FR Seats

[concerned cat]

Does anyone have a problem keeping them clean?
I have a policy of no food or drink in the car, well all my cars actually.
There have been a few instances of watermarking of late (the car is 12 months old) but I collected SWIMBO's daughter from the train station the other week & she rested her telescopic umbrella on the seat. Surely enough, a large water mark/ring appeared when dry.
This weekend (not ideal weather) I used upholstry cleaner (1001?) & liberally dampened the seats then vacced with a wet vac. I repeated this a couple of times then dried the seats fully using the aircon. I then dry vacced as per instructions,
This morning the seats looked better than new. However it's been raining here all day. My job entails being in & out of the car all day & guess what? Damp suit pants & water marks again..............
Has anyone else experienced this or has any ideas other than seat (no pun intended) covers to stop this?

 

[Dt-spd]

yeah mine gets the same water marks, I just keep cleaning them up. Have thought about some sort of fabric conditioner but not had time to research it yet

 

[stevo_nwuk]

Yes, my seats are the same. They do fade after a while, but it is quite a pain.

 

[Aardvark]

No, but then again I did spray all my upholstery with a waterproofing anti soiling agent the day that I took delivery. the stuff I use is for leather coats but it works fine on frabric

 

[concerned cat]

No, but then again I did spray all my upholstery with a waterproofing anti soiling agent the day that I took delivery. the stuff I use is for leather coats but it works fine on frabric

Can you let us know what it's called please?

 

[neil_f225]

I've got the alacantara seats and can't say I've noticed any issues.

 

[concerned cat]

I've got the alacantara seats and can't say I've noticed any issues.

Yes but they aren't standard.

 

[BlackFR]

I have used Gtechniq i1 on both cloth and alcantara interiors and it does the trick at preventing water damage. Stinks the car out for a few hours but its great stuff. Also used it on a sofa to protect against spills

 

[niggle]

^ This. Nano fabric protectors are the way forward.

 

[Aardvark]

Can you let us know what it's called please?

SOF sole water proofer is what I used

http://www.amazon.com/Sof-Sole-82-SWP-Water-Proofer/dp/B003IJA4HY

 

[cptSparko]

Scotchgard fabric protector spray works for me.