Trouble to clean the seats & armrest

[Tjeska]

For some time now we are having trouble to clean the seats & armrest of our Grenadier.
Our car has this fabric on them:

Dirt, clay, mud, it seems to gen into the pores and we dont get it out, most of time after cleaning the interior for 5 - 8 times it gets clean.
We tried a lot of different interior cleaners, I do have a large collection of detail products & brushes, love to details our cars.

Does anyone have tips for cleaning the interior out?
We love to take the car offroad & here in our region that means mud & clay, so unintentionally it gets smeared in the car.

 

[Orcmurd]

I use seat covers to avoid this problem but I know that isn’t of help to you.
If the clay is well dried, it should break down into finer particles when roughly brushed with a fine brush and the particles can then be hoovered out.

I would brush and Hoover the seats several times and once you are satisfied you have removed as much as you can, perhaps try some sort of upholstery cleaner.

 

[Logsplitter]

For some time now we are having trouble to clean the seats & armrest of our Grenadier.
Our car has this fabric on them:
View attachment 7908449

Dirt, clay, mud, it seems to gen into the pores and we dont get it out, most of time after cleaning the interior for 5 - 8 times it gets clean.
We tried a lot of different interior cleaners, I do have a large collection of detail products & brushes, love to details our cars.

Does anyone have tips for cleaning the interior out?
We love to take the car offroad & here in our region that means mud & clay, so unintentionally it gets smeared in the car.

For me there’s only one solution That is to put seat covers on for the rough stuff. Then take off and wash when doing the posh stuff.

 

[Jiman01]

I have leather in my Grenadier but from past experience in other vehicles, a rug cleaner helps to get impacted dirt/mud in textile seats. I’m talking about the kind that squirts a soap/water solution and vacuums out the solution out into a dirty water reservoir. It worked great back when my kid left half a chocolate bar that melted in the back seat fabric….the good ole days.

Once you get it clean I’d recommend seat covers like Tougher or if you're wanting the flexibility to go back/forth something like this: https://dryva.store/?syclid=bbb1e265-fbcb-48ef-b560-ce6c6d699b31

I’m undecided about semi-permanent seat covers like Tougher so until I can make up my mind I got the Dryva. I like that it's easy to take on/off and also protects the seat from dirt/water, and just as easy to toss in the wash to clean.

 

[CRH]

Definitely only real long term solution is seat covers. I went for leather to help but still put covers on.
I have used Autoglym interior cleaner on pale carpets in previous vehicle and it cleaned them up nicely.

 

[Logsplitter]

I have leather in my Grenadier but from past experience in other vehicles, a rug cleaner helps to get impacted dirt/mud in textile seats. I’m talking about the kind that squirts a soap/water solution and vacuums out the solution out into a dirty water reservoir. It worked great back when my kid left half a chocolate bar that melted in the back seat fabric….the good ole days.

Once you get it clean I’d recommend seat covers like Tougher or if you're wanting the flexibility to go back/forth something like this: https://dryva.store/?syclid=bbb1e265-fbcb-48ef-b560-ce6c6d699b31

I’m undecided about semi-permanent seat covers like Tougher so until I can make up my mind I got the Dryva. I like that it's easy to take on/off and also protects the seat from dirt/water, and just as easy to toss in the wash to clean.

Those Dryva covers look like a good idea. I’ve never heard of those.

 

[landmannnn]

For some time now we are having trouble to clean the seats & armrest of our Grenadier.
Our car has this fabric on them:
View attachment 7908449

Dirt, clay, mud, it seems to gen into the pores and we dont get it out, most of time after cleaning the interior for 5 - 8 times it gets clean.
We tried a lot of different interior cleaners, I do have a large collection of detail products & brushes, love to details our cars.

Does anyone have tips for cleaning the interior out?
We love to take the car offroad & here in our region that means mud & clay, so unintentionally it gets smeared in the car.

My thoughts...

Firstly I don't use any of those carpet/upholstery sprays as they can leave a residue.

Vacuum clean the seats.

Using a sponge and a soft bristle brush I clean the fabric with a very small amount of a mild hand wash.

I then use a very cheap (£40) spot upholstery cleaning machine on the ingrained clay or mud.

Then leave it to dry.