bummer......
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12, '14
bummer......
havent driven car since monday, been some hard rains here and some cold temps, got in car today to drive to work and the passenger window was down. the carpet is soaked the seat is soaked the door panal little pocket was filled with water.
i took paper towels and dried pocket and seat and carpet. the area behind seat had most water, going to remove seat and put wet vac and might pull carpet. the bad part is looks like door panel has little waves in the leather at bottom and at door arm rest. hope whe it dries it goes back to normal. kinda got a white fade to black leather. in like tiger stripe manner. didnt notice that till sun hit it. going to be 60 degrees today that will help.
any tips?
i took paper towels and dried pocket and seat and carpet. the area behind seat had most water, going to remove seat and put wet vac and might pull carpet. the bad part is looks like door panel has little waves in the leather at bottom and at door arm rest. hope whe it dries it goes back to normal. kinda got a white fade to black leather. in like tiger stripe manner. didnt notice that till sun hit it. going to be 60 degrees today that will help.
any tips?
Le Mans Master
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Sorry to hear about the damage to your car. Water can be pretty unforgiving on your interior. You might try posting in the Car Care Discussion section to see if someone can give you any tips there.......
Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Man, thats tough going - unfortunately, as you know the quality of the materials used in the Vettes interior are not of the highest caliber - you may have to replace your skins at a minimum. 1st, I'd pull the seat, continue to pull as much water as you can out of the car. Then I would get some air moving around in the car (blower of sorts) and dry her out real good - might want to touch base with a local upholstery shop to see what they recommend in terms of the streaking/water damage to your materials/can they be recovered. Good luck ~ keep in mind, this may be a good time/excuse to give Downsouth Vettes a call...as you know, he's got some nice looking leather I'm sure he could hook you up with ~ that would be making the best of the worst situation. Good luck 
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12, '14
Safety Car
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Sorry to hear about the interior, did you forget to put the window up? What you will need to do is check all the metal hardware in the door and the interior as these will rust very fast, screws, springs and your speakers.
Good luck and let us know how things go.
Good luck and let us know how things go.
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Sorry about the damage , I hope these threads may help.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12, '14
as leather is drying the waves are pulling back tight!!!! i took some meguires detail mist and it took the white away also, so maybe theres some hope. 
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havent driven car since monday, been some hard rains here and some cold temps, got in car today to drive to work and the passenger window was down. the carpet is soaked the seat is soaked the door panal little pocket was filled with water.
i took paper towels and dried pocket and seat and carpet. the area behind seat had most water, going to remove seat and put wet vac and might pull carpet. the bad part is looks like door panel has little waves in the leather at bottom and at door arm rest. hope whe it dries it goes back to normal. kinda got a white fade to black leather. in like tiger stripe manner. didnt notice that till sun hit it. going to be 60 degrees today that will help.
any tips?
i took paper towels and dried pocket and seat and carpet. the area behind seat had most water, going to remove seat and put wet vac and might pull carpet. the bad part is looks like door panel has little waves in the leather at bottom and at door arm rest. hope whe it dries it goes back to normal. kinda got a white fade to black leather. in like tiger stripe manner. didnt notice that till sun hit it. going to be 60 degrees today that will help.
any tips?
The perforated center piece of the seat bottom is leather, but the rest of the seat is covered with vinyl. Water won't hurt vinyl. The leather part can become hard and stiff if it has been water soaked, though. Some leather conditioner may let you get it nearly back to normal suppleness.
Last edited by shopdog; Feb 2, 2008 at 04:41 PM.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12, '14
its all going to be ok, the white stain must of been the leather treatment stuff, i treated the leather and doors with my harley seat leather care cream. heck i wash that seat all the time on my bike so its gotta be some good stuff.. i just put some more on it and all the white is gone and has a good slight shine.the wavy stuff in the door panels have all pulled back tight except a little spot at very bottom of door and i feel it will also as it drys. i think shopdog was right that water wont hurt that stuff, maybe i got lucky and the paper backing will be alright.
the seat leather is not all the way dry yet , it feels cold and soft but it has 0 wrinkles or discoloration in them, they actually look better (believe it or not) paper towels pull 0 water up when i push down on them.
i had to put a 12 hour day in at work today and have to back early tommorow so i plan to take seat out sunday and pull carpet out if its not dry, but it feels real good up front but damp under seat.
it was 60 degrees today and i opened hatch and windows and took targa top out, had a good breeze too im sure that helped. i pulled seat all the way forward and pushed seat back forward.
the seat leather is not all the way dry yet , it feels cold and soft but it has 0 wrinkles or discoloration in them, they actually look better (believe it or not) paper towels pull 0 water up when i push down on them.
i had to put a 12 hour day in at work today and have to back early tommorow so i plan to take seat out sunday and pull carpet out if its not dry, but it feels real good up front but damp under seat.
it was 60 degrees today and i opened hatch and windows and took targa top out, had a good breeze too im sure that helped. i pulled seat all the way forward and pushed seat back forward.
