water stains on 60 seats

["A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>]

Clay;
 Believe it or not one guy to talk to about the stains might be an
upholsterer. Do not take the seat apart, you will be making a molehill into
a mountain. With these old seats as long as the original foam padding, latex
foam on a car this old, was not exposed to sunlight it should still be good.
Latex foam is a lot more resilient then the polyfoam that they use these
days. Knowing a Imperial, they likely used large quantities of cotton felt
in the seat padding as well. If you can find the correct solution to clean
this don't soak to death and don't scrub too hard. The door panel could
likely be taken off and taken to a dry cleaner but I wouldn't trust the
chemicals he uses with the padding. Try using soap and water first, that's
usually safe, and then go from there.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport( no amount of cleaning will save the fabric in its
seats.)
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "clay-deb" <clay-deb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:52 AM
Subject: IML: water stains on 60 seats


> Hello everyone.
>   My newly purchased 60 Custom has a very nice original nylon type
material
> on its seats(complete with neat  Imperial crowns!).
>   There are  though a couple of areas on the seats and door panels that
look
> to have been stained by water seepage .
>   The stains are a rusty brown sort of color.
>   Does anyone know of any product that might lighten,or remove the stains
> without harming the fabric on the seats ?  I was thinking of applying a
> paste of baking soda over the stains to see if it would lighten them.
>                                                        Thanks
>                                                         Clay Smith
>                                                          67 Crown Coupe
>                                                          60  Custom
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