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This weekend a guest left a couple bags of burger buns on my seat cushions. The sun and/or humidity transferred the ink from the nutrition info on to my white seat cushions. Soap and water and tilex didn't do a thing.

Anyone have an idea to remove it safely?

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Vic
"Byte Me"
1989 Vista 245
Lake Norman, NC

A few suggestions that might work:

White (non-gel) toothpaste
Goo Gone
WD-40
Rubbing Alcohol (don't scrub)
Butter (rub and let sit in the sun for a day)

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

My wife swears by magic erasers. It has worked for her on similar issues

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Jeff

'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier


(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)

Thanks for the suggestions...... I'll try the magic eraser first and then sequentially work down the other list!

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Vic
"Byte Me"
1989 Vista 245
Lake Norman, NC

Make sure you follow the Magic Eraser with a UV protectant!

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

hairspray

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

Hear is the simple answer to anything to clean.
Simple Green.

I even tried Comet on my white vinyl with scubing hard. Went and got simple green and just a light brushing and perfecto!

It even takes out rust stains which are worse than when the grandkids run out of paper and use the seats. lol

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1992 Baja 38 Special Twin 502 Mags

03 Stingray 3.0
88 261 Liberator 460 King Cobras
95 Bayliner 1850 3.0
77 Fiber Form 20ft 350/385hp
70 Wescraft 1800 SS 455 Jet

Lead, Follow, or get the Hell out of the Way!

Well I actually have some Simple Green on the boat..... heading down to the marina today and will try that first! Thank you.

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Vic
"Byte Me"
1989 Vista 245
Lake Norman, NC

How many calories are in one of those cushions?

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

I'm still trying to get out the Zoom watermellon color that the rubber worm left on my anchor storage cushion! I've tried Magic eraser,Spray Nine,Bleach,LPS Super Cleaner degreaser, Mequires Flagship wax so far it's still there just a little lighter!

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2008 H190 Blue W/Red accents 4.3L Merc
2015 Tacoma Access Cab Super White 4x4 TRD Sport
2014 HD FXDC Black Stage 1 Mods V&H Bolt Ons,Naked VO2 AC & FP3.
2011 Polaris 500HO RED]
Life Long Boston Bruin Fan 2011 Stanley Cup Champs!!
#736

I had ball point pen ink on a leather seat in my car for almost a year. Washed the car, and used a shammi to dry it. Just for the heck of it, I tried it on the pen mark on the seat and to my surprise it took it right off. I was amazed, but don't know if this will help with any of the situ's above. Can't hurt!

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2007 Horizon 200
4.3L GXi/ SX 225 HP

Whatever you do stay away from solvents and bleach. They're too harsh for use on vinyl. They eat away at the softening plasticizers. They make that spot weaker and more likely to crack, sooner that it would otherwise. And resist the temptation to scrub too hard. I'd try Simple Green first. Then if that didn't work I'd try a bit of lemon juice on the area and leave it in direct sunlight. I had a line of ink on one of my seats and Simple Green got most of it. The rest came from sunlight. After about a month I noticed the line had disappeared.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

+1 - Aqua Net

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2006 FW 203 FS
2005 Dodge Laramie 1500
2003 CRF 247F SuperMoto racer
2001 CBR1100XX

I have same problem, i left a cheap blue flashlight on my helm seat...it bled into the seat, nothing so far takes it out... these kind of stains seem to become part of the seat vs something you can get off. Next solution is just going to be purchasing that part of the seat from FW.

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Current Boats:
2005 Four Winns 328 Vista
1992 Stingray 228

Or how about asking them what the material is and have a local shop make a repair? That might be a lot less expensive than a whole other seat.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista