Repairing alcantara (with photos)

[volvokid]

Thought I would post this as I know that the alcantara on the steering wheels go a bit flat, and look a bit passed it.
Here’s a little how to, on sorting the alcantara out.

Equipment
Alcantara cleaner (got it from Swissvax £20)
Suede brush
Electric shaver (bought new from Tesco Philips i'll have you know not for personal use lol)
Hair drier
Soft cloth

First I started with the seats






This was the easy part first of hover the seat thoroughly because you don’t want to catch any lose dirt with the razor blades. I just had to shave the little bubbles off very lightly being very careful not to catch any of the stitching once this was done I sprayed the alcantara with the cleaner you don’t want to drench the seats with the cleaner then I just wiped it gently with a soft white cloth. (DON’T SIT ON THE SEAT WHILE ITS WET AS COULOR TRANFER MAY OCCUR FROM YOU CLOTHS TO THE SEAT).
Heres the result






http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...r/P1020438.jpg


Now to the steering wheel, I wasn’t sure if this would work and I was amazed when it was just dirt that was trapping the fibbers on the wheel.



I started by cleaning the alcantara with the cleaner and a cloth during this I used the brush to agitate the alcantara and immediately the alcantara started to regain it original texture. Once it was all fluffed up lol I used the hair drier on a low heat to quickly dry it.