F.A.O people with half leather / alcantara seats looking tatty

[Ashley g]

I've owned My S3 now for nearly a week now and thought today was a good day to give it a much needed valet!
My seats are half leather, half alcantara and were quite badly worn looking with some serious "bobbling".
Some of you may already know this, but today I sorted them so they look good as new for the grand sum of 99p!
I literally shaved them with a packet of disposable razors to remove the bobbling and wear, and half an hour later they were looking mint!
I'm still to give them a good clean as I'm unsure as of yet what to clean them with, but they look 1000 times better than the did.
And no, I didn't use shaving foam or after shave!!
So if anyone's seats are looking a bit worse for wear, for 99p and half an hour, you can't go wrong!

Making Me love My new car even more, despite spending a bit on it already

 

[[Dave B]]

Or you can use a remington fuzz away to get the same result

I'd recommend RaceGlaze Alcantara Cleaner to clean them with.

 

[s3dave]

.:sign_pics:..........

 

[Ashley g]

Didn't get any before or after pics unfortunately

 

[sportstractor]

Nice, I was thinking of cleaning my tomorrow! They do easily get grubby. I just used autoglym interior shampoo previously which has brought them up nice

 

[DaveA3]

lol good idea

 

[Lloyd149]

Or buy a 'Bobble Off' from JMC, available in all good Boots stores nationwide. R.R.P about £6.

 

[Ashley g]

Or do the pikey equuilavant like I did with the 6 razors like I did for 99p, works a treat

 

[<tuffty/>]

Or you can use a remington fuzz away to get the same result

I'd recommend RaceGlaze Alcantara Cleaner to clean them with.

Just ordered some now from Polished Bliss... I have used Megs all purpose cleaner (very diluted) in the past which works ok but it always worries me when I use it as I have read some pretty horiffic stories if you get it wrong... there was even a specific alcantara cleaner (not this one) that ruined the interior of a S8 once as the headlining etc was alcantara too...

If PB sell it then I have no issue using it

Or buy a 'Bobble Off' from JMC, available in all good Boots stores nationwide. R.R.P about £6.

I bought a cheap one from ebay...
LINT REMOVER CORDLESS FABRIC WOOL BOBBLE SHAVER *NEW* on eBay (end time 19-Mar-11 11:45:33 GMT)

Works well :thumbsup:

<tuffty/>

 

[<tuffty/>]

Or you can use a remington fuzz away to get the same result

I'd recommend RaceGlaze Alcantara Cleaner to clean them with.

The Raceglaze stuff turned up today... does yours have a kind of white sediment in the fluid and is it supposed to smell like ammonia?

<tuffty/>

 

[[Dave B]]

I don't recall any sediment? Have you given it a good shake? I also don't recall it smelling of amonia! I'll check mine tonight.

 

[<tuffty/>]

It may not be ammonia mate but it smells strong and similar to ammonia... just had an email from Polished Bliss though suggesting this is normal for the product...

<tuffty/>

 

[[Dave B]]

Ok, I checked my bottle last night and it does smell a little of ammonia but it doesn't have any sediment. It might need a good shake as mine is a little 'gloopy' in texture.

 

[Nilz]

I have always used the JML Bobble off, does the trick and for a fiver, you cant go wrong.