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Feb
09

Clean Your Car Seat

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Car interior needs to get regular maintenance. One of the biggest portions is for the seat. There are already covered, either by using a leather or synthetic, both types of material is easily cleaned.

If the seats use fabric materials, then it is more difficult. This type will be quickly become dirty because of its characteristic that is easy to absorb and become the source of disease because it collects dust and humid.

Below are tips for cleaning upholstery layers of synthetic material.

* Have a small bucket of warm water, baby soap or other gentle soap. Then, chamois and a clean dry cloth.

* To clean the stain, mix warm water with soap or mild soapy baby earlier. So on, wipe with a chamois that has been dipped.

* Rub the stain to disappear gradually, as he continued wiping it dry.

* If the stain does not go away, cleaning can be done with a special cleaner for synthetic leather.

* For routine maintenance, cleaning should be done at least once every two weeks.

Apr
06

Seats from Recycled Plastic Bottles and Polyester Fabrics

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Origin Lear Corporation Southfield, Michigan, United States, announced it has successfully developed a car seat called The Evolution Seat. This seat weighs 11.5 kg lighter than the unit that still uses the conventional structure without sacrificing strength and comfort.

What is more remarkable is that Lear was also able to develop new automotive fabric material called Eco Fabric Lear. This material is one hundred per cent coming from plastic bottles and recycled polyester fabric. The company plans to launch this seat in Asia next year.

In this new seat, Lear combines seven patented technologies developed by them, namely:

1. Lear Structure ECO / EVO. Mechanisms and rails together until the weight drops to 30 percent compared with conventional seats. Also reduce the use of exotic materials.

2. Dynamic Environmental Comfort System (DECS). Seat system layers (multilayer). This technology is already used on 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. This section reduces the weight of up to 50 percent. The use of organic materials is reduced to 70 percent.

3. ECO Lear Padding. Wrap the seat of polyurethane and cork is a material that can be recycled and updated. Material is a soft wood fiber, which is growing rapidly.
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