Dog poop + leather seats = help!

[Brokenpinata]

This morning I had to take my dogs to the groomer and sure enough, the puppy pooped in the backseat during the 5 minute drive, and sat in it.

Needless to say, it is mashed into the leather seats, the grooves and even the passenger side seat belt reciever. It's awful.

For the time being, I removed the entire back seat, if only to spare my nose from the godawful smell. But the reason for this post: how should I go about cleaning it? I have an overland with leather seats, so I'm sure just blasting them with the hose is a bad idea. Or should I just call it a loss and burn them? Lol.

I know, I should have put a blanket down, but I've never had this issue before and it's too late to do anything about it now.

Thanks in advance!

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[LouisvEarlleJT]

Hose them off and let them dry out, shouldn’t be a problem. When drying you just want to make sure you have them in a well ventilated area outside with good air movement.

 

[Sweetums]

Get as much off with paper towel as you can. Then get a detail brush and some leather cleaner, work the cleaner into all the seems and stitching several times.
If any is on the carpeting, a small carpet cleaner with a hand wand attachment will work well.

As for the seat belt, you might have to unbolt that and get a small brush in there with some cleaner.

 

[rharr]

You can use some saddle soap to clean the leather with the water. Do a test patch first to make sure the soap doesn't discolor the seat. Saddle soap has leather oils in it to keep the leather from drying out.

 

[ScoutVet19D]

Use a leather cleaning product first. Wipe, brush, and vacuum what you can. Spraying it down with a garden hose in the driveway should be your last resort. If it soaked into the padding underneath the leather then it’s going to be tough to get out and you may have to hose it down. But it‘s going to be really harsh on the leather.

Buy a backseat hammock. Have had back seats in several of our Jeeps interiors saved from dog puke and poop. $30-50 on Amazon and a lot cheaper than new seats.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Malco makes a good leather cleaner.

https://a.co/d/1DsCUFb

 

[wchevron]

Woolite mixed with water. I think 50/50 mix works well on leather seats with a soft bristle brush. It's what I use to clean my seats.

 

[jac04]

Regular leather cleaners may be OK for getting the poop off, but you may need to go one step further for any lingering smell. Look into an enzyme-based cleaner (many different ones out there) and you can also follow that with baking soda.

 

[Texbaz]

Definitely go the warm water and mild soap first. Also get a nice soft interior brush and work on it.

Do NOT use alcohol. I had some gorrilla tape residue on my back seat and just took a rag dabbed with it then wiped away and it clouded the Black leather, has slight color imperfection now. even tried to hit it with some bonafide leather cleaner anyway lessons learned.

 

[DailyMoparGuy]

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[Sweetums]

Regular leather cleaners may be OK for getting the poop off, but you may need to go one step further for any lingering smell. Look into an enzyme-based cleaner (many different ones out there) and you can also follow that with baking soda.

Be careful with enzymatic cleaners, they work by breaking down organic compounds. Leather is made of organic compounds.

I will let you do the math on that.

 

[Master_Cylinder]

Dude, I’m eating my dinner here!

 

[jac04]

Be careful with enzymatic cleaners, they work by breaking down organic compounds. Leather is made of organic compounds.

I will let you do the math on that.

While I've never used an enzyme-based cleaner on leather, I've used it cleaning the carpet on our CX-5, and had it all over my hands for an extended period of time. Skin is organic. My hands are still part of my body. I will let you do the math on that.

 

[JTGuy]

Ahhh,, it's the smell of a new puppy.

 

[Sweetums]

While I've never used an enzyme-based cleaner on leather, I've used it cleaning the carpet on our CX-5, and had it all over my hands for an extended period of time. Skin is organic. My hands are still part of my body. I will let you do the math on that.

There's a big difference between living cells and protein-based materials. The carpet on your CX-5 is synthetic and doesn't care about protein-eating enzymes. Leather is made of proteins and doesn't heal, the dyes are also frequently organic material these days, so even if the structure of the leather isn't damaged, the dyes, oils, and finish are.

Leather seats are expensive and there are leather-specific cleaners for a reason, there's no reason to use a potentially damaging product incorrectly.

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