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eyost
09-03-2012, 10:36 AM
Hi all,

Well, yesterday afternoon I made a stupid mistake and left my sunroof cracked for ventilation. As bad luck would have it, a storm came up and rain came through the space and the fabric on the headliner where it wicked the water around the space of the sunroof. Got home as fast as possible and dabbed as much water as I could with towels and even used a hair dryer to dry it out as best as I could. Left all the windows open overnight with the car parked in the garage. This morning I checked it and it looks not too bad but there may be a slight line where the water stopped.

My car is an eight month old 2011 Honda CRV-L.

What are your recommendations to clean this stain on the headliner? I have been very conservative with the cleaning and have used nothing other than what is described above. I have read that diluted Woolite or Meguirer's APC would be a good choice.

Thoughts? I am willing to do anything to get this back to looking almost new.

Thanks,

Ed
DealerDetailer
09-03-2012, 12:59 PM
I normally just use some Megs APC+ and then blot the rest out...unless removing the headliner is needed.

Here is a write up of my headliner I did some time ago.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/40427-headliner-restoration.html
A-train
09-03-2012, 02:16 PM
^ agree with both proposed cleaners in the above post. I also just tried Ultima interior shampoo gel and it worked wonders on a bank repo headliner that I had last week.


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eyost
09-03-2012, 08:01 PM
I normally just use some Megs APC+ and then blot the rest out...unless removing the headliner is needed.

Here is a write up of my headliner I did some time ago.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/40427-headliner-restoration.html

Thanks for the reply. I took a look at your link and I definitely don't want to remove it down. The car is only six months old so the headliner is clean except for the line where the water stopped. some cases it's about four inches from the pillar. Would you recommend using a microfiber cloth or just a lint free cotton like an old t-shirt?

Thanks,

Ed
jwellsii
09-03-2012, 08:40 PM
A microfiber towel and some encap (encapsulation) cleaner will do the trick.
eyost
09-03-2012, 08:55 PM
A microfiber towel and some encap (encapsulation) cleaner will do the trick.

Encapsulation cleaner? Would that be the Meg APC plus or is that something else?

Sorry - newbie here. <ggg>

Thanks for all of the help!

Ed
Wayneezy
09-03-2012, 11:02 PM
Any APC and microfiber cloth will do the job im sure. Never failed me