Interior Cleaning

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mr2nut123
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Interior Cleaning

Post by mr2nut123 »

Since I got the car, I've noticed some dodgy brown stains on the roof material. It looks like oil from when a careless mechanic has been at it in the past.

Any suggestions to some aggressive cleaning foam guys?
abovetherim
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Re: Interior Cleaning

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Sounds silly but try baby wipes. Not expensive ones just the cheap supermarket brand. Also good for wiping down the dash etc
Rob66
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Re: Interior Cleaning

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Try Autoglym Interior Cleaner spray gently agitate with a clean microfibre and remove with another microfibre and warm water.
gnzyza
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Re: Interior Cleaning

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Or a decent all purpose cleaner should shift oil, failing that a dedicated interior cleaner. But use a microfibre cloth and not a brush to agitate as it'll mess up the fibres on the head lining .
benjo
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Re: Interior Cleaning

Post by benjo »

Trade wipes, :thumleft:
Get them at Screwfix or tool station they remove most things
Too weird to live, to rare to die
mr2nut123
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Re: Interior Cleaning

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Cheers guys! :thumleft:
mr2nut123
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Re: Interior Cleaning

Post by mr2nut123 »

Ordered some of this. Meant to be amazing for oil and other stains, and foamy so won't drip.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autoglym-450ml ... B001MPUFJS

I've also got baby wipes in the porn room so can use some of them :thumleft:
mr2garageswindon
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Re: Interior Cleaning

Post by mr2garageswindon »

Brake cleaner is great for removing oily stains. Good on carpets clothes or most things.
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Re: Interior Cleaning

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clean white cloth or cotton bud, dampen with hot water and see if it leeches stain. only blot the stain tho....
IF no joy then using same method start with soap then if available. traffic film remover, then a mild bleach surface cleaner..DO NOT RUB THE STAIN..
If no joy then a steam cleaner will deffo work, but be prepared to do all the headlining !
I prep cars for resale and still cringe at doin headlining.
just use min effort & chemicals, keep it dry as poss AND DO NOT RUB !
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Re: Interior Cleaning

Post by [email protected] »

mr2garageswindon wrote:Brake cleaner is great for removing oily stains. Good on carpets clothes or most things.


+1
kills leather seats,polished dash/trim
and stinks( give it ten min in a car tho n ya wont care Weeeee)
brutally efficient tho :thumleft:
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