White sadle is stained!! Help :o(

[duffiegrl]

I have a white bontrager saddle and I tried out a pair of nashbar shorts yesterday. The dye from the shorts bled onto my seat and I have tried windex, softscrub, vinyl cleaner, tuff stuff ect... I was hoping someone may have another suggestion. I have never had this happen and the shorts are definately going back (

[Andrea]

I've used the Mr. Clean magic eraser to get grease off of mine... it may not work on dye, though.

[kjb]

Try some Simple Green. I haven't met a stain that can't be removed with SG.

[Skierchickie]

Last fall my cheapo Champion tights bled onto my white leather Fizik Arione over the course of a 120 mile ride. I noticed it looking quite dirty at the first food stop, at maybe 15 or 20 miles. It looked horrible by the end. I tried Magic Eraser, a bleach pen, saddle soap, Oops!, Simple Green, an Oxy-something something,.... The only thing that worked was Shout gel. It took repeated applications. I'd slather it on, wait overnight, clean it off, and start over. Sometimes I'd let it dry out thoroughly for a couple of days, because it was fall and cool out and not the greatest drying weather. It helped A LOT. However, I stopped short of really really white, because it started to raise the grain of the saddle, and I was afraid it was starting to lift the white off the saddle. So it looks a little dirty, but MUCH better than before.

I think the problem is that it is dye, and not just dirt. Now I'm afraid to wear anything on that bike that I haven't worn on it before.

Good luck! Personally, I'd go straight to the Shout, but your saddle may vary. Is it leather?

[spokewench]

Got to say this! Get rid of the white seat and buy a black one!

[duffiegrl]

Skierchickie,
Thank you so much, I tried the simple green magic eraser and goo gone after my earlier post and it faded it but didn't really remove it. I am gonna give the shout gel a whirl like you said. It is synthetic leather, the bontrager wsd rl inform.
Like you at my first stop about 17 miles in I noticed it but thought it would wash off. Hahaha, no such luck. My husband has a similiar seat and has never had a problem. Learned my lesson with cheap clothes..never again.

Thanks to everyone else for the ideas!

[duffiegrl]

Got to say this! Get rid of the white seat and buy a black one!

I know i know i know

[IGGY]

I'm definitely showing my age here. My mom used to use white shoe polish on our baby shoes every night, the kind nurses used to use with the sponge on top of the bottle?
What about that? It's made for leather? You could spot test it first.

I'd try the magic eraser. I haven't found anything that my kids can ruin with that around.

Or...now I'm really going crazy. They have stuff at drugstores that takes out hair dye. You could spot test that also. Since you use it on your head it must be safe for leather.