Re: Winter projects

Posted by JWL On 2020/10/5 11:14:37
The interior in my 55 Super Clipper was badly contaminated with tobacco smoke residue from years of smoking in the car. I removed the seats and carpeting and padding. Cleaned the seats with Resolve carpet cleaner. Replaced the carpeting and padding. The most difficult job was to clean the headliner without damaging it. I carefully cleaned it with the Resolve and many Terry cloth towels one small section at a time. Application of the Resolve and a careful wiping lifted off the brown residue. I repeated until the towel was came back clean. The seats were not worn and after cleaning looked quite nice. New carpeting and padding finished off the job. Overall the cleaning job came out well and the interior looked much better. Thankfully, there were no signs of rodent infestation as the previous owner placed cakes of Irish Spring soap throughout the interior.

Leeedy's warning about virus contamination in the rodent residue should be taken seriously and proper precautions taken to avoid infection. Big Kev had to deal with your same problem when he first started working on his 54 Clipper.

Addendum: Here are some photos of what I was talking about. The Resolve product, a towel after cleaning the headliner, the headliner before and the headliner after.

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