I'd try some All Purpose Cleaner on it, agitate with a nail brush, and then vac mate!
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When my old seat's runners left rust marks on the carpet between the seat and handbrake surround, I used an off the shelf foaming carpet cleaner. The brown/orange debris just lifted out with the foam. 2 foaming sessions later and the area looked new again, so new infact I had to go and buy another can so I could get the rest of carpet to match lol.
Ok dont suppose you would know if it could be dyed or not need to make it black in the end. I dont actually recall anybody doing that kind of thing
You could dye it I guess in a laundrette's big washer, but the most common tatic I've seen on here is for people to spray paint it.
Paint it? Wouldnt that just come off.
I've seen mats spray painted aswell. It's probably the only way to get the colour back. Before going to that length though, if there's rusty colour left over after, I would try a stronger mixture of APC, or even go neat with it over the affected area and scrub some more..
I use a wet vac aswell btw, which allows you to vac out the dirty water / cleaning solution at the same time as the debris!
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Whats good for removing previous compound from unpainted plastic trims?
Yeah, I have seen that before. It's annoying aint it!! Whenever I have come across it, I have always had to rub it off with neat APC on a microfibre, and then the same again with some isopropanol alcohol (IPA). Seems to be the only thing that will get rid of it! If you find a faster / easier way, please let me know!
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just my 2 cents here, when i did my carpets in my punto i soaked the seats in neat truc wash then used autosmart brisk sprayed that let it bring up the dirt then used an interior bush to remove all the crap and then wet vac'd it and it came up looking brand new
Used these yesterday, did an awesome job.
Swarfega Black Box Wipes
Powerful hand cleansing wipes for the paintshop. Impregnated with a new hi-tech silicone-free formulation, the tough, large wipes will remove all paintshop soilings. Good for wiping down interiors and exterior plastic, will also remove paint overspray!!!
I have a big tub at work, I can sent you a sample if u like?
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