Seat Belt Cleaning

I am updating my interior over the winter and was wondering what the best cleaning methods/hacks to use for cleaning stained seat belts? I have the sandlewood interior so my belts our tan color.

 

remove from vehicle,,,, hot water,,, dawn & a scrub brush.

 

Soak em in a bucket of water and simple green overnight, rinse & dry. They may need some scrubbing depending on how soiled they are.


Keith

 

I've used this on various things (in addition to laundry) and it works very well.

 

Thanks everyone I will try some of these this weekend.

 

FWIW. your cars & trucks with the recoil seat beats that are getting slow on the recoil. Wash them the oils that they absorb off your body gets in to the strap, webbing, drags. Wash them or I should say degrease them and they will be good as new..

If Your careful you don't need to remove them.. a Few towels on the seat for the water container to set on and a pair of vise grips to keep the belt from retracting. Of course a nice hot day for drying...

 

I would remove them and soak overnight in your favorite concentrated degreaser. I used oil eater from Costco. Castro clean will work too. You will be amazed how much dirt you can ring out of them things

 

If you get the buckles wet, blow dry with air gun.

 

doing that exact method right now, seems to be working fine.

 

I did this last year for the rear belts. I suspect they spent most of their lives under the seat -- so dirty that I had to clean the bucket after!! Simple Green worked well. It was summer so I hit the buckles with a hairdryer and then left in the sun to dry flat.

 

Tide...

 

Last ones I did (long time ago) I put each one in an old sock and put them in the washing machine. Came out great.

 

This goes for other things as well.

 

That's exactly what I have used, let them soak, stir around every so often and then rinse with pressure washer/cold water!