Cleaning Alcantra Seats

cw1uk2 · 1st May 2018, 19:21

Can anyone recommend a good cleaning product to use on the Alcantra part of my seats? They have a lot of bobbled areas of the material, what’s the best way to deal with this and give a good clean? Also the leather part has a few patches that have lost colour, can I just use a leather dye to cover those? Thanks in advance, Chris.

suzublu · 1st May 2018, 20:04

You can use a Bic razor to gently remove bobbles, & to clean it, I used a Vanish soap bar & warm water.

Or you can buy a dedicated alcantara cleaner

Dorchester2 · 1st May 2018, 20:14

Gliptone Liquid Leather intensive Cleaner (GT12) & Conditioner (GT11), as recommended for Aston Martin & Jaguar as well.
Easy to pick out from Ebay.

For the leather dye have a look at:
http://www.carleatherdye.com/apps/we...s/show/5763588
Perfect match for my Sandstone Beige seats.

GordyB · 1st May 2018, 20:24

Koch Chemie Pol Star

coolguy · 1st May 2018, 21:12

Raceglaze Alcantara Cleaner is great. Fortunately, a little goes a long way, as it is a small bottle for £12.95.

Mercury RV · 1st May 2018, 23:57

I can confirm that the Raceglaze Alcantara cleaner works well, and yes you do not need much of it to clean your seat fabric. I have just re furbed the seats on an MG TF with this product, then I purchased from good old Amazon, a 'Bobble Cutter' which is just like a small electric razor with a rotating blade inside and a catcher to take away all the removed 'Bobbles' it works exceptionally well and really you cannot do any damage with it, it leaves the surface just like new once you have cleaned it. Once you have cleaned it well, please allow the fabric to dry after, then you can use the little electric razor on it. The item is meant for getting rid of 'Bobbles' on jumpers etc, but seriously it is brilliant. For the leather I always use Gliptone leather cleaner first, using a small old toothbrush and a soft nail brush on larger areas, this then leaves the leather clean and ready for Gliptone leather treatment (which smells like leather) rubbed well into the leather and allowed to soak in for a while. If you want to recolour the leather, you can then do this with a 'ScuffMaster' kit in whatever colour you wish. Best way to do this is build up in layers using a section of foam and dab it on sparingly over time allowing to dry in between. If you wish, after you have built up the colour, you can carefully mask off the seat and then spray a thin coat over the final result. Once this has dried, treat it again with the Gliptone leather treatment. We do this a lot on customers vehicles and also all my own, it does work and does not leave it looking anything other than as new. Good luck.

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cw1uk2 Regular poster MG ZT 190+ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Southampton Posts: 81 Thanks: 29 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Cleaning Alcantra Seats Can anyone recommend a good cleaning product to use on the Alcantra part of my seats? They have a lot of bobbled areas of the material, what’s the best way to deal with this and give a good clean? Also the leather part has a few patches that have lost colour, can I just use a leather dye to cover those? Thanks in advance, Chris. __________________ Jobs done: K&N air filter,Jules Plenum Guard, Shannon Tube, New coils, Emptied ton of water from boot, replaced rear light seals..Double Din unit installed, replaced AC controls with Blue lit ones, new front disks, Number plate light circuit replaced, headlights de-fogged, Breather Pipes replaced... Jobs to do- Paint Callipers, Fuel Tank Cage to be replaced, Fix Bonnet release as currently opening with pliers... and continue NOT to tell the Wife how much I'm spending [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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Mercury RV Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Teynham Posts: 66 Thanks: 21 Thanked 28 Times in 11 Posts	I can confirm that the Raceglaze Alcantara cleaner works well, and yes you do not need much of it to clean your seat fabric. I have just re furbed the seats on an MG TF with this product, then I purchased from good old Amazon, a 'Bobble Cutter' which is just like a small electric razor with a rotating blade inside and a catcher to take away all the removed 'Bobbles' it works exceptionally well and really you cannot do any damage with it, it leaves the surface just like new once you have cleaned it. Once you have cleaned it well, please allow the fabric to dry after, then you can use the little electric razor on it. The item is meant for getting rid of 'Bobbles' on jumpers etc, but seriously it is brilliant. For the leather I always use Gliptone leather cleaner first, using a small old toothbrush and a soft nail brush on larger areas, this then leaves the leather clean and ready for Gliptone leather treatment (which smells like leather) rubbed well into the leather and allowed to soak in for a while. If you want to recolour the leather, you can then do this with a 'ScuffMaster' kit in whatever colour you wish. Best way to do this is build up in layers using a section of foam and dab it on sparingly over time allowing to dry in between. If you wish, after you have built up the colour, you can carefully mask off the seat and then spray a thin coat over the final result. Once this has dried, treat it again with the Gliptone leather treatment. We do this a lot on customers vehicles and also all my own, it does work and does not leave it looking anything other than as new. Good luck.