Don't cry over spilled milk

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FSUfan

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Greetings ladies and gents,



Been a while since I have been participating in the forum, but I have a question. After eh hem months without doing a full detail of my wife's van I started the process and when I removed my son's carseat I discovered dried milk :eek:. The seat is leather and I wanted to check before doing anything since we are thinking of selling this vehicle and I don't want to jack up the seat. I typically use Lexol to clean my leather seats, but want to make sure that is the best approach. Thanks in advance for your tips and help!



~Bob
 
It really depends on what you have to work with. Since I have a steamer, I'd hit it with a Woolite/H20 mixture to pretreat it and then follow it a steamer or do one or the other.
 
Denzil said:
It really depends on what you have to work with. Since I have a steamer, I'd hit it with a Woolite/H20 mixture to pretreat it and then follow it a steamer or do one or the other.
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Yea, as a rookie I have not invested in a steamer. You think the Woolite and water thing might help anyway though? I already use that for cleaning my normal interior. Then use the Lexol afterwards? Or should I be staying away from using that in this equation?
 
Well, some people highly advise against using the Woolite mixture on leather seats but everyone has their preferences. I think it would help but perhaps the dedicated leather cleaners "should" work better since they were "designed" for leather applications.
 
from the way you described it, it doesn't sound too bad, considering you didn't realize it until you actually saw the dried milk. Usually with a baby's bottle, you'll have drips of milk coming from the nipple instead of a whole bottle being spilled so that helps a bit. Plus, since a lot of leather nowadays are coated, most of the milk is probably still on the surface instead of seeping deep down into the foam. Since you don't seem to have an odor problem, I would just go about with your usual cleaning and conditioning method.
 
I'd get up everything that I could with a damp rag, then switch over to woolite or whatever cleaner you're comfortable with.
 
Personally, ide use leatherique. It will float all the dirt and grime (or in this case milk) to the top of the leather. For the BEST results you want to let it get as hot as possible (direct sunlight, maybe black trassh bag over it and blow dry). But that is probably your best bet.
 
wfedwar said:
I'd get up everything that I could with a damp rag, then switch over to woolite or whatever cleaner you're comfortable with.
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Well I went with the Woolite route. Would it still have be advisable to let the leather get as hot as possible? It is a captain chair from the middle row of a van so I could have removed it and put it out in the sun and even do the black trash bag too if that would be good. The warm damp cloth and then Woolite mix worked well. Then some 303 and good as new! Oh... and of course I am embarrassed to even have to face this type of thing, but if you have little ones [and let them go anywhere with you ;)] then you know *eh hem* "milk happens"! Now on to the details of swirls and tiny scratches on the exterior and then I will come back to the full interior detail.



Seat before

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Close-up before

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Seat after

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Close-up after

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