I'm freaking out, I just drove home to bring food to my GF on my lunch and a soda rolled off the back seat and broke open and started spraying everywhere. What do I do? It would seem the Si's seats are design to deter stains but I'm still freaking out.

By the way, I'm at work for another 2 hours so I can't get to it until then.


Modified by yed at 4:34 PM 12/1/2006

 

vacuum and then oxyclean+water+paper towel. works every time.

 

Take it to a Detailer immediately but soak ALL the areas with dishsoap & water.

 

Would it be cheaper/better to go to a Honda dealer or find a separate detailer? I don't want my seats stained but I can't justify spending like a hundred dollars to clean it off either.

Edit: Crap, called several detailers and they are closed until the morning. I have work in the morning too.


Modified by yed at 5:31 PM 12/1/2006

 

simple green! i swear by it! i had all sorts of stains all over my tan interior on my old car before i traded it in. spent some time scrubbing with simple green and a rag, looked brand new!

 

Does it even show that much on black seats?

 

It doesn't show at all, I was afraid of it getting all sticky and then attracting dust and other dirty things onto it. My co-worker said my seats have scotch guard so I should be fine. Anybody know anything about that?

 

aww that sucks

 

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nope

 

try da super shammy 1st

 

damn YED ur scaring me, i dont wanna have a soda anymore..lol how is it?

 

The floor mats got most of it. It didn't soak into to seats really badly because it mostly sprayed/mist everywhere.

I don't think I'm going to get it detailed because it's brand new and I can't really pay for it because I blew my money on black Friday . I'm going to just wash out the floor mats. But yeah, learn from my mishap.

Just because food is contained, it does not mean it won't get your car dirty, so be careful with it.

By the way, thanks for your guys' comments about it. Still wondering though, anybody know about scotch guard? My co-worker described it as some kind of material or finish to the material that protects it from stains.

 

Isn't soda partily acidic? I've heard of coca cola being used to clean stuff.

 

I have heard of people using it to clean up carbon on there blocks.

 

whatever you do keep the Mentos as far away as possible especially if it was a Diet Coke

 

Hahah no kidding, that will create one hell of a mess if introduced to diet coke. It will look like one of those cracker commercials where the cheese powder fills the room. Coke is about as acidic as stomach acid. You can clean your battery terminals with it, it will dissolve a tooth if you let it soak and will take the copper off a penny. I think it ranks a 2 on the PH scale.