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2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:21 am
by Ryannewcomb
Just purchased a new to me r7, seems like I’ve been looking forever! One the seats backs that the black cover was touching while on, has stained slightly pink. To some they might not notice, but I’m pretty particular. Any suggestions on how to get this off? I’ve tried magic erasers etc.
Does anyone know how much skin covers are if I have to replace? It’s on 4, two front bow sear backs, the long seat in the back f the boat, and the bottom cushion in the very rear right before the swim platform.
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:44 am
by cmattj
Use some heavy marine vinyl moisturizer. Let it penetrate then clean with a good degreaser or Bio Kleen amazing. Then re-apply the heavy moisturizer.
Let the sun naturally bleach it back.
Yes even the best sunbrella cover when resting on seats can transfer so we always put white towels down . Raise your bow poles to help clear the seats up front, and rear as well.
Ever notice the new version Cobalt have the fancy stainless cross bars on the seats?
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:58 am
by Ryannewcomb
Completely understandable now. Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that ASAP
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:03 am
by AsLan7
Ryannewcomb wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:58 am
Completely understandable now. Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that ASAP
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Yes, bio kleen sprayed on with the sun doing its work on it for 2-3 minutes before wiping it off seems to penetrate those pink stains a little better than other products.
Then use some Vinyl sauce to protect.
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Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:47 am
by tgrace98
AsLan7 wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:03 am
Ryannewcomb wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:58 am
Completely understandable now. Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that ASAP
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Yes, bio kleen sprayed on with the sun doing its work on it for 2-3 minutes before wiping it off seems to penetrate those pink stains a little better than other products.
Then use some Vinyl sauce to protect.
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And add on the conditional sauce or 303 for UV protectant and you will be good to go in the future
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:51 am
by AsLan7
tgrace98 wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:47 am
AsLan7 wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:03 am
Ryannewcomb wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:58 am
Completely understandable now. Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that ASAP
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Yes, bio kleen sprayed on with the sun doing its work on it for 2-3 minutes before wiping it off seems to penetrate those pink stains a little better than other products.
Then use some Vinyl sauce to protect.
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And add on the conditional sauce or 303 for UV protectant and you will be good to go in the future
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Oh yes...that 303 is great stuff!
Thx tg98.
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Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:42 pm
by Sublimecat
Star Brite mold and mildew remover and steam with a soft brush. Try that before you conclude you need to replace the fabric. It won’t work without the steam.
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 3:30 am
by akorcovelos
All great advice here, only thing not mentioned it don’t use magic eraser on vinyl, it basically sand paper and removes the UV protectant coat from the seats.
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:13 pm
by gdane
Just saying the Cobalt Factory uses scrubbing bubbles, magic eraser pads and vinyl sauce!
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:16 pm
by JTinMO
Agree with gdane's comments. The factory recommendation is scrubbing bubbles, magic eraser followed with plenty of water to rinse. Then condition. I have Vinyl sauce but prefer the Aerospace 303. I hit mine with the 303 every other trip out.
And to be fair, I only used the magic eraser once, when we bought the boat used last summer. Ever since, it's only seen regular vinyl sauce, 303 multipurpose cleaner, boat bling condition sauce, or 303 aerospace protectant. I fought the magic eraser badly until my dealer showed me how dirty the vinyl actually was. Then I could not help but do the whole boat as there was a clean 1' x 1' spot on the swim pad from when he did it.
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:00 pm
by andy7684
A few years ago had mildew stains on white seats where the covers laid on the tops of the seats, similar to yours. Not a cobalt, tho.
Tried many products, including professional vinyl cleaners, magic eraser, etc., with limited results.
Generic (Bass Pro, I think) brand mildew cleaner did OK.
Best results with :
50/50 or less mixture or bleach and water. Soak a white towel in mixture, loosely wring out, and lay on mildew spot for 15-30 minutes. That really pulled out the stains. Do sections at a time. A couple bad areas took 2 sessions.
After that tried to keep clean white dry towels down before putting on cover, but had to repeat the process a couple other times. This was about 10 years ago and I know the current owner with same upholstery that cleans it up nice. Apparently not too harsh.
You have a different issue, but just a thought.
Re: 2016 r7 stained seats
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:52 pm
by AsLan7
andy7684 wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:00 pm
A few years ago had mildew stains on white seats where the covers laid on the tops of the seats, similar to yours. Not a cobalt, tho.
Tried many products, including professional vinyl cleaners, magic eraser, etc., with limited results.
Generic (Bass Pro, I think) brand mildew cleaner did OK.
Best results with :
50/50 or less mixture or bleach and water. Soak a white towel in mixture, loosely wring out, and lay on mildew spot for 15-30 minutes. That really pulled out the stains. Do sections at a time. A couple bad areas took 2 sessions.
After that tried to keep clean white dry towels down before putting on cover, but had to repeat the process a couple other times. This was about 10 years ago and I know the current owner with same upholstery that cleans it up nice. Apparently not too harsh.
You have a different issue, but just a thought.
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That’s a good tip Andy.
IMHO, the two most important things you can do while cleaning vinyl is
1. avoid any type of chemicals on the sewn threads which can quickly deteriorate ....and
2. protect with any of the protection products mentioned above after cleaning.
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