Literally every day nosotros have customers calling to inquire if we tin can have the stains out of their upholstery or carpeting in their car.  There are many different factors that tin determine if we tin can or tin can't remove stains in a car seat.  The historic period of the stain, the severity, and many other factors play a big office in the removal process.  Some stains will not be able to be removed.  We utilise a three-step method.  The iii-stride method includes shampoo, steam agitation, and hot water extraction.  Below is the driver's seat of a Hyundai Elantra.  As you can tell information technology'due south in pretty bad condition.  Elantras are great cars and they are very squeamish, only the seats in the Hyundai Elantras are probably the worst type of seat to keep make clean.  All i has to practise is literally wet their fingertip, impact the seat, and it'll leave a stain.  In this instance, all the same, it appears that the owner of the vehicle spilled water, soda popular, java, and who knows what else, multiple times.  Bank check out the photo below.

remove stains in a car seat

One of the most pop products that we use is Extractor Lather.  Information technology's a depression foaming, high pH, carpet and upholstery shampoo that will aid break downwardly the dirt, grease, and grime that has embedded itself in the seat surface.  We first vacuum the affected area of the seat and then spray the upholstery shampoo on the surface.  We let it dwell on the seat for about three or for minutes and will besides use a utility scrub brush to make sure the shampoo gets deep within the upholstery fibers.  This product will not leave carpeting and upholstery fibers stiff as another like products might exercise.  Nosotros practice not dilute the product.  Below is a photo of the upholstery shampoo.

car interior seat shampoo

The next step is to agitate the surface with steam.  Nosotros use a VX5000 vapor steamer.  It has a triangular-shaped brush with medium coarse bristles.  Inside of the bristles is where the steam is released into the seat surface.  Simply scrub the expanse for a moment to agitate the peak of the seat.  This process is bringing 90 percentage of the dirt and grime to the top of the seat for easy extraction.

steam cleaning a car seat

Once we finish steam agitating the seat, we immediately begin extracting the seat.  We use a Mytee HP60 Heated Extractor.  This tool warms the water to 210 degrees and injects it into the seat, then immediately sucks it all back up again into its recovery tank.  The HP60 has a very powerful 3 stage vacuum motor, a 1,200-watt water heater, and a 120 psi h2o pump.  This unit of measurement is an absolute must-have if y'all're a professional person detailer.  Below one tin can run across the start process of extraction.  For this case, we started in the eye of the seat to bear witness you the difference in the sides of the seats.

Extracting a car seat

The concluding photo below indicates how much meliorate the seat looks after shampooing, steam agitation, and extraction.  Looking at the first photo so the terminal, at that place is no comparison.  The seat will need to air dry out for a little while, and that is why nosotros e'er supply a plastic seat cover and so that the car can be driven immediately.  Thank you for reading!

Hyundai Elantra seat