I went out of town for the past few days and last night i stopped at a hotel..well i must have not noticed the little cooler with fresh fruit in it tip over.. this morning when i went to the car there was a nice puddle of juice from strawberries and pinapple and my tan leather..in my shinka..is now pink in a fairly large backseat spot. HOW DO I FIX IT!!?? i want to die!

 

uhh.. tint the rest of it pink?

 

go to autozone or something and get some leather cleaner

 

Is it in the leather or the suede-like alcantara material? If it is in the alcantara read this :http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/styli...tructions.html
or this:
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/styli...tructions.html


let me know if it works.

 

I guess its the leather?? i dont have a clue what alcantra is. its the back seat..like the leather part of the seat.

 

i know alot of ppl here on the forum hate thier dealer but go to ur dealer and see if u can get them to sell u a bottle of what they use when ppl purchase detailings. Im sure whatever they use is better than what u can pick up at walmart or something

 

Typically, the Shinka's have the Alcantara. It's got a suede texture and the whole seat is a color close to the headliner. The tan seats are inserts in the middle of the seats and the door panels (think baseball glove color), black on the edges of the seats with a smooth texture. Definitely different cleaning for the Alcantara.

 

An exuse to change a pair of recaro seats!!

hehe

 

HA ok ill shell out the $$ for recaros. No my seats are entirely leather. no alcantra. Anyway though.. It's barely noticable now. I tried a small amount of vinegar since its the "miracle" substance and ever since i did that its barely noticable. I dont understand why it would disappear on its own if it wasnt the vinegar but i dont know. It hasnt gone away while i was rubbing it on there. I cleaned our my car yesterday and cleaned and conditioned everything so we'll see what it looks like this morning

 

Just a thought, long shot at most, but worth a try. Ask the dealer that sold you the car if it would be covered under warranty. I have a friend who had metal buttons on the back of her dress pants - it scratched the driver's seat when she got out of her car. It ended up being covered under the manuafacturer warranty. They couldn't fix the scratch so they replaced the entire seat! Of course, this was an Acura TL...

 

^Depends on the dealer. My Acura dealer was also very polite and nice to all my wishes. Did not know you had a TL as well Lisa. I had a CL.

 

I don't, this was a friend of mine's. I wish! It would be a nice winter commuting car

 

yeah.. ive noticed this tan leather picks up EVERYTHING. The owner before me left a few marks im hoping will go away after several cleanings.. I could stand to replace my drivers seat. I dont guess the other owner ever conditioned it because theres a few yucky cracks. I'll try to dealership thing but i really doubt they will replace it. When i bought the car i was told i would get two keys.. they said come back the next day for the other one because the desk lady wasnt there.. Came back..they didnt have the booklet or anything and said tough **** in so many words. i hate them and they know it... its crazy we all hate them.

 

it disappeared .. no more pink. one thing that has gone right

 

what did you use to get rid of it?

 

Try getting some LEXOL leather cleaner. It works pretty well. Should run you about $8/bottle.

Vinegar? Man, that's just weird.

 

I used several things, all types of cleaners..and vinegar because its some sort of miracle substance. Anyway though...i imagine maybe i got the bulk of it up and it maybe soaked in the rest of the way?? but who knows because its completely gone now. I see no trace of it at all. Maybe a combination of the heat in the car and something. Dont know.. but im so glad its gone

 

You should bottle it and sell it as leather cleaner for $10/bottle and get rich!

 

I to have the tan leather SHINKA.......it does seem to get dirty easy but it also cleans up fairly easy.
I am glad the stain came out!
I was going to suggest OXYCLEAN.......I have had some stains in fabric and leather of different colors and this stuff seems to take out almost anything.
Not really good for greasy type stains but for colors and such it works good.