Whats your best tips for interior detailing?

[jarred767]

I think I gotta get me some cyclo brushes on my next order and go get a cheap HF DA. I've held out long enough.

[808_detail_nut]

Agreed. I have the Grey that use for the tires but I need to get a blue for carpets. Keep forgetting, "work smarter not harder."

[Breese147]

Steam cleaning is defiantly the way to go for major cleaning! This is a picture of seats after using Lysol leather cleaner and a terry cloth hardly did anything! So I researched and found that steam does an amazing job. That night I went to walmart picked up a $50 steam cleaner and went to work when I got home and this was the result. as you can it drastically helped. I first steam the seats
2. Then applied/agitated cleaner.
3. Steamed the seats again.
4. Used a microfiber to pick up the lifted dirt and oils.
Your leather is like your skin.When you heat it up, it opens the pores and allows both the steam and your cleaner to penetrate and do their job.now once they are lifted out you need to pick the debris up before the pores seal again.

[808_detail_nut]

I also work top to bottom.

If it's just dust on dash, center console etc, a quick interior QD wipe down first.

Carpet, I only vacuum twice at the most, 1 if really dirty before carpet cleaning then once after carpet cleaning. I have many different attachments for shop vac as well. These are really helpful (I have a different set, but these are really close):


I really like brush attachments and scrubber attachment for a DA. Really do a good job in a short amount of time.

Save dressing for the vary end for cleaning up any last kick up.

Finally bought this and it makes cleaning the middle console and electronic panels a breeze.


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[ryandamartini]

Steam cleaning is defiantly the way to go for major cleaning! This is a picture of seats after using Lysol leather cleaner and a terry cloth hardly did anything! So I researched and found that steam does an amazing job. That night I went to walmart picked up a $50 steam cleaner and went to work when I got home and this was the result. as you can it drastically helped. I first steam the seats
2. Then applied/agitated cleaner.
3. Steamed the seats again.
4. Used a microfiber to pick up the lifted dirt and oils.
Your leather is like your skin.When you heat it up, it opens the pores and allows both the steam and your cleaner to penetrate and do their job.now once they are lifted out you need to pick the debris up before the pores seal again.

I'm not sure how powerful your steamer is but I will go over them with the triangle attachment with a MF on it, scrub with PC, then go over again. Only on just.. frightening seats do I have to do more.

[Matt3400]

I know this thread is a few months old but came up while searching for carpet shampoos. What are you guys using for those really nasty interiors?



I did an interior yesterday that had everything from puke, boogers, gum and any other kind of food/liquid in the carpet. Went through an entire can of the off the shelf Meguiars foaming carpet cleaner and a ton of elbow grease....

[Dereksdtail]

Meguiars apc,folex,degreaser and steamer has help me handle some pretty bad interiors.

[tw33k2514]

My #1 tip for cleaning interiors would be to learn chemistry as it relates to fibers and fabrics. Know your PH scale and what each end represents.

Brown/yellow type stains: oxydizers
Red stains: reducers
Inks and dyes: solvents
Pet urine: oxydizers / acid

Upholstery: keep pH as neutral as possible.
Carpet: high pH is fine just make sure you use an acid rinse if your going to go above 12 pH on your prespray.

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[Dereksdtail]

Meguiars apc,degreaser,folex and a steamer have done well for me

[Dereksdtail]

Meguiars apc,degreaser,folex and a steamer have done well for me