2012 Ducati Diavel AMG Owners Manual - Page 151

Yearly cleaning: since the upholstery is not removable, it is possible to clean Alcantara®, by using specific products listed in the web-site www.alcantara.com. If such products are not available, please follow these instructions: dust the material with care; moisten a soft cloth or a sponge in clean water, wring it thoroughly and run it over the whole Alcantara® material, making sure not to wet it excessively; rinse the cloth or sponge and repeat as necessary. Leave to dry (overnight). Once dried, in order to restore the material, brush it delicately with a soft bristle brush. - absorbent paper or a sponge; - avoid rubbing to prevent the stain from spreading or going deep into the material; - use a white cloth or a well wrung sponge for the removal of the stains; - if you use a sponge, rinse it in clean water and wring it well between each wipe. For the specific treatment of the different types of stains and the relative materials that should be used, follow the instructions below. Water soluble stains It is recommended that you use the specific products for Alcantara®cleaning (a list of which is available on www.alcantara.com); if the products listed are not available, it is recommended, depending on the type of stain, that you should use water, lemon juice, or pure ethyl alcohol (for liquors) and follow the instructions below: - Fruit juice, jam, jelly, syrup, ketchup: use lukewarm water; rinse by dabbing with clean water. - Blood, egg, excrement, urine: use cold water;avoid warm water because it makes these substances coagulate; rinse by dabbing with clean water. - Liquors, alcoholic beverages, wine, beer, coke and tea: use lukewarm water; if the color mark General instructions for stains removal In the case of localized stains, and when the specific products for the cleaning of Alcantara®are not available (a list of such products is available on the web-site www.alcantara.com), the upholstery can be cleaned as follows: - act immediately (within 30 minutes) and begin treating the stain from the outside edge into the center in order to avoid the stain spreading; - never pour a cleaning product directly onto Alcantara®; - before removing the stain, remove any of the substance that has fallen on the upholstery: if it's thick (yogurt, jam, etc.) use a spoon or a plastic spatula; for liquids, use non printed 150