Spilled Meguires

[cdsswingset]

Hi, you are going to like this one! Placed plastic bottle of liquid Meguires into my Members softsided luggage suitcase. As expected for some reason the plastic container broke, filled the side pocket with wax. Most has been scooped out, but much still remains. What can be done to remove all the remnants of Meguires?

Thanks. Duh..........wall:

[Mike Phillips]

Hi cdsswingset,

Welcome to Meguiar's Online!

Sorry to hear about the mishap, I've had things like this happen to me in my life and there usually isn't a fix for the problem that's easy, fast and complete as the product will seep into seams, stitching even the material itself...

About the best you can do is to remove the spilled product in any way that you can and then wipe out the interior using washrags, paper towels, etc., and then wipe again using a cleaner/conditioner/protectant that matched the material the suitcase is made out of, i.e. use a vinyl protectant to wipe down vinyl and/or a leather cleaner/conditioner/protectant to wipe down leather surfaces.

If the product dries and turns white in the seams and stitching down the road, agitate the dried product with a stiff bristle brush like a toothbrush and then empty the residue out or vacuum the residue out....

Hope this helps...

[Tom MacDonald]

Well, to start I recommend wipping out as much as possible with a moist towel. After you have done that I recommend using some warm water and spraying that on the area. If needed agitate with a brush. Them vacuum with a wet/ dry vacuum to remove any excess product and water from the area. This should work well providing the product has not set-in too long.

Good luck.

Tom

[gbackus]

A steamer works great on stuff like this, as it blows all the crud out of the seems and stitching. Of course, you do have to take into consideration the material you are working on. Oil treated leathers, suede, velour, etc. would not fare well with the steam, but most other fabrics will be fine.