Question Suggestions for cleaning Britax Olivia cover (yellow)

jujumum

Well-known member
I recently bought an MA from a friend, and I'm having trouble getting all of the stains out of the yellow part of the cover. The owner never washed the cover - she only ever wiped it down with baby wipes. Parts of the seat portion are grey with dirt or stains. I've tried scrubbing them with a toothbrush and Tide, and even resorted to using spray and wash (which made the pink bleed a little into parts of the yellow).:eek: I handwashed it in my washing machine (using the machine only to rinse and spin).

Now it has grey spots AND pink spots in the yellow. Is there anyway to get it super clean?

Thanks!!:)
 
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An Aurora

Senior Community Member
Yep, throw it in the washer. I got my AF cover back with months-old chocolate milk stains on it and it took 2 washes to get it out but it did come clean.
 

lovinwaves

New member
Spray it with shout, and use a toothbrush to gently remove the stain, then put in the washer, gentle cycle, cold water. Hang to dry.
 

heyruthie

New member
I've recently discovered Oxiclean, and I :love: it. I've been using the powder form as a hot-water soak in my laundry tub for stained items. Here's the method my BF taught me: she fills her bathtub with HOT water and soaks a tubfull of stuff in there. Depending on how bad it is, she may soak it for several days at a time. 2 times a day, she drains the water, and refills with hot water again, and new Oxiclean. She says she's gotten even years old blood, chocolate, spitup, formula, poop and grass stains out that way. I've basically adapted her method to the laundry tub, and been VERY, very happy! I recently had luck with a pale green tafeta that was smeared with strawberries, and already drycleaned 2x with no effect :) as well as several of the other more disgusting stains already mentioned :D

When I'm done with this regimen, I usually put the items in the delicate cycle of the washer and run them through like normal.
 

jujumum

Well-known member
Thank you all for the suggestions! I have some Oxi Clean & Shout - I was afraid that they might be too harsh. I'll give it a go tomorrow.:)
 

NannyMom

Well-known member
Hmmm, I never heard you couldn't? What does the stain remover do?? :confused:

I thought it would be considered a 'harsh chemical'. You're supposed to be careful what you use on a carseat cover because it can wear away the flame resistant chemicals, which are very important.
 

SGTex

New member
I would be careful with the Oxiclean though! I used to use the powder form in the same way as PP and it ended up eating through a gymbo shirt. I went back and looked at a few items I knew I had used it on and sure enough you could see the fabric starting to wear thin on some.
 

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