Seat Belt Cleaning

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moparsince60

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I am in the middle of getting my 1971 Demon 340 restored. In the twenty years it sat, a lot of stuff got real dirty. The armrests were starting to get hard as a rock. I cleaned them and got them softened up again using Murphy's Oil Soap. But now I need to know what is a safe way to clean the seat belts. Thank you in advance for the suggestions. Merry Christmas everyone.
 
Soak them in a bucket of Tide and hot water, Then scrub the webbing with a stiff nylon brush. Rinse them completely, then hang them up vertically to dry. Works well for me.
 
Lay them out in the dishwasher and zip tie them down to the racks and run them thru a cycle or two. Works real well and easy.
 
Just be careful when scrubbing near the sewn on label. They tend to be frail and you can wreck the pretty easy if you are going at the belts with a brush.
 
Lay them out in the dishwasher and zip tie them down to the racks and run them thru a cycle or two. Works real well and easy.
Reading this reply...made me think about the stuff our better halves put up with when it comes to restoring our rides...If I put a set of seat belts in "her" dishwasher, you probably wouldn't see me here on the forum for a while...I would have to heal first. :lol:
 
Thank you lemondana and 694spd. I had a friend circlepilot who used to clean his wire wheel covers. His Wife wasn't too happy with that either. Thanks everyone.
 
I've had great luck soaking belts with warm water in a bucket using Simple Green & a soft bristle brush, then rinsing. Extend the belts out of the retractors with clothes pins or clamps while soaking, then hang them to dry.


Lay them out in the dishwasher and zip tie them down to the racks and run them thru a cycle or two. Works real well and easy.

This sounds like a great idea too! Just don't put them thru the drying cycle.
 
Reading this reply...made me think about the stuff our better halves put up with when it comes to restoring our rides...If I put a set of seat belts in "her" dishwasher, you probably wouldn't see me here on the forum for a while...I would have to heal first. :lol:



I clean all kinds of car parts in the dishwasher. I do degrease them first but the dishwasher gets everywere. Did a used airgap intake and it turned out nice and clean.

Hmmm!!!!! I am singel now.:thumbsup:
 
Reading this reply...made me think about the stuff our better halves put up with when it comes to restoring our rides...If I put a set of seat belts in "her" dishwasher, you probably wouldn't see me here on the forum for a while...I would have to heal first. :lol:
That's why I do that kind of stuff when she goes to Kansas City to see the daughter and granddaughter.
 
pick up a dishwasher at a garage sale and run it in the garage with a gravity feed 3 gallon tank of 50/50 simple green. remember to run the discharge back up to the tank or a holding tank for a cycle. I believe they have their own pressure pumps internally. And cure powdercoating or HT paint in your oven!
 
Im always using the oven to bake parts that have been painted. You learn what temps work good for different materials .
 
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