Thankfully this isn't about my MINI - my friend's Mazda 6 with black leather seats got a stain from her sunblock, and before she tries anything, she wants to consult a professional, so she calls me.

I am not a professional.

So I came here, to ask all of you for your opinions, recommendations, what products to use, etc...(yes, I know, she should just trade the Mazda in on a MINI, that's what I said, but she's not going for that answer)

So any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Atomic

 

leather master strong cleaner followed by leather master vital will clean and condition the seats.

take a look at the interior of this m5 we did sunblock everywhere

 

Four Star's Leather Cleaner is an excellent cleaner... especially for unusual staining like sunblock.

If all else fails, you can deep clean the leather by purging its pores with the Leatherique system (Rejuvenator Oil + Prestine Clean).

-Heather

 

new door panel, keep the panel, throw away the mazda.

 

I have to do this tonight. My driver's side armrest area has sunblock prints from my arms all over it!

 

remove door panel and thow out your MC?

my next hobby car will be cloth for sure. leather is nice but just a pita to keep clean sometimes.

 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and input - greatly appreciated!

MLPearson - let me know how it works out, and what products you used..thanks!

 

I'm going to go at it with some Griot's Interior Cleaner (which, to date, has cleaned EVERYTHING out/off of every possible surface inside the car), and then treat with Prima Nero. I anticipate success, but I'll report back afterwards!

 

Okay, so reporting back after my 4 hour detail this afternoon and I still probably have an hour of interior work to do tomorrow.

Anyway, the Griot's Interior Cleaner did get the sunblock off the leather and vinyl! And with very minimal effort. Came right out. Followed up with a little Nero and it looks just fine.

However, one of my painted door ovals has a spot that won't clean up. It looks like the sunblock hazed the paint So I'm going to bust out the PlastX and see if that gets rid of it.

 

Gulp! I better go do mine. We've had sunblock stains for about a month now.

 

A weak solution Murphy's Oil Soap in water applied with a toothbrush and wiped with a clean absorbant cloth seems to do the trick. But do it soon after the stains are noticed, and most importantly, find a sunscreen that doesn't contain nano particles of ZnO or TiO2. Good luck!

 

I have to do this tonight. My driver's side armrest area has sunblock prints from my arms all over it.