Bringing red seats back to life?

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MostyVFR400
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Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by MostyVFR400 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:46 pm

Before i spend money on one of these fancy leather restorer products, Has anybody got any tips or advice on how to best clean NC30 seats. I have an '89 NC30 with a red pillion seat that is looking a bit tired and dirrty, so want to give it a clean and try and bring back the red... any suggestions

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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by thunderace » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:14 pm

Swarfega and a Brillo pad (or very fine ScotchBrite) :mrgreen:

Is your pillion pad actually leather or is it faux leather?
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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by MostyVFR400 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:19 pm

Looking at it, i would say it's more like a vinyl...
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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by thunderace » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:42 pm

Once you've used the Swarfega to clean and de-grease, you could try T-Cut for the colour :peace:

I'm serious, it did wonders on my old FZ750 seat, that was red too :mrgreen: Oh, just don't use the metallic one :peace:
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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by Cammo » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:06 pm

I bought some red vinyl and recovered the seat, all you need is a heavy duty staple gun.
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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by wangwang » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:50 am

Jif and a scotch pad worked for me ;)
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Re: Bringing red seats back to life?

Post by royster81 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:58 pm

i used some car interior cleaner and rubbed it with a stiff brush
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