Cream color vegan leather absorbs stain?

[rundown]

Hi,

I have one of the first vegan cream color interior for my model X. It seems that stains gets absorbed into these vegan leather. I had a model X in the past with real leather and had no issue with this. Was wondering if anybody else have the same problem. Bringing it up to test.

I tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol as recommended by the manual but the cream color comes off when I do that.
Thanks

 

[Tiger]

This is why I want black/non light colored seats.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Why do people call these Vegan instead of Vinyl. It it a PC thing?

 

[rundown]

Why do people call these Vegan instead of Vinyl. It it a PC thing?

Tesla called them vegan but yeah, its probably just vinyl. Whatever it is, so far I am kind of disappointed. I thought the light colors hold up well with stains. I got a feeling this is probably a defected set of seats I got.

 

[boaterva]

Where did Tesla call them vegan? Some youtubers did...

For cleaning, I used the recommendations from the manufacturers, Ultrafabric: they say to use cleaning wipes. I’ll post the link when on desktop. I used them and following, a damp paper towel.

Edit: they used to have specific recommendations and now only have water and alcohol. Wipes with alcohol are excellent for the time I’ve had a mark or two on the fabric.

Cleaning and Care | ultrafabrics

Worked great!

 

[Xenoilphobe]

Need to change the title, Vegan Vinyl seats not Vegan Leather. Reminds me of the Soft Corinthian Leather commercials - anyone every see a Corinthian? Yeah it's Vegan too, made from motor oil...AKA Dinosaur by product - so not sure its vegan either..

 

[rundown]

Where did Tesla call them vegan? Some youtubers did...

For cleaning, I used the recommendations from the manufacturers, Ultrafabric: they say to use cleaning wipes. I’ll post the link when on desktop. I used them and following, a damp paper towel.

Edit: they used to have specific recommendations and now only have water and alcohol. Wipes with alcohol are excellent for the time I’ve had a mark or two on the fabric.

Cleaning and Care | ultrafabrics

Worked great!

Thanks for the link. It seems as soon as the stains such as coffee hits the "leather" I can't get them off completely even after cleaning right away. So weird . I'll just have to wait to see what testes says.

 

[loxo]

Thanks for the link. It seems as soon as the stains such as coffee hits the "leather" I can't get them off completely even after cleaning right away. So weird . I'll just have to wait to see what testes says.

please keep us posted...

 

[StephB]

I'll just have to wait to see what testes says.

“Testes”

 

[jelloslug]

Why do people call these Vegan instead of Vinyl. It it a PC thing?

Well, for one thing, it's not vinyl.

 

[loxo]

What did the SC say?

 

[HugoBoss]

I have cream interior. I noticed some coffee drips, it was already dry on there. Just wiped it with wet tissue. Didn't stain at all

 

[rundown]

What did the SC say?

They are replacing the middle arm rests. They are looking to see what is wrong with seats and might replace them. They said it is abnormal to have such stain absorbed. Also, the service tech and I noticed that Tesla had since remove the using of rubbing alcohol as a way to clean the seat. It is omitted now. He and I both saw it on the old manual vs the newer updated manual. For now, I was told to wait for tesla to get back to me.