious is that it was the only company that shipped the bottle capped, with sprayers on the side. This way nothing leaked out of the bottles like the other products.

Boatdacious is designed for cleaning vinyl and they also make a conditioner. Applying that tonight.

[OldBoarder]

Another vote for Totally Awesome. I use it as my regular cleaner diluted 10:1 and 5:1 for the deeper cleaning. I also agree that the brush is the key to getting the vinyl clean.

Yet another vote for Totally Awesome. According to the lable, this is actually a cleaning solution designed for use in carpet shampoo machines. However, it worked better on my engine compartment than GUNK, and much better on my carpet than the Adam's I tried. I used it full strength on everything - at around a buck for a full spray bottle and 3 bucks a gallon at Dollar General, you cannot beat it.

I'm not knocking the Adams, mind you, it just didn't do much to my carpet. It may be great now that the carpet has been cleaned with TA, and I like the idea of no suds.

After wetting the carpet, spraying it with full strength TA and scrubbing it with the brush I got from Adams, there was a big change. However, it really took a lot of water to rinse, and I am not convinced that I got it all out.

I plan to try the Adams on the cloth interior in my truck, and keep it for fabric cleaning in the future. I just don't see it cleaning really dirty carpet efficiently.

[Mikeski]

Totally Awesome at 50% dilution.

[TX-Foilhead]

Are you saying half and half with the TA? I tried it a little hotter than 10:1 but not 5:1 and it did a good job, but everything felt a bit stiff before I hit it with seat saver. Not sure I like that, but once I got the seat saver on everything felt fine. I does pretty good on other things around the house though so at least it won't go to waste.

[Mikeski]

I have used TA both straight and diluted at different levels. Currently using it 50/50, 2:1, 50%, half water/half TA...

[mrbobolina]

I use 50/50 white vinegar and water in a spray bottle on the carpet. This will get stains up as well dissinfect. I just rub it with a terry cloth and it lifts the carpet well. If the matting is serious, I have heard of guys using a power sprayer. I have not tried that myself. If there are deep stains in the carpet, you can use simple green and odly enough, you can use goof off. Goof off is a mysterious product, lol.

On the vinyl, I got tired of spending alot to do what I felt was jsut getting the dust out of the vinyl. I learned a trick last summer. I just used simple green to wipe it down, then follow up with babes soap and interior cleaner. It is a few steps, but the cost saving is significant. If your material is deeply dirty and you really want to get down in there, Starbright has a cleaner. It shows the same seat brilliant on one half and dirty onther on the cover. It is $15 at west marines and is really great at getting the bright back without damaging the material itself.

Hope this helps?

[boo]

I called the manufacturer of the vinyl used in Nautiques and they recommended using Dawn dish washing liquid. I scoop the Dawn suds onto a sponge that has a no-scratch pad on the back then scrub, rinse, dry it, and then follow-up with 303 protectant.

[gride]

Simple green marine beats totally awesome. So does star brite. Mdr and spray 9 have great tested reviews.