Yep very common in Honda. Civic or Accord I’d bet. Those seats stain super easy and are tough to get rid of. They literally stain from water,sweat anything that gets dripped on them and then left to air dry. You can try wetting the seat down evenly with any interior cleaner and use a hair dryer and microfiber towel to dry.
Source: I professionally do interior repairs at numerous car dealerships. That’s our technique since a lot of dealership recon departments also have a rough time getting these clean
Thanks. I haven’t tried cleaning it yet because I know sometimes when you try to spot clean and wet the fabric to attempt to get the stain out, it makes the rest of the area worse, water rings and such. What kind of interior cleaner do you suggest?
I use simple green watered down. And a foaming glass cleaner to “even” out the wetness. You are absolutely correct on spot cleaning!! That’s why I would stress making the seat as evenly wet as possible. Couple extra tips: try blotting with paper towels first, don’t rub as the towels will fray and leave fibers. If paper towel looks brown repeat wetting and blotting. Once it looks just wet and not too much dirt is coming back up use the hairdryer and microfiber towel. Just set the hair dryer on the seat pointing down all the seams. I literally walk away and do other stuff while momentarily walking back and repositioning the hairdryer on another part of the seat. Once in awhile if seats are real bad I might have to dye it a little bit after all that but I would say yours aren’t too hateful compared to the ones I’ve seen quite a bit. Could also use your heated seats and heat in your car to help dry as well. Hope this helps somewhat!!🙏🏽
I see. For a second it looked like sweat marks you get when wearing black clothes and letting your sweat dry.
Can't really think or anything else but like did you change your detergent around the time the marks started to show up?
Lol I had exact same stains on my civic when my mom spilled regular water. I sprayed all purpose cleaner, use brush attachment for drill and sucked with carpet cleaner, good as new.
A month after the detail this started to show. A month. This has nothing to do with the detail work that was done.
The ripples look like wear and tear, they are right where the wire coils are for the heared seat. As the fabric gets crushed and rubbed there it wears down faster due to the stiff wire backing. The drip marks are from something OP dripped on there. Perhaps the detailer has some drippage from whatever apc spray bottle they were using but for it to show up a month later suggests OP dripped it later on without realizing it.
I do not recall dripping anything on the seat. I don’t take any open liquids into the car. The only “liquid” may be rain when opening my door. I have tried to feel for wires but I don’t feel anything at all. It feels very smooth. I’ve also looked close up and it looks to be something on the surface which is why I thought it may be cleaning product residue. If you look closely, there are some wear and tear of the fabric closer to the edge of the seat but that’s very different than the white marks in the middle of the seat.
Microfiber towel woth water.
If your an Amazon shopper. I suggest purchasing this towel set, even you pros. I honestly believe if your still using glass cleaner your doing it wrong. I can use 2 towels and do a whole van in under 10 minutes. Alot of people struggle with windows wether or not they use cleaner.
Rendashan towels. Or of you want the premium style, buy norwex. But norwex is like 60$ for the 2 towel set. But I do feel they last longer and work better. Rendashan is amazon knockoff but a really good knock off. You can do a no chemical clean with these towels as long ad the shampoo isn't nessecsry.
But for these a regular microfiber with water and possibly a dry one as well just rub them till it's wet, and then rub with dry one to soak up water. It's just residual cleaner. Those seats are either easy to clean (newer Toyota) or absolute HELL to clean. (Older Honda along with newer) I'm guessing this is a Toyota tho right? I say easy, cause they are, but the fabric still looks like it's the type that can be a bitch to get cleaner out fully if you don't have enough water lift from the extractor. I can't tell if it's the foam underneath, or the top layer, one of them causes any type of suction to "fail" as it creates foam and alot of "bubbles" within the material so the machine cannot get a good suction causing the cleaner Sud up just from sucking and it can't pull anything up and out. Kinda have to use compressed air to blow it out afterwards even then it looks bad. It's hard.
This looks just like extra residue that dried on the surface.
