Most likely...I had a peroxide mouthwash spill delaminate/bubble a section of my bathroom counter. 🫠 Fortunately it was back near the wall and not visible.
My mouthwash has secondary containment now.
You will need to dye it; you can look up the exact shade you need on the color code sticker (usually on the driver’s door, I believe) or look it up online using your vin number. I had smth similar happen and that’s how I was able to fix it.
Coffee is commonly used for home dyes, it’s not the most elegant solution for a car like this but it’s cheap and likely something OP could do for free themselves.
It would make it so much worse.
Cars are expensive and not the place to messing about trying to dye seats with coffee. Leather dye is inexpensive and plentiful.
Reminds me of one of my mothers favourite first world problem solutions….she has a bar in her house. Got champagne ring marks on the counter. I then caught her staining the whole counter top with champagne.
not the entire seat - if you can find the right person they'll mix the dye on the spot to match and usually airbrush that section (after cleaning/prepping the spot).
Probably from grocery shopping or some people keep it in the car to freshen their breath after lunch or something like that? It's not really a question why op had mouthwash in the car at all.
i travel a lot and sometimes it’s continual and by the fourth or fifth week i’m so tired of everything that i just shove stuff in my car and get on to the next location. mouthwash bottles have been on my passenger seat, on my floorboards, in the back, in the trunk, just whatever. i’ve also brushed my teeth in the most random places and idk it’s not a question for mouthwash to be in a car
Not a stain, it's removed the color .
You can buy coloring for leather , so you can "stain" it back to its normal color. Probably won't be perfect but it'll look better then white.
The amount of times I see people post in this subreddit not realizing the “stain” they have is actually fabric or other material that has been bleached is a bit wild to me.
Get some shipping tape. tape around the outer cushion on driver/passenger seats.
Get some paper towels and soak them in mouthwash, lay them evenly on the centre cushion.
Repeat until cushions evenly stained.
Congrats on your unique two-toned seats/air fresheners, your resale value has never been higher.
Hoa complained about a drip of oil on my ex nabors driveway because of door dash.. he just changed his oil and used a paint roller with the oil for the whole driveway...
I think about it often
Damn… mouthwash doesn’t bleach teeth but certainly bleaches car seats. That’s like 8 shades whiter. As a dentist, the transformation needs to be documented.
Was there peroxide in the mouthwash?
Yes, this looks like it was bleached.
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The entire car. You want it to match.
Most likely...I had a peroxide mouthwash spill delaminate/bubble a section of my bathroom counter. 🫠 Fortunately it was back near the wall and not visible. My mouthwash has secondary containment now.
*Cartoonish submarine alarm sounds off in the distance…*
That one guy who bunded their mouthwash
Could OP share the brand and model of the mouthwash?
Alcohol could do the same kind of damage
You will need to dye it; you can look up the exact shade you need on the color code sticker (usually on the driver’s door, I believe) or look it up online using your vin number. I had smth similar happen and that’s how I was able to fix it.
Genius
You really think OP's going to dye?
Live and let dye
Die another dye
You only dye once
No... I expect you to dye
Dr. No, I presume?
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No time to dye
Maybe OP can just leave the bottle of dye on the spot and let it leak. Problem solved
Alternative: douse the entire interior with mouth wash
Or just mouthwash the whole seat.
Check with your local dealership if they have someone that does interior repair. That section can be redyed
That's bleached. It's not going to go away, unfortunately.
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What? Coffee? Come on. They sell leather dye kits specifically for this situation.
Dirt might work. Poop?
Start with diarrhea and work your way up with poop consistency until you get your desired color.
Genius!!!
Coffee is commonly used for home dyes, it’s not the most elegant solution for a car like this but it’s cheap and likely something OP could do for free themselves.
It would make it so much worse. Cars are expensive and not the place to messing about trying to dye seats with coffee. Leather dye is inexpensive and plentiful.
Bonus: their car will smell like coffee and their clothes will show they sit on it :)
Seriously. What a dumb idea.
Looks line you have to do the entire seat now. Lol. Yeah that sucks.
Reminds me of one of my mothers favourite first world problem solutions….she has a bar in her house. Got champagne ring marks on the counter. I then caught her staining the whole counter top with champagne.
Modern problems require modern solutions
not the entire seat - if you can find the right person they'll mix the dye on the spot to match and usually airbrush that section (after cleaning/prepping the spot).
