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pcullie
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 Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:53 am Post subject: Cleaning nasty white interior vinyl |
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The white vinyl on the interior of 1979 bus is stained (orange-ish) and dirty. i've tried pretty much every cleaner i can find to try and get the stains off. i wonder if anyone has found anything that can at least bring the vinyl back to some semblance of cleanliness. Thanks in advance.
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hazetguy
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| new seat covers. |
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DirtyCossack
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Soft Scrub maybe.
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secretsubmariner
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dreadzeplin666
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They sell shoe dye at any shoe place... you could get creative and go that route? They have just about EVERY color possible! Did this in my 71 Bug, looks good and def saved me some bucks that I of course threw into the Bus!!!!
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tujs
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Im actually doing that right now. I'm using Fantactik Heavy Duty. its working really well so far.
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Mr. Clean Magic Eraser?
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pittwagen
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| X 2. Worked like a charm on my 79 vinyl. |
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pcullie
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: oh well |
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| i've tried everything (not shoe polish. yet.) and it appears that those stains aren't coming out. c'est la vie. it still runs fine. thanks all for your comments. |
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ccpalmer 
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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orange hand cleaner and a scrubby pad on a drill disc.
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SGKent
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| If the vinyl is still soft you can clean it then use Bulldog and SEM vinyl paint to recolor it. Shoe dye may come off on you. |
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| Tide powdered laundry detergent. The kind with bleach in it. And a scrub brush. Works good on old whitewall tires also. Get the brush wet first and then put a hand full on the brush. |
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dreadzeplin666
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Shoe polish would for sure come off on ya.... Shoe PAINT is the option!!
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| Some watered down bleach in a spray bottle and elbow grease |
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