next week im steam cleaning/shampoo my interior. I was wondering what is the best thing to clean it with.
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I work as a detailer at a dealership, and while you can go crazy and steam clean your carpet, you really don't need to.
A good spray cleaner, (at work I use industrial "Ducan Snappy Clean") such as Simple Green Max will work good enough.
Spray a section you'd like to work on, and use a medium bristled carpet cleaning brush. Yes, it's manual labour, but it works the dirt, grime, dust and sticky crap out of the carpet. Once you're done scrubbing, vacuum the area and it should look pretty darn good.
Simple Green Max is a great cleaner. It's probably strong enough to kill AIDS, but won't melt your leather seats. I used the stuff on my leather seats last weekend, as my seats were all grimy and covered in a layer of black grime. Using Simple Green and a brush and cloth, my seats came out almost like new.
While there are aerosol upholstery cleaners with an attached brush, all the times I've used them, I've found them to be completely useless.
I can spend a few hours on a car's interior at work to restore it to presentable condition, and I'll tell you, it's worth the work. -
yea i bought some spray with a attached brush from turtle and it didnt do muchComment
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Agreed. When I worked as a detailer the best results for me came out just using a harder bristled brush and some elbow grease. Of course we had some industrial degreaser but I'm sure you could use what crazymikey suggested and get results although I haven't personally used it. Like he said you can spend hours on the inside but take the time, do it right and do it well and to me its worth it more than spending that time on the outside because you actually have to sit in it!Originally posted by crazymikey View Post
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I clean some carpet mats strictly with some cleaner and a brush. No need to even vacuum them. I have a nice Simoniz carpet brush and that thing digs really deep and seems to get even the most ground in stains out.
I also have an electric detailing brush, similar to an electric toothbrush, but has several different heads, and it does some wonders on small spot work that I can't do with the big carpet brush.
When you steam clean and shampoo your carpets, it gets all wet and you need to let it dry and it's really just a messy, time consuming process.
Using spray cleaner/degreaser and a brush is really the easiest route to go.Comment
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