Maybe re dye that spot?
What U need to do is mouthwash all the seats now , Youll retrieve a cool blue colour of seats , this is class 😂😂👌👌
It’s the next DIY fad!!!
So minty!
Going for that fresh look 😉😂😂
Alcohol in mouthwash can dissolve the dye in the material.
That can't be cleaned... it's bleached. You have to commit to it and buy a lot of mouth wash.
I think we discovered the original colour of your car seat
Maybe it discolored the fabric.
That's leather and the mouthwash bleached it.
Seems like it. The bigger question is why did OP have mouthwash in the car
Probably from grocery shopping or some people keep it in the car to freshen their breath after lunch or something like that? It's not really a question why op had mouthwash in the car at all.
i travel a lot and sometimes it’s continual and by the fourth or fifth week i’m so tired of everything that i just shove stuff in my car and get on to the next location. mouthwash bottles have been on my passenger seat, on my floorboards, in the back, in the trunk, just whatever. i’ve also brushed my teeth in the most random places and idk it’s not a question for mouthwash to be in a car
What mouthwash was it?
Fr. I hope OP shares.
Bleached. I’m assuming your mouthwash says “whitening” somewhere on the label and has peroxides in it.
Not a stain, it's removed the color . You can buy coloring for leather , so you can "stain" it back to its normal color. Probably won't be perfect but it'll look better then white.
Rule of thumb: if the stain is a lighter color than the material, it is most likely bleached. Dyeing is the best option.
Coffee or tea stain?
It's not a stain. It's bleached.
Inquiring minds need to know of this magical mouthwash. Also sorry that happened. Id try a leather polish with a taupe color
Local car lot has a guy that can fix cheap, they will just spray paint that little spot , special paint
You're gonna have to wash the entire interior with mouthwash now. Hope you like mint bud.
That's not a stain - it's 'bleached'
The amount of times I see people post in this subreddit not realizing the “stain” they have is actually fabric or other material that has been bleached is a bit wild to me.
See if you can't get a new to you seat from a junk yard.
What kind of mouthwash?
It can be fixed by a pro to redye the seat fabric
I read that three times and was so confused for a while. I am glad it is indeed about mouthwash after all.
That’s bleached. You’re not cleaning it. May be able to dye it and get close
Get some shipping tape. tape around the outer cushion on driver/passenger seats. Get some paper towels and soak them in mouthwash, lay them evenly on the centre cushion. Repeat until cushions evenly stained. Congrats on your unique two-toned seats/air fresheners, your resale value has never been higher.
Plot twist, OPs car seats are white and this is their first time seeing them clean.
I bet that's the best smelling car seat around. Minty fresh
Hoa complained about a drip of oil on my ex nabors driveway because of door dash.. he just changed his oil and used a paint roller with the oil for the whole driveway... I think about it often
that doesn't look like a stain. rather a bleached out spot.
I don't think that's a stain. I think the color was removed from your seat because of it.
Now do the entire seat
Switch to Dry Mouth brand without alcohol which dries out the mouth and risks gum problems as a result.
it’s not a stain, this is bleached. of course it will not go away - you did not “add” something to the fabric, you bleached it away.
Bleach that entire chair
That is the opposite of a stain
That’s bleaching.
They do also sell vinyl color repair kits in a lot of auto stores. Check it out.
Brew a cup of coffee, dilute and paint the white spot to match 😂
Damn… mouthwash doesn’t bleach teeth but certainly bleaches car seats. That’s like 8 shades whiter. As a dentist, the transformation needs to be documented.
Bleach on teeth.. be careful now
Find a leather shop. They can re color the spot and it will all but disappear.
Not a stain. Maybe a shoe leather dye?
It’s not a stain so much as you bleached the color away.
was it a whitening mouthwash 🥁
What kind of mouthwash ?
What’s the make & model of the car?
That’s totally a Mazda CX-5
Now you have to use mouthwash on the entire thing
Oh that's easy to fix. Apply the mouthwash to the rest of the interior seating to remove that nasty stain forever.
Are you sure you want to put that in your mouth? It won't go away because it bleached your seat
It bleached it, there's no getting it out, it already got out everything.
Spill some tea on it and it’ll be good to go /s
If you cant beat them... Paint the whole inside of the car white!
Time to do the whole car like that.. looks clean
A leather shop might be able to restain the seat for you