Cleaning mold and mildew from vinyl seats

[FLATHEAD]

After yesterday’s debacle as I was cleaning I could not ignore the mold and mildew on my seats any longer. Wasn’t horrible but enough to irritate me. Looked on line for products and methods and most I looked at showed it did a mediocre job at best with lots of elbow grease.
So I did my own thing. I used Clorox/Tilex mold and mildew and a soft round brush in my cordless drill. Didn’t take much and my seats are like brand new. Spray it on, go over it with the brush medium speed, Wipe with a damp cloth, dry with a cloth. I suggest wearing a mask and be aware of surrounding surfaces because it does create a little fine mist. It also leaves a faint bleach smell which I’m sure will dissipate pretty fast. Wish I had taken a before picture.

 

[jlh3rd]

another one to try.
My custom cover is "trying" to develop mold at one corner. I don't want it transferring to my expensive 2 year old complete vinyl redo.
Afraid of using straight, even diluted bleach, on the cover.

 

[Davetowz]

I have never seen anything that actually removes the black that doesn't have bleach in it..
Seats look good!

 

[FLATHEAD]

I have never seen anything that actually removes the black that doesn't have bleach in it..
Seats look good!

Yes there is definitely bleach in that stuff

 

[Drivewayboater2]

I have had success using oxiclean. Just mix up a heavy mixture. 1/2 cup to 1/2 gallon water.
A bit of elbow grease and the seats look great.

 

[crazy charlie]

After yesterday’s debacle as I was cleaning I could not ignore the mold and mildew on my seats any longer. Wasn’t horrible but enough to irritate me. Looked on line for products and methods and most I looked at showed it did a mediocre job at best with lots of elbow grease.
So I did my own thing. I used Clorox/Tilex mold and mildew and a soft round brush in my cordless drill. Didn’t take much and my seats are like brand new. Spray it on, go over it with the brush medium speed, Wipe with a damp cloth, dry with a cloth. I suggest wearing a mask and be aware of surrounding surfaces because it does create a little fine mist. It also leaves a faint bleach smell which I’m sure will dissipate pretty fast. Wish I had taken a before picture.

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When using a bleach product(which work great for mold and mildew) ,an absolute MUST is to saturate the stitching with a hose and water before you begin the cleaning.No more than a minute later the stitching MUST be rinsed thoroughly,saturated to get as much bleach out of the threads.If you dont do this the stitching WILL eventually fail.Thread dont like bleach but will tolerate it for very short periods of time like 60 seconds.Been there.....done that .....many times . Charlie

 

[crazy charlie]

I have never seen anything that actually removes the black that doesn't have bleach in it..
Seats look good!

You can try a high potency vinegar soak overnight and a soft brush while rinsing.It wont be perfect but will be better. Charlie