Inexpensive way to clean textiles and leather

[itkonen]

I washed my carpets, leather seats and safety belts with Marseille-soap. Costs almost nothing and does stunning results on leather and textiles.


Trunk carpet before wash


Trunk carpet after wash


45 years old and REALLY dirty seat belt after washing ( sorry, did not take before picture )


Washed seat left, unwashed right.

[Dan Szwarc]

I've been looking for a nylon-safe product for cleaning selt belts for years.

Marseille soap, you say? I must google this stuff and see if I can get it.

Update: They have it at Amazon in fancy and non-fancy versions. I guess I'll have to look into getting some.

[itkonen]

Here it is sold in grocery stores also. What are fancy and non-fancy versions?

This is the brand I have used:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Le-Chat-Veritable ... Ciid%253A7

[Dan Szwarc]

The fancy stuff has scents and shizzle in it. "From France" and all that jazz.

I'm sure there's an american equivalent.

[CaptainDave]

Sometimes US products have ingredients in them that Europeans products do not. For what it's worth, a brand of foul-weather gear I wear while sailing insists that the only product suitable for cleaning it is "soap flakes." I looked around for quite a while and finally found these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dri-Pak-Soap-Fl ... Swa~BYbx0l I think the idea is that they are a particularly gentle cleaning product, not harsh at all. So perhaps they have enough similarities to the Marseille soap to be worth a try.