Can I remove a stain from my driver seat my cutting it out and putting a seat cover over the entire thing?

Question

I was out of town for a few days and when I came home I found that someone had "gotten sick" on my drivers seat. It is too late to remove the mess completely. The cheapest thing I can think of is to cut out the damaged part of the interior and buy I cheap seat cover. Will that wok or will the padding and everything inside the seat need additional attention?

Answer 1

Depending on the car you should be able to find a cheap replacement seat from a junkyard which will match perfectly and get rid of the stain.  I wouldn't recommend cutting and trying to recover it as it is more of a pain than needed.

Answer 2

it would be cheaper if you got an upholstery cleaner to clean the seat, or bring it to a detail shop and have them clean the seats.

Answer 3

Do everything to avoid cutting your seat. Once you expose the foam the foam will crumble and you will end up sitting on metal. Take it to a auto detailer or upholstery cleaner they can steam clean the seat, they have enzyme solutions that can loosen any organic stain. In the end if you are going to put a seat cover on it there should be no need to cut the seat anyway.