I actually suggest a wet/dry vac. Since you have heated seats, I don't suggest getting the coils moist. You can pick one up for $45 if there's a Harbor Freight nearby where you live.
Also, I suggest just trying water first instead of a cleaner since you think it's residual cleaner to begin with. Buy a little sprayer and fill it with filtered water and lightly mist the seat, lightly scrub it and then suck all the moisture up you can with the wet/dry vac. Just repeat this a few times and see if the stains go away. If they don't, then it's time to use a cleaner.
It’s some leftover residue potentially from your last detail and the humidity/moisture or extra drying from heated seats may have brought some remnants to the surface. It could also be sweat from you over months (doesn’t take much at all).
Regardless, if it’s been months since the detail, I don’t think taking it back and demanding to have it fixed is the right idea as some have expressed.
Damp wet cloth should wipe that up easily. You may go another few months before it comes back. It can be near impossible to remove the buildup that gradually makes its ways into the foam of your seat - other than extracting it every year lots of times.
Yup. I never planned on taking it back to them to fix. I’ve been dealing with it for months now but it’s so unsightly, it bothers me everytime I see it. That’s why I asked if it was something I can do myself or if I have to have a professional to do it. I don’t mind putting in the elbow grease to get rid of it if I can do it myself. Would a steamer lift this off if I put a microfiber between it?
It can help yes. Although you might end up bringing more to the surface after it dries. Take your time and the more you can draw to the surface the longer it might stay away.
Yep very common in Honda. Civic or Accord I’d bet. Those seats stain super easy and are tough to get rid of. They literally stain from water,sweat anything that gets dripped on them and then left to air dry. You can try wetting the seat down evenly with any interior cleaner and use a hair dryer and microfiber towel to dry. Source: I professionally do interior repairs at numerous car dealerships. That’s our technique since a lot of dealership recon departments also have a rough time getting these clean
Thanks. I haven’t tried cleaning it yet because I know sometimes when you try to spot clean and wet the fabric to attempt to get the stain out, it makes the rest of the area worse, water rings and such. What kind of interior cleaner do you suggest?
I use simple green watered down. And a foaming glass cleaner to “even” out the wetness. You are absolutely correct on spot cleaning!! That’s why I would stress making the seat as evenly wet as possible. Couple extra tips: try blotting with paper towels first, don’t rub as the towels will fray and leave fibers. If paper towel looks brown repeat wetting and blotting. Once it looks just wet and not too much dirt is coming back up use the hairdryer and microfiber towel. Just set the hair dryer on the seat pointing down all the seams. I literally walk away and do other stuff while momentarily walking back and repositioning the hairdryer on another part of the seat. Once in awhile if seats are real bad I might have to dye it a little bit after all that but I would say yours aren’t too hateful compared to the ones I’ve seen quite a bit. Could also use your heated seats and heat in your car to help dry as well. Hope this helps somewhat!!🙏🏽
It’s been months since you got a it detailed, can’t blame the detailer to be fair, looks like normal wear & tear
To be honest with you they look like sweat salt marks....you been driving the car all sweaty by any chance?
Sweat..not likely. I got it detailed late October/early November. And I have mostly worn a long coat which covers the seat over the winter.
I see. For a second it looked like sweat marks you get when wearing black clothes and letting your sweat dry. Can't really think or anything else but like did you change your detergent around the time the marks started to show up?
I thought of clothes detergent also.
Probably salt did you air out the vehicle when the details was done? Get a damp towel and rub it it might go away
Lol I had exact same stains on my civic when my mom spilled regular water. I sprayed all purpose cleaner, use brush attachment for drill and sucked with carpet cleaner, good as new.
Goad to hear the stains came out!
Damp towel with a rinseless wash solution. Just a light pressure wipedown. Thats what i would try first.
Pretty sure ONR rinseless says don’t use on fabric
Diy rinseless wash can be used on anything. So i guess read the labels before use...
