Ron@Optimum Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Saw some Facebook posts from pro installers who've used Carpet & Fabric on leather and vinyl with great success, so I decided to test it myself. Last weekend I was prepping my pontoon for winter storage and cleaning the vinyl seats. Even though is spends the summer in a covered dock, it gets all manner of spider spots, bird crap, etc and if not cleaned weekly, the spots can bake in. I've used Power Clean, ONR, and Marine 31, but they all require multiple applications and scrubbing. Carpet & Fabric worked the best, spray let dwell, rinse off - spots dissolve easily. Even though it contains protection, we then coated with Protectant Plus for the winter, our SOP. One caveat - don't spray on metal, it leaves streaks that don't come off easily. An earlier poster had the same issue with Power Clean, though I've never had that happen. I haven't tried C&F on leather, but will test that next. LostVulpine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setec Astronomy Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Marine 31!?!?! Blasphemy! Kidding aside, Carpet & Fabric Cleaner is great stuff, took some staining out of the carpet around my dead pedal like it had never been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron@Optimum Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I tried Marine 31 for the mildew that collects on pontoons - it worked but not as well as Carpet & Fabric - and I worried about the bleach in it damaging stitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen.details Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I used it on a customer’s car recently. 10:1 with a horsehair brush, lathers nicely and I was able to do all 3 rows of her suburban with about 2-3 ounces of product at most. I haven’t had a chance to try it on dashboards or door panels yet—but I do recall someone on the Facebook group saying it can be used as a gentle APC before going as aggressive as power clean. I know it also worked on my own rubber floor mats for cleaning so I assume vinyl and plastic surfaces should be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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