RE: Cleaning vinyl...

[jab86@cornell.edu]

i used to have a porsche 914 - the seats were a woven vinyl pattern.  
talk about a pain in the ass to clean.  i do, however, have a system.  i 
would start out by mixing a little bit of laundry detergent (avoid the 
bleached up stuff that is so ubiquitous now-a-days) in with some warm 
water.  i used about a teaspoon to every quart.  after the detergent is 
very well mixed in, dip a toothbrush in and start scrubbing your vinyl.  
i found that laundry dertergent worked much better than any other 
household soap - perhaps because it was designed for ground in dirt.

part 2 of this system is pretty key in my opinion.  i have one of those 
dustbuster wet/dry vacuums, so i took one of those bendable straws and 
duct taped a little mounting system to mate it to my dustbuster.  i would 
follow the toothbrush, sucking up all of the loosened debris and dirty 
water.  i know that it sounds a little involved, but this system is the 
only thing that worked on my seats.

good luck

-joe
1990 80q, very clean because i am very anal