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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 06:08 AM
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I found out today that when I wear my black leather dress belt, the black dye is coming off the belt and staining my frost leather seats. ARRGGH!

So I went to the auto parts store and all the leather cleaners I saw restore shine and fix cracks but don't clean stains. How do I get the annoying band of leather dye off of my seats? Thanks folks.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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color match a spray on leather dye to camouflage the stain.
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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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try lexol cleaner, or an APC such as simple green diluted 10:1
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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Thanks for the replies, I'll give both suggestions a try.
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by GalvatronType_R
How do you clean stains off of leather seats?
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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The Meguiars leather wipes work pretty good. I don't know about dye though. I new a guy once that said bar soap works. I can't attest to this, because I've personally never tried it.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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Thanks again for the replies, I'll try some suggestions but I'm a bit iffy on the leather dye on my seats (I don't want to get frost colored dye on my Armani and Versace threads )
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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googone without a rough towel
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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If you use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponge (look for them in WalMart) along with a citris based cleaner (many on the market), this combo is what we use to clean the toughest stains from leather seats at our detail shop. Simple wet the sponge with water and then spray the area with the cleaner and start rubbing over the stain with the sponge, it will lift it off.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Did Doogie Howser also leave some love stains in your car?

Same here.

That f*cker.
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