Bleach on UW seats?

[dragonxt]

Has anyone tried using bleach on their white seats?

Hoping a home remedy can remove some of what looks to be pen ink

 

[Super_Popular]

Do not use bleach. Call your local SC and ask them who they use to fix seats....or search for a leather repair company. (yes I know the seats are not leather).

 

[rainforest]

Rubbing alcohol. Read the manual dude.

 

[DarkMatter]

The manual specifies clearly: water, then rubbing alcohol if that doesn't work.

Rubbing alcohol works great. I've used it to take off blue jean transfer. Get some alcohol prep pads and keep them in the glove box and you'll always be ready to clean up.

 

[dragonxt]

Rubbing alcohol. Read the manual dude.

The manual specifies clearly: water, then rubbing alcohol if that doesn't work.

Rubbing alcohol works great. I've used it to take off blue jean transfer. Get some alcohol prep pads and keep them in the glove box and you'll always be ready to clean up.

Tried it, didn't work. Probably going to a leather repair place as suggested.

 

[Emanmdphd]

Try 90 percent rubbing alcohol instead of 60-70 percent. Was able to get a broken ink pen spill on my white seat with a higher percentage alcohol content.

 

[dragonxt]

Try 90 percent rubbing alcohol instead of 60-70 percent. Was able to get a broken ink pen spill on my white seat with a higher percentage alcohol content.

Thanks! I'll try that first.

 

[DarkMatter]

You can even get 94% often. If that didn't work I might also take one quick stop at a tiny bit of non-oil makeup remover. A makeup remover wipe might work for that. If you're considering repair anyway a tiny scuff at next to zero cost might be better.

Good luck with it.

 

[Martin VanB]

Bleach may destroy the material causing it to harden then crack. Happened to me with some chairs.

 

[Freedom101]

Don't use bleach, you'll likely regret it.

 

[Xminus6]

Mr. Clean magic eraser is good on seats. I used it to successfully remove pen ink from our Gray leather seats on our previous Model S. I haven’t tried it on the UW seats yet but I suspect it would be pretty successful as well.

 

[Dutchie]

As per https://www.ultrafabricsinc.com/sites/default/files/environment/Disinfectants_1-2017.pdf I use Fantastik which has bleach in it. No issues what so ever. Just make sure you wipe it with water afterwards right away!

 

[ABC2D]

I would stay away from bleach - it might be Ok for the ultra fabric/leather, but who knows how stitching thread would take it

 

[Pilot Steve]

Tide to go pen works great as well.

 

[ryantank]

Do you use rubbing alcohol pads directly on the seat and then wipe away?

 

[dragonxt]

Do you use rubbing alcohol pads directly on the seat and then wipe away?

Yep, also speaking of threading, the slideable arm rest threading has completely turned black... probably should get on that as well.

 

[vijf]

One thing that works like magic for pen ink on leather: try using hair spray. You'll see the ink become fluid again within a second, then you can wipe it all away.