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    1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover


    Bought these original 1975 Blazer Seats for an old 2-wheel Drive 1973 Blazer I owned and then later sold the Blazer and bought a 1975 4x4 Jimmy. In the process I did my best to clean up what looks like all the dirt and grime that had accumulated since 1975


    Before







    Just for fun I placed some painter's tape across a section of the head rest.



    The seat on the right has been cleaned using Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus



    After cleaning a very wet and generous amount of M40 was applied and worked into the vinyl and then some extra product was applied to gorge the old vinyl with the conditioning agents in the M4016 Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner. The seat was allowed to sit like this for about an hour and occasionally we would work the excess product again over the surface using a simple terry cloth wash rag.






    Before and After




    Then we cleaned the other seat




    Years of dirt, sweat, body oils and probably even some hair creme. Icky!




    Moved the chair into the sun for a better shot







    Afterwards we cleaned the striped area and treated it as well. We also wiped all the excess M40 off the seats to leave a dry, natural sheen. The seats never actually made it into the truck but at least they were clean for the next guy!





    Products Used
    Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus - Diluted at 4:1
    Meguiar's OSHA Approved Matching Spray Bottle
    High Volume Spray Head
    Gallon Dispensing Pump
    M-4016 Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner
    Terry Cloth Wash Rag

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    Re: 1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    Incredible.

    I was thinking that the headrest stripe looked kinda sporty though and maybe should have been left there
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    Re: 1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    Great job on the dirty seats!

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    Quite an improvement!

    Never would have thought they would have cleaned up so well.

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    Re: 1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    Wow!!!
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    Re: 1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    Should of taped all the way down the seat, have some racing stripes on the seat! haha, that is a pretty amazing before and after right there.

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    Nice clean up job on those! APC+ is great for lots of stuff.

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    WOW!!!! is right. Didn't even imagine they would look that good.

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    That looks awesome the stripe looks like it belongs lol perfect line LOL
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    Re: 1975 Vinyl Seats - Extreme Makeover

    Looks a lot better. Maybe if anything like that comes your way again you could try M39 Heavy Duty Vinyl Cleaner. Works really great on extremly dirty vinyl.

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