Hi There,

Wondering if someone can shine some light for me. I've got some stains on the roof lining of my car from transporting my mountain bike. The stains are caused from the bike chain touching the lowest point of the ceiling, right by the boot entrance, and is transferring chain lube onto the material. I was wondering what would be the best product to remove these marks please? Was looking at some AutoGlym Interior Shampoo. Would this be suitable or do I need to use a degreaser due to the nature of the stains? If so could you recommend some please.

Thanks in advance.

Dom Freelander 2 XS 2013
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I was looking on Detaling World yesterday someone who tried getting a mark out of the headlining and just kept getting a bigger stain so be careful.

Thank you for the word of warning SYFL2. I will wait for a suitable solution before tackling it. Freelander 2 XS 2013
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A steam cleaner if you have one, and a degreaser.

Again, if you have it still lying around, talcum powder applied directly to the oil mark and left overnight will draw the grease properties out, then finish off with the above. Plus the car will smell of Brut 33 (at least mine did.....shows how old the talc was I suppose!)

Thanks SouthhamFL2 for the advice, will have to see if there is any talc lying around the house and find somebody with a steam cleaner.
Look forward to having a blast from the past with the smell of talcum powder again.  Freelander 2 XS 2013
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Just be a bit cautious with the steam cleaner as sometimes too much heat can release the lining from it’s fibre base. Regards

David

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That is a very good point Boxbrownie that I hadn't thought of. Thanks for potentially saving my roof lining.

Oh dear LR NUT you've got my brain going now. Would look good.  Freelander 2 XS 2013
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I'd try some degreaser first. I got some bike chain lube on the carpet in the house and used Muc Off bio degreaser first before cleaning the carpet and it came off eventually ok. No guarantee this will work on your headliner so try a small bit first!

Use heaps of cotton buds so you only get area that needs it. Lots of paper towel to dry up area. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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I thought about using the bike cleaning products snappa but am a bit dubious about applying them to fabric. Maybe a last resort of all else fails. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Lightwater that is a good tip, thank you. Freelander 2 XS 2013
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I’ve just done some Googling and there are dry stain removers out there.

Thanks SYFL2 that looks perfect for the job with the added bonus they will clean the marks off my tie's.  Freelander 2 XS 2013
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It was the guy on DW kept coming back to mind every time he tried a new thing on his stain he got a wider sort of brown round the edge ring,it wasn’t a good look

If it does make it worse I guess I'll have to stain the entire ceiling to make it look intentional  Freelander 2 XS 2013
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