Headliner cleaning?

[Aldo]

Anyone have a trick for cleaning a headliner? Mine is nice but
stained/yellowing in places. I thought of trying a diluted bleach solution
or upholstery cleaner of some sort but don't want to do any harm.

[Milou]

Would also love to know how to proceed if anyone has found the right solution.

[hoffman912]

clean it first with soap and water, then try mr clean magic eraser...

another option try woolite he (high efficency) diluted with water with a 20:1 ratio

[CurtEgerer]

I had excellent results with Scrubs-in-a-Bucket hand cleaning towels.

[t6dpilot]

I have tried several solutions to remove the stains - CLR (Calcium, Lime, Rust), Iron Out, and Bleach. I first used a simple terry towel with each of the solutions and rubbed gently. I am not sure which one worked the best, but it did improve the yellow stains somewhat. Personally, I thought that a careful application of bleach would do the trick, but the OTC bleach available to consumers today is just not a very strong solution IMO. I even tried to bleach the hard water stains in some bathroom grout to no avail (and I have used this successfully in the past - that is why I think the concetration has changed in the past 10 years or so).

In the end, I just used a cleaning product from my detail shop and the sponge/scotchbrite pads you get for the kitchen. I use the green scotchbrite side and a cleaning solution. Seemed to do the best for me, but still did not fully remove the stains. Good luck.

[MarkS]

An alternative, took me a looooooong time to locate but I found a vinyl dye in a rattle can on web that matched up VERY close to new headliner from Autobaun. Just finished ivory side of visor's and they look great agains't new headliner.

[Aldo]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I've only tried 409 in the past and didn't want to get too aggressive without consulting others. Sounds like the headliner will tolerate more than I threw at it.