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Old 07-24-2011 | 05:39 PM
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I hope there is a way to get the orange sunblock stain out of my white vinyl. So far vinyl cleaner and black streak remover haven't touched it. Please help! Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Old 07-24-2011 | 06:10 PM
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Go to a dollar store that sells "LA's Totally Awesome" multi purpose cleaner. It works great on everything and it's cheap!! A few girls that wear some crazy sun tanning oil from Maui left brown/orange stains all over my seats, the crap smells like coffee when the put it on. It came right off by just spraying it on and wiping it off with a rag. I get mine from Dollar General, try them if you have any over by you.
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Old 07-24-2011 | 06:20 PM
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I have some sunscreen staining on my front bolsters and nothing I have tried will take it out. I have tried the Totally Awesome cleaner and it didn't take the stain out either.
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Old 07-24-2011 | 06:28 PM
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I have some sunscreen staining on my front bolsters and nothing I have tried will take it out. I have tried the Totally Awesome cleaner and it didn't take the stain out either.
That sucks, have you tried toothpaste? I wipe down and clean out the interior after every time out so it didn't get a chance to really get baked in by the sun.
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Old 07-25-2011 | 05:44 AM
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I have the same crap on the flybridge floor of my Gibson...bleach is the only thing I've found that works
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Old 07-25-2011 | 07:13 AM
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I have the same crap on the flybridge floor of my Gibson...bleach is the only thing I've found that works
my upholstery was horrible when i got it and bleach worked wonders and , interestingly when the uphosltery guys came to fix someting and put hand prints all over everything they cleaned it all virgin with, of all things . wd-40.
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Old 07-25-2011 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Raizorsedge
That sucks, have you tried toothpaste? I wipe down and clean out the interior after every time out so it didn't get a chance to really get baked in by the sun.
Mine is definately set in. I made the mistake of not doing a real good cleaning before last winter. It was not showing any signs of staining at that time. In the Spring, I noticed it and nothing would take out the discoloration. Usually bleach and sun will take out any stain that I have had before, but not this one.
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Mine is definately set in. I made the mistake of not doing a real good cleaning before last winter. It was not showing any signs of staining at that time. In the Spring, I noticed it and nothing would take out the discoloration. Usually bleach and sun will take out any stain that I have had before, but not this one.
makes you wonder what it's doing to your skin...
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Old 07-25-2011 | 03:33 PM
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Probably giving it a nice tan color like it did on the seat
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