Detailing 101 - Interior

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Interior Cleaning

Other people may admire the outside your vehicle, but you see the inside every time you drive. Depending on how you use your vehicle, the interior may need even more TLC than the paint! This guide will take you through the basics of interior care. After all, it’s what’s on the inside that counts!

The interior of your car is a relatively small space. Small messes have a huge impact! Keep your interior looking great with weekly quick-cleanings. A little time spent cleaning each weekend will keep your monthly super clean-up from taking up your whole Saturday!

Weekly Plan
Pick Up All Loose Trash, Large Pieces, Etc.

Use a micro-fiber towell (not one that you use on paint, use one specifically for your interior) and wipe down every solid panel in the vehicle.

Floor mats probably bear the brunt of abuse during the week. Shake them out if they’re not too bad. If they are a little worse, pull them out, and vaccum them.

Monthly Plan

Give your interior a thorough cleaning about once a month. If you get into a habit, no spot or stain will go unnoticed.

Wipe Down All Plastics, Solid, Panels, Seats, Etc. You will need a mini detailing brush to get inside of vents, small areas, & nooks & krannys

Pull Floormats

Vaccum All Carpets, Seats (if cloth), Floormats, Etc.

If you have any stains, proceed to apply a carpet cleaner/spot remover and agitate with the proper interior brush. Vaccum with a extractor or a wet/dry vac

Clean all solid panels, plastics, etc with proper interior cleaning solution

Dress/Protect all solid panels, plastics, etc with proper interior dressing/protectant

Warning! Avoid silicone-based protectants. Silicone leaves an oily residue and it attracts dust. Over time, it can turn your dashboard yellow. Stick to water-based protectants and you’ll never have to worry about a greasy, yellow interior.

If you have cleaner interior proceed to clean the leather with a proper leather cleaner, then treat the leather with a high quality leather conditioner.

That is the basics to interior cleaning ... Any questions or if you want futher detail, please PM me and I will be glad to assist you

Product Reccomendations:
Shop Vac Wet/Dry 11.5 Amp, 5.5 Hp, 5 Gallon Portable Vac

Interior Carpet Brush

Interior Mini Brush

Leather and Vinyl Brush

Folex Carpet Cleaner (Full Strength Spot Cleaning/4:1 General APC)

Pinnacle Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner

Pinnacle Vinyl & Rubber Protectant

Pinnacle Leather Cleaner

Pinnacle Leather Conditioner

-Mike

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Mike Charlton - Keystone Diesel
1996 Dodge Cummins 12 Valve
580hp - 1178 ft lbs
Still Shooting for 600+ ....

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Last edited by SmokinDiesel : 03-02-2008 at 03:14 PM.