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So , decided to nip out and get an Indian take away. Stupidly , very very stupidly , decided to put bag on passenger seat for 10 minutes journey back home. Thought about footwell but decided - like an idiot - that bag wouldnt tip over on the seat.
Get home , take bag to kitchen and notice bottom of bag is a pool of oil .
OMG. my seat ........
Rush outside to find a lovely bag shaped green stain on my black leather seat.
Gulp .
Major panic.
Tears. Break land speed record to house to get cloth / water / anything
Paper towels to mop up residue , gentle dabbing with soft towel.
Still green. Vivid green.
More tears. Some swearing .
Internet , google search and panic.
Mop up with damp towel again.
Pat dry.
Vaseline ( no really ! or petroleum jelly for our US cousins) on green bits.
Buff vaseline off.
Pat down with damp towel again.
Sprinkle with talc ( baby powder )
Leave overnight.
Just been out to wipe off the talc , gently .
Green stain pretty much faded to nothing. You have to look hard for it .
Phew.
Hopefully time will help it to fade away completely.
Be careful people...........
Oh , and the curry was cold by the time I thought about it again. By which time I had gone right off it.

If there is still any there try some gtechniq W2 which is a great APC and stain remover. Also probably worth putting a leather protector on your seats which should make removing marks and stains much easier too.

Thanks , in the initial panic - on a Sunday night - had to go with what I had in the house.
However , I feel a Gtechniq website visit is imminent in the next few hours .

OMG I would have cried too! I wouldn't have thought it would have made such a mark on black leather! Glad you have managed to mostly get rid of the stain, might not have been the same story on a pale leather seat!

Gosh! I almost broke into a sweat just reading about it I bet you were glad that you had black leather and not ivory.I hope the smell has gone too

Spilt satay sauce from my takeaway on the front passenger floor mat a couple of weeks ago. I was frantic enough about that, let alone if it had happened on the seat. Wife now gives me a box to carry the takeaway in. Well done for your quick actions!

I love my Dynamic, but this is why I wish I didn't have the perforated leather seats. I'm assuming you don't have perforated leather or you would already be looking into the cost of a new pad, leather seat cover, and how to take the seat apart right? I think the Vaseline (yes, that's a brand name for it here in the US) would just have made it worse by pushing down into all the little holes.

As a matter of interest, does the Evoque not have a 'curry hook' like lots of cars seem to have these days? I know that wouldn't have helped with the leaky bag the OP had, though I guess it might have meant it only leaked on the carpet rather than the seats.

Curry hook is in the boot...

lesson of the story............................................use the wife car!