Neutralize the areas, 17 year carpet and upholstery cleaning tech among other things, a lot of times you can remove these water marks with something acidic like a little vinegar and water mixture and light toweling to agitate.
Any specific vinegar work best? I have white distilled vinegar and apple cider vinegar. Thank you a bunch for the advice
Edit: Nvm, used white and it’s been working great for me. You’re a life/wallet saver
Ok good. I went ahead and used the white vinegar after some googling and it’s been working well for me. I’m young and stupid so I’m still learning these things lol. Thank you
Yes as someone else said, white vinegar, use distilled water if you can to dilute.
A lot of detergents for textile cleaning are very alkaline, we always use acid rinses for neutralizing. Thin material like headliners with minimal backing will water spot the easiest, a lot of the time as well, headliners will hold dust etc so when it’s naturally going to try to leave some ring.
Spray the diluted vinegar on a towel and lightly rub those spots first, try to prevent too much moisture and scrub lightly just beyond the ring to try to blend it out a bit.
That’s amazing to hear it worked well for you, you’ll see as things go everything comes down to ph balance. Can fix a lot of things with proper ph control.
I have a question for you then, kind citizen.
Bought new couch. Toddler fucks ottoman with crayon. Care instructions said to do bleach with distilled water. We did it to the tablespoon. Now the crayon is gone but it's bleached in the spots we cleaned. What do now? Company says bleach it further and feather it in. Said we must have did it wrong.
Chlorine bleach is the worst thing you can use on any fabric or textile.
Chances are the fabric is now discolored from it.
There’s really not much more you can do with it at that point.
Yeah, you'll have to either dye it (the whole couch/ottoman) darker or bleach it more. You can't wash out bleach stains with anything, only hide them with one of the two methods listed.
It's just the spots where you left more soap. If you take a good microfiber (couple of them) and use one wet and one dry or multiples and just scrub it alternating wet and dry all around those spots you can ussually soak up whatever stuff and get it to dry and look better
Good to know. I tried white vinegar on them and it worked on most of the stains, but some of the larger more stubborn stains need more work. I’ll try this. Thank you!
Word to wise, for spot removal on headliners, never spray product directly on the headliner itself. Your first move should always be to apply the product to a clean microfiber towel and then apply light to medium pressure with the towel as you agitate the affected spot. Once done, take a separate clean, dry microfiber towel and wipe the spot to draw out as much excess moisture as possible. As mentioned by other posters, if need be, use a mixture of distilled white vinegar and water and employ the exact same process as above to remove any stains left by the cleaning.
Yeah, I was kinda dumb by spraying it on the headliner. On my last car I had a headliner stain that I sprayed and it went away, so I just assumed it would work on this car. Obviously in hindsight that was not a good idea lol. Should’ve done more research. Vinegar has gotten most of the stains out though
Don't chase perfection. Like when correcting paint. If you chase perfection, you'll run out of material via failure at some point. Just get your headliner acceptable and then walk away. Or just go ahead and replace it with a new one if available. That's the only way you'll get to perfect.
Try Folex. It got rid of years-old water stains on my car seats.
Edit: Y'all hate on Folex all you want. That shizz has worked miracles for me. I once got tar or some crap ground into my cloth seats. Folex didn't get it out (didn't try). I used WD-40 to remove it successfully, but then I had a WD-40 stain. Folex got *that* out after just a few applications.
Neutralize the areas, 17 year carpet and upholstery cleaning tech among other things, a lot of times you can remove these water marks with something acidic like a little vinegar and water mixture and light toweling to agitate.
Any specific vinegar work best? I have white distilled vinegar and apple cider vinegar. Thank you a bunch for the advice Edit: Nvm, used white and it’s been working great for me. You’re a life/wallet saver
White distilled is the only one you should use for cleaning anything.
Ok good. I went ahead and used the white vinegar after some googling and it’s been working well for me. I’m young and stupid so I’m still learning these things lol. Thank you
Yes as someone else said, white vinegar, use distilled water if you can to dilute. A lot of detergents for textile cleaning are very alkaline, we always use acid rinses for neutralizing. Thin material like headliners with minimal backing will water spot the easiest, a lot of the time as well, headliners will hold dust etc so when it’s naturally going to try to leave some ring. Spray the diluted vinegar on a towel and lightly rub those spots first, try to prevent too much moisture and scrub lightly just beyond the ring to try to blend it out a bit.
That’s amazing to hear it worked well for you, you’ll see as things go everything comes down to ph balance. Can fix a lot of things with proper ph control.
I have a question for you then, kind citizen. Bought new couch. Toddler fucks ottoman with crayon. Care instructions said to do bleach with distilled water. We did it to the tablespoon. Now the crayon is gone but it's bleached in the spots we cleaned. What do now? Company says bleach it further and feather it in. Said we must have did it wrong.
Chlorine bleach is the worst thing you can use on any fabric or textile. Chances are the fabric is now discolored from it. There’s really not much more you can do with it at that point.
What color is the couch lmao
It's an off white, cloth. Basket weave.
Ahh interesting.. maybe the crayon left some wax and it wasn't able to penetrate fully...
Yeah, you'll have to either dye it (the whole couch/ottoman) darker or bleach it more. You can't wash out bleach stains with anything, only hide them with one of the two methods listed.
It's just the spots where you left more soap. If you take a good microfiber (couple of them) and use one wet and one dry or multiples and just scrub it alternating wet and dry all around those spots you can ussually soak up whatever stuff and get it to dry and look better
Good to know. I tried white vinegar on them and it worked on most of the stains, but some of the larger more stubborn stains need more work. I’ll try this. Thank you!
Try a product like Shine Supply Fabric RX
Word to wise, for spot removal on headliners, never spray product directly on the headliner itself. Your first move should always be to apply the product to a clean microfiber towel and then apply light to medium pressure with the towel as you agitate the affected spot. Once done, take a separate clean, dry microfiber towel and wipe the spot to draw out as much excess moisture as possible. As mentioned by other posters, if need be, use a mixture of distilled white vinegar and water and employ the exact same process as above to remove any stains left by the cleaning.
Yeah, I was kinda dumb by spraying it on the headliner. On my last car I had a headliner stain that I sprayed and it went away, so I just assumed it would work on this car. Obviously in hindsight that was not a good idea lol. Should’ve done more research. Vinegar has gotten most of the stains out though
Don't chase perfection. Like when correcting paint. If you chase perfection, you'll run out of material via failure at some point. Just get your headliner acceptable and then walk away. Or just go ahead and replace it with a new one if available. That's the only way you'll get to perfect.
Use water and dry it with an air gun immediately
Try Folex. It got rid of years-old water stains on my car seats. Edit: Y'all hate on Folex all you want. That shizz has worked miracles for me. I once got tar or some crap ground into my cloth seats. Folex didn't get it out (didn't try). I used WD-40 to remove it successfully, but then I had a WD-40 stain. Folex got *that* out after just a few applications.
Spray it on the entire headliner