Leather seats damage after getting seats wet - what to do (buy, engine)
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I made the mistake of leaving sunroof open on my wife's pretty new Acura RDX with leather seats. She saw it open and I was able to close before the strong rain but it did take some rain for a few hours. The carpet didn't get wet, mainly front seats and center of back seat. I have been running engine with heater and a/c, and an electric fan, and put some Damprid moisture absorbers. I tool to dealership and to a detail shop and they both said I am doing all the right things, and they would do the same. It's getting pretty dry, might even be completely dry, but I noticed a couple spots that seems to have detached from foam, kind of puffy and wrinkly. Is there a way to improve this? Would love to get your opinion on this.
Only thing better than that you could do would be to disassemble the seat and air dry the foam separately.
That would be good for drying, but very laborial and I have a bad back. But would still not address the leather puffy issue. Any suggestion for that specifically?
Stick a small fan driven space heater in the car with a window slightly cracked. Leave it in there overnight for a few days, not blasting, but enough to cause evaporation.
I made a similar dumb move this winter and the fan heater along with a good leather conditioning evened things back out.
Hi mkarch, it's drying pretty well. Run the engine with heater + a/c on recirculate, with a fan also inside, and windows cracked just a bit. What I noticed was that wrinkly/puffy areas that I am concerned about. I haven't applied conditioning yet, so I just massage leather conditioner on the seats?
How did you make sure everything was completely dry?
Saw a video of a guy removing indentations on leather using a heat gun, but worried it could burn leather. I guess I could try with a hair dryer?
Get a cheap wet/dry vacuum cleaner and suck out any moisture left in it. You can even buy one from Walmart, use it, then return it.
I'm sure you've justified sticking it to Wal Mart, but WOW
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