What to use to get heavy grease out of seats?
 

Ok, got my Blazer out if the shop. Transfer case and transmission were rebuilt, oil changed, fuel pump changed, etc. But what was once an immaculately clean interior is now a total mess. Shampooing the carpets is in order, but as for the seats, I don't know what to do. Its like they used the seats as shop rags. Is LA's Totally Awesome something good to use? I've used it on vinyl before, but never cloth...

I've always used Simple Green for that kind of stuff....It's usually worked pretty well on most stains..

I'll try that. Thanks

I would make the shop get the seats cleaned. There's no excuse for greasing up your interior.

That was my first thought too. Most shops have paper covers for the seats and even floors for this reason.

Get yourself a can of ether....spray the affected spot then use a rag to blot the grease stain up! :D works wonderfully:D

Ok. I tried simple green. It inly made the stain fade a little. Then I tried TUFF STUFF upholstery cleaner, and it seemed to be working. Then I tried the Totally Awesome, and after letting it sit, I used a heavy brush and some hot air, and boom, gone!

I'm still stuck on why the shop was allowed to get away with this in the first place? That's no way to run a business and if nobody says anything or holds them accountable, they'll continue to do it. I'm happy for you that you were able to get the stains out, just increasingly disappointed with some of my fellow human beings. It's like we just don't care anymore. As a business owner, that's rule #1, you damage something, fess up, we'll fix it. I thought it was called integrity, at least it use to be.

If it has not yet been worked into the canvas/leather if you have such a shop dry-ice blasting with specalized equipment and fine pellets does a terrific job on such stains.

The owner if the shop is a good friend if my dad and uncle, so I can't really say anything about it. As for that happening, it's because his workers are irresponsible. They've caused several problems on our other cars before, but I can't do anything about it

Sorry to hear that. Just glad you were able to get it cleaned up.

IMHO you actually can do something.
And even worse that he is a good friend of relatives. Don't let such things get into the way of getting your car back into a state where you can use it as before.
Acquaintance never relieves from responsibility. And being friends is in now way an obligation for you to let something like this slip. I would talk to my dad and uncle first and tell them that I would confront their friend with the facts of the bad work that happened in the shop.

2nd possibility and probably what i would do anyway is to change the place where you let your car service. It seems a common occurrence in that place that they mess up.

I would never let something like that slip, because grease on the seats is a real issue, to the point where you have to change the seat and probably a couple of jeans as well.

Written complaint to the owner with pictures.

When I get registration on the blazer, I'll go downtown to their shop and talk to them about serlveral things. As for now, I have no choice but to wait

Load some Super Clean (used to be by Castrol) into a bissel steam cleaner should work !

I work And have worked in Body shops all my life.. Paper floor mats And plastic seat covers at all shops ..My shop now has both mechanical and body No matter what your Car/Truck is in for We do the paper and plastic , Then a pre wash And pre scan Take pictures of the Truck inside and out ..Miles damages Then write on the rear side window : 280321 - Co-op Ins - Date in/out This way nothing gets confused, Any other damage is on the pictures All Body shop cars are once again cleaned after the work..Wash, Rim Acid, Salt stain remove (Canada) Rubbers and jams cleaned, Trunk, Washer fluid topped up, check the Batt cables, lights and horn, Tire press ...The extra mile i do is Power wash the mats ..heavy duty grease remover and other cleaners Then compressed air to dry them out (Look new) We had a few request for a full detail in which the seats were bad with oil and grease The trick is Grease remover add on thick let it set 5-10 mins scrub brush And a upolstery steam cleaner Then proper fabric cleaner scrub, extact, Due to the amount of grease and dirt that had been there for min 5 months if not more The finsh was faded on the seats to a lighter Black fabric ...You can buy Fabric paint at local part stores ( In Canada - Canadian tire- Autozone) In the USA i never been to them But Pep Boys / Auto zone I have used this paint on my Gray Blazer seats to turn black And used 3/4 of the can per seat