The weather has been rainy and humid here and my car has a fabric top that leaked. I have since treated it but the mildew keeps coming back.
Any ideas?
2007-09-06 04:19:41 · 5 answers · asked by Sue 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Using a chemical like bleach could damage the interior. Use what a professional would...an ozone generator. It will kill any biotic item...including you if you breath directly from it!
Just close the car up and run the ozone generator inside for a weekend. Make sure to roll the windows down and let the car air out for a few minutes before getting in when you are done. It will only take a few operations of this technique to kill all the mildew.
Additionally you may have to use a stain cleaner like Folex to remove the stains left behind by the now dead mildew spores.
2007-09-06 05:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Pedro DePacas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mildew is easily killed with dilute solution of bleach, but that might do bad things to your seats.
It can also be killed with 60%-70% ethanol. Don't use 100%, doesn't work.
The problem is likely that the mildew is not on top of the seats, but has grown into the cushioning below the fabric.
In this case, no amount of treatment on the seat fabric is going to kill it. You might find a gas that could treat it (something like a bug bomb), which would permeate the seats if you set it off in the closed car, but I am not aware of any gas to kill mildew that is commercially available.
Frankly, I think the answer is probably to use a rug-type steam cleaner type machine on your seats. The steam (and detergent) should take care of the mildew and the vacuum will suck the fluid back out so your don't have soaking wet seats.
Good luck.
2007-09-06 04:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by William 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably have to remove the seat cover trim material and replace the foam underneath it or treat it with a mildewcide or bleach to kill any mold or mildew remaining in the foam that got wet. An auto trim/upholstery shop can do it for you if it's more than you want to tackle. You could just keep treating with a mildewcide and hope for the best as long as it doesn't stain the seat trim.
2007-09-06 05:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 03:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a junkyard, you can get seats for like 20 bucks a seat
2007-09-06 04:54:06 · answer #5 · answered by sick00000 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