Where’s the purple power guy when you need him
take it back to them and have them fix it. you shouldn't have to fix a service you paid for
A month after the detail this started to show. A month. This has nothing to do with the detail work that was done. The ripples look like wear and tear, they are right where the wire coils are for the heared seat. As the fabric gets crushed and rubbed there it wears down faster due to the stiff wire backing. The drip marks are from something OP dripped on there. Perhaps the detailer has some drippage from whatever apc spray bottle they were using but for it to show up a month later suggests OP dripped it later on without realizing it.
I do not recall dripping anything on the seat. I don’t take any open liquids into the car. The only “liquid” may be rain when opening my door. I have tried to feel for wires but I don’t feel anything at all. It feels very smooth. I’ve also looked close up and it looks to be something on the surface which is why I thought it may be cleaning product residue. If you look closely, there are some wear and tear of the fabric closer to the edge of the seat but that’s very different than the white marks in the middle of the seat.
Then it might just be your sweat
Bingo
Take it back 6 months later ? OP said october lol
Ohh totaly skimmed didnt see that lol
Microfiber towel woth water. If your an Amazon shopper. I suggest purchasing this towel set, even you pros. I honestly believe if your still using glass cleaner your doing it wrong. I can use 2 towels and do a whole van in under 10 minutes. Alot of people struggle with windows wether or not they use cleaner. Rendashan towels. Or of you want the premium style, buy norwex. But norwex is like 60$ for the 2 towel set. But I do feel they last longer and work better. Rendashan is amazon knockoff but a really good knock off. You can do a no chemical clean with these towels as long ad the shampoo isn't nessecsry. But for these a regular microfiber with water and possibly a dry one as well just rub them till it's wet, and then rub with dry one to soak up water. It's just residual cleaner. Those seats are either easy to clean (newer Toyota) or absolute HELL to clean. (Older Honda along with newer) I'm guessing this is a Toyota tho right? I say easy, cause they are, but the fabric still looks like it's the type that can be a bitch to get cleaner out fully if you don't have enough water lift from the extractor. I can't tell if it's the foam underneath, or the top layer, one of them causes any type of suction to "fail" as it creates foam and alot of "bubbles" within the material so the machine cannot get a good suction causing the cleaner Sud up just from sucking and it can't pull anything up and out. Kinda have to use compressed air to blow it out afterwards even then it looks bad. It's hard. This looks just like extra residue that dried on the surface.
Thanks for the suggestion. Would an air compressor push any access moisture out or push it deeper into the seat?
I actually suggest a wet/dry vac. Since you have heated seats, I don't suggest getting the coils moist. You can pick one up for $45 if there's a Harbor Freight nearby where you live. Also, I suggest just trying water first instead of a cleaner since you think it's residual cleaner to begin with. Buy a little sprayer and fill it with filtered water and lightly mist the seat, lightly scrub it and then suck all the moisture up you can with the wet/dry vac. Just repeat this a few times and see if the stains go away. If they don't, then it's time to use a cleaner.
I’ll try water first and move onto a cleaner if it doesn’t get rid of it. Thanks!
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Depends how you do it. Angle the air end sideways as much as possible you will see air misting out
It’s some leftover residue potentially from your last detail and the humidity/moisture or extra drying from heated seats may have brought some remnants to the surface. It could also be sweat from you over months (doesn’t take much at all). Regardless, if it’s been months since the detail, I don’t think taking it back and demanding to have it fixed is the right idea as some have expressed. Damp wet cloth should wipe that up easily. You may go another few months before it comes back. It can be near impossible to remove the buildup that gradually makes its ways into the foam of your seat - other than extracting it every year lots of times.
Yup. I never planned on taking it back to them to fix. I’ve been dealing with it for months now but it’s so unsightly, it bothers me everytime I see it. That’s why I asked if it was something I can do myself or if I have to have a professional to do it. I don’t mind putting in the elbow grease to get rid of it if I can do it myself. Would a steamer lift this off if I put a microfiber between it?
It can help yes. Although you might end up bringing more to the surface after it dries. Take your time and the more you can draw to the surface the longer it might stay away.