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Hardened Gum on Leather Seats
Posted by Joseph Littlechild
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Hardened Gum on Leather Seats June 23, 2004 08:43PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1 |
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Re: Hardened Gum on Leather Seats June 24, 2004 12:28AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 3,550 |
<HTML>You can remove gum with Mottsenbocker's Lift Off #2. Great product.
If you do not scrub too hard it will be ok. Keep in mind that the dye/paint on leather can be worn off, and heavy scrubbing is a sure fire way to accomplish that.
Use a lo pH cleaner and a better scrubber is the scrubbie pad. A sponge covered with a teflon net. Provides abrasivness but no danger to the leather.
Bud Abraham</HTML>
buda
If you do not scrub too hard it will be ok. Keep in mind that the dye/paint on leather can be worn off, and heavy scrubbing is a sure fire way to accomplish that.
Use a lo pH cleaner and a better scrubber is the scrubbie pad. A sponge covered with a teflon net. Provides abrasivness but no danger to the leather.
Bud Abraham</HTML>
buda
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Re: Hardened Gum on Leather Seats June 24, 2004 12:50AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 505 |
<HTML>Perclore or the banned in California solvent ,TR-III, will easily desolve the gum.
However, to obtain the perclore in pure form requires the "knowing of a dry cleaner", other wise, you must find a "special cleaning solvent" with a percentage of the perclore.
Just put it on the gum, let it set and watch it break into a powder.
Then clean the area with a non-butyl all purpose cleaner.
Will the dye in the leather be affected, that's a crap shoot for sure.
Ketch</HTML>
Do it right or don't do it all!
However, to obtain the perclore in pure form requires the "knowing of a dry cleaner", other wise, you must find a "special cleaning solvent" with a percentage of the perclore.
Just put it on the gum, let it set and watch it break into a powder.
Then clean the area with a non-butyl all purpose cleaner.
Will the dye in the leather be affected, that's a crap shoot for sure.
Ketch</HTML>
Do it right or don't do it all!
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Re: Hardened Gum on Leather Seats February 04, 2007 11:18PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,182 |
Gentlemen-
Here's an addition to this old thread :
Home Remedy Method : Chill the gum with an ice cube and scrape off as much as you can. Then heat with a hair dryer or a heat gun and towel with a detergent solution or a product approved for leather ( Awesome All Purpose Cleaner, for instance is available at dollar stores ).
Dress the leather to hide any discoloration as much as possible.
Doug
Here's an addition to this old thread :
Home Remedy Method : Chill the gum with an ice cube and scrape off as much as you can. Then heat with a hair dryer or a heat gun and towel with a detergent solution or a product approved for leather ( Awesome All Purpose Cleaner, for instance is available at dollar stores ).
Dress the leather to hide any discoloration as much as possible.
Doug
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