Printer Ink in Boss's Seats

[MAYBEN]

Well, I had a meeting with a distributor and the GM of my company sat in on it.. then at the end, he was telling us that he went to buy a new printer and traded in his old.. in the process, ink spilled onto the seats of his newer Tacoma..

 

his seats are grey, it was a decent size stain, about 4" diameter with another one near it about 3" diameter.. before he told me, he was soaking it with IPA and dabbing it with paper towels, helped a bit..

 

I told him I would bring in some Adam's CUC and give it a shot..

 

Any suggestions as to the best attack strategy as I have not had this problem myself?

 

Thanks!

[J Tegeler]

I would get the CUC out and use the horse hairs brush and the utility towels

[MAYBEN]

Will that ruin my Leather & Interior Cleaning Brush?

[J Tegeler]

I wouldnt think so, clean it out good after you use it and it should be good..I will be curious as to what others say

[Chewy]

Wait, so your boss has a truck, but he put the printer on his seat? Hmm...

 

That printer ink is some bad stuff... I'd say extraction FOR SURE!

[MAYBEN]

Wait, so your boss has a truck, but he put the printer on his seat? Hmm...

 

That printer ink is some bad stuff... I'd say extraction FOR SURE!

 

I was thinking that, but A: I dont have access to an extractor, nor am I going to put my shop vac in my car and bring it to work, I'll ask him if he has one, lol

and B: I don't know how much actually spilled, it could've been a drop that he turned into larger by messing with it..

 

anyone have a thought on using the brush? should I just use the utility towels?

[mc2hill]

Nick, check out Peter's thread on removing pen ink - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/interior-cleaning-detailing/11330.htm

 

Oh, and it has pictures!

[MAYBEN]

I remember that thread, but that was on leather.. my boss has cloth seats..

[FinishingTouchAutoDetaing]

i would say try brush first if it gets it up great if not try again and let the cleaner sit for a few min and soak in really well if that doesnt work steam cleaner?

[Chris@Adams]

Good luck, I think that you are going to need it!

[Z71_Denali]

take pics and make it a write up.... this will be very interesting if it works!

[MAYBEN]

all will be done in the parking lot at work.. awesome! lol

 

I guess I will bring my nice brush that has only seen leather.. I'll bring some utility towels and CUC..

[J Tegeler]

bring the carpet brush, if it is cloth seats the mroe agressive bristles might be of help in agitating the stain

[Cook]

Wait, so your boss has a truck, but he put the printer on his seat? Hmm...

 

That printer ink is some bad stuff... I'd say extraction FOR SURE!

 

I wouldnt call a tacoma a real truck

[bcampbe7]

Curious to hear if anything worked...

 

Best bet is to buy some nice seat covers and call it a learning experience.

[MAYBEN]

I haven't seen him yet, he just got back to the office and his door is closed.

[BrianT]

Nick,

 

:worth::lol:

 

The seat covers are kinda easy to take apart if you think your gonna need a better approach.

[MAYBEN]

hardy har har, why dont you come over to the office and do it, lol

 

I still have yet to hear from him about it.. I guess hes not worried about it anymore?

[BrianT]

hardy har har, why dont you come over to the office and do it, lol

 

I still have yet to hear from him about it.. I guess hes not worried about it anymore?

 

If you need some help give me a call!

[MAYBEN]

We'll see how it goes.. I'm not gonna worry about it until he says something, the ball is in his court..

 

we'll see what he does, he just walked passed my office and didn't say anything..

[MAYBEN]

alrighty, so I did it when I was leaving yesterday.. (I know I will be scolded) I didnt get to take pics.. but it seemed to come out very well, I told him I would hit it more this morning if it needed it..

 

this morning he came in and said 'It's gone!'

 

Another fine result from Adam's..

 

:worth:

[BrianT]

Did he give you a raise???

[MAYBEN]

Nope!

[J Tegeler]

atleast you know the thread is worthless without pics Nick:jester:

 

but I am glad it came out well, what brush did you end up using with it?

[DieselDude]

Why DIDN'T YOU GET PICS. It would have been a great article.

[MAYBEN]

I know it would've been a good write up..

 

I sprayed the CUC and used the Carpet Cleaning Brush gently, and dabbed it with the Black Utility Towel.. Repeated the process 2 more times to make sure (was hard to tell since fabric was wet) and then after drying it a little, I used the Leather & Interior Brush to lightly 'caress' the material so that it didn't look too rough.. I think the results when he left last night were good and that I may have needed a final check today.. but his response this morning is that its was perfect so we're good!!