Car Interior Cleaning - Tips and Tricks

The interior of the vehicle is a hostile environment. Must be used with extreme temperatures, and damage caused by UV rays that can cause discoloration or cracking to cope. Then there are the deposits of fast food, spilled coffee, animals, babies and more. In fact, many were able to be considered a biohazard and as he pushes his hand on the back of the seat could pose a health risk if your were not clean?

I admit that we are guilty of neglecting our own cars, so that in recent years visited Meguiar our friends to get a thorough understanding of the proper techniques.

The first article is a guide for cleaning the exterior car was found with the 12/11 issue of the journal Euro Tuner. Revealed in "Tech" menu eurotuner.com or search Meguiar on the main page.

We continue with some basic cleaning of the wheel in issue 12.9 of the European automotive magazine, the implementation is the same search europeancarweb.com

For our third part we focus on the best way to clean and deodorize the interior, the best products for your vehicle for any job and recommended practices are used.

As in the past we have tried using Meguiar because online tutorials and a very good performance, even during the siege of the company, so that the team knows how to educate people. In fact, our day started in the classroom with the class teacher and Meguiar product expert, Professor Mike Pennington.

Such as painting and wheel care, with the right products you can maximize your efforts, provide good results and to avoid potential problems. But Mike always said that if one of the Meguiar products used by its competitors, always read the label before use. If you have any doubts, test a small hidden part.

Evaluation

Keep the interior cleaning is important from the standpoint of hygiene and value of your vehicle. But before you begin, you must identify the materials used. In general, their jobs, whether fabric, vinyl or leather. Leather perforated, what different problems, but you can also consider suede or microfiber. You also need to glass, plastic, metal, paint and carpet. All these aspects must be taken when selecting the cleaners.

You should also decide if the inside needs to be cleaned / restored or maintained / protected. The former will require a multi-step process and usually done before the sale of a car or buying a, or if the inside has been neglected for some time. Easy maintenance / protection is a fast process, a step that can be done on a regular basis with other automobile maintenance.

When approaching your house, it is best to start at the top and bottom - the sign of the head of carpets, for example. This means that you will not get dirt on clean surfaces as you go.

You need to work from the back corner on you. So if you are in the driver's door, start at the back of the passenger side and move on. Again, keeps you from getting this to go back to areas you've already cleaned.

Begin

This may, of course, but let's start with the basics. To remove all large objects, such as containers, bottles, paper, wood chips, waste, etc. from within, even under the seats. Slide the seat back and forth in order to improve access and clean the seat rail as you go.

The next step is to thoroughly clean. Remove the carpet and separated from the car wash. Use a stiff bristle size rugs and carpets suck. They will clean the fiber that you have more permits thoroughly into the matter, but not so hard that you brush damage the fabric.

Use a soft cloth to remove dirt and dust from vents, console, radio, heater control brush, etc. Do not forget the clean wrinkles and fine lines in the seats, door panels, etc. You need to get the tissue, to open these areas, but can hide a lot of dirt.

Cleaning the headliner is a tricky business. Even if you have a luxury micro-fiber or leather lining, it is recommended that you simply wipe with a damp cloth. Wipe in one direction to prevent dirt rubbed, and fold the fabric regularly to expose a clean surface. If you do not remove dirt, water, Meguiar recommends that you contact the manufacturer because most cleaners can remove the dye flag so that stains.

Hard surfaces

The next step is to clean all hard surfaces with something like Meguiar Quik Interior Detailer. Wipe with a clean cloth will help you to assess the condition of vinyl, plastic and paint surfaces like the dashboard, door cards, console, steering wheel, etc.

Leather

For leather, you have two options. You can use products in a single step, as Rich Leather Cleaner / Conditioner Meguiar if you stay inside. While leather and vinyl cleaner Meguiar applied to separate before the leather care, if the condition of the skin requires. The two-step process helps clean, moisturize and protect the skin better, but more is needed.

A disadvantage is the lotion perforated leather where regular cleaning can clog the holes. And since they were clean Porsche had seats perforated leather and vinyl cleaner-use spray, but the gels are also available.

To clean leather, choose the right product and apply. In this case we sprayed. Then wipe with a cotton cloth even pressure. Although it clean, we were surprised, the towel was after a few wipes black with dirt. Apply a leather conditioner foam applicator sponge and rub on the surface of the leather. This complete microscopic tears in the skin, UV protection and moisture of the skin to further reduce cracking. Many car manufacturers coat their seats to crack with UV protection, but also those areas, so that the air conditioner to the leather and do their job.

As an experiment, a seat is taken and cleaned / c on one side. Also in black leather, the difference between the treated and untreated sides was incredible, reminded us that, even if your car has a clean look, you can still benefit from these products.

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