Clothes Dye vs Car Interior

"MooseKnuckles" (andyschenk) 01/24/2015 at 14:43 • Filed to: None

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Bought a wool peacoat, rapes tan leather and interior trim.

What's my best bet to safely remove dye that has bled from my new, aggravatingly expensive, peacoat from my new, aggravatingly expensive, truck interior?
I use AutoGlym leather cleaner, and care balm on my leather. For trim and dash plastics and rubber I use mild soapy water. Better recommendations for leather care that isn't going to break the bank??

After some effort and time, there is still a blue-black haze in the leather, and the door armrest looks like pen and permanent marker attacked it.

As for the coat, and I'll make this clear I'm a laundry idiot as most men are, will dry cleaning it make any difference in preventing the dye from bleeding on my shit like a textile mass murder crime scene?

Funktheduck > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 14:45

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I have no idea. I had a bright pink piece of paper get wet on one of my cars years ago. Eventually the pink went away with use.

Boss2452stolemylunchmoney > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 14:47

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Don't buy crappy wool... Not worth it.

ranwhenparked > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 14:54

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Dry cleaning itself won't do it, but most dry cleaners should be able to fix it if you tell them what's wrong. You need to treat it with a dye fixing chemical, most cleaners can do that, or you can buy some and apply it yourself.

Svend > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 14:55

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There are many good automotive leather cleaning products from Sonus, Poor Boys, Renovo and Gliptone that won't cost much (Gliptone is probably the best in my view). You will need a good medium soft brush to agitate the cleaner into the leather in a mix of circular and straight motions. Have several microfibre cloths to wipe off the and follow it up with a good leather sealer like Gtechniq L1 which will seal the leather and prevent future dye transfer. Don't be too aggressive and start gentle and divide it into sections and go one section at a time. Modern automotive leather doesn't need conditioned as leather is treated differently to make it last longer.

Svend > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 15:01

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Sorry, didn't see the last bit about dry cleaning.

The jacket isn't the problem as such because if it wasn't the jacket it would simply something else. Cream leather is problematic in it's susceptible to dye transfer and is most common with denim. As I said in another post (above or below) a good leather sealer such as Gtechniq L1 will prevent it happening again.

GhostZ > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 15:16

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I'm more wondering where the hell you found a coat that was leaking dye. That sounds more like a defect problem than something you're expected to fix. Even dirt-cheap wool shouldn't rub off color.

Devilishprune > MooseKnuckles 01/24/2015 at 15:19

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Mr. Clean magic eraser? Try a test spot: those things are really potent. Don't get too aggressive, though, because they can abrade paint off (and probably the dye from the seats).

MooseKnuckles > GhostZ 01/24/2015 at 16:08

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I don't know wtf. On the door arm rest it looks like blue pen lines and then the ink got streaked around.
On the center console armrest it is just a small blue spot, which if it were pen it could just be transfer off a hand or something.
Based on that it seems like a Bic might be the culprit somehow.

But then the back lumbar in the seat has a uniform blue haze to it as well. So that doesn't fit with a pen.

I'm going to take the coat out and see if I can get it to transfer to definitively know. Coat is black not blue, but who knows what the dye might look like on tan interior. Tried getting the coat to bleed onto a damp cloth and it didn't...

I never carry pens except at work, but I have a work truck. I have no pen on any of my clothes on hands/ arms.

I was driving some drunk shits around last night for a birthday and thought maybe one of them may have jumped in the driver's seat at some point, but my buddy doesn't recall anyone except me.