stealthstylz
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@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Apr 30, 2021 18:00:13 GMT
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Need some product suggestions for cleaning the interior up on my Delica. I've basically not looked after it at all for the last 7 years and it's minging as I'm generally covered in oil most of the time I drive it, so it's a dark clothes only car now. My plan is to clean it up then fit a good seat cover and some sort of extra long seat belt cover for every day that can be removed when I'm not in my work clothes.
I've got a steam cleaner and a wet vac but with all the ingrained curse word it probably won't be enough. The carpet, underlay and headliner will be replaced as they're particularly bad but I need to clean the seats and other interior panels.
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Rich
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Interior CleaningRich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
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Apr 30, 2021 18:41:32 GMT
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Magic sponges for the hard plastics. They are amazing. With the seats, pull the covers off and stick them in the washing machine with a good detergent. I had the same with my Disco, they came out like new aside from the bolster wear which we then replaced the entire bolster with new material from the rear bench. It’s amazing how well a few cycles in the machine will do seat covers. Carpet is easy, jet wash with TFR. Gets them reet clean.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,829
Club RR Member Number: 174
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Interior Cleaningstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Apr 30, 2021 18:47:57 GMT
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Never thought of taking the seat covers off. Will give that a go.
Carpet and underlay are ruined, gone squishy from all the various oils spilt on it over the years. Gonna redo the cabin section then probably put lino or something in the 'boot' area with some sort of sealed lip round it to prevent spillage
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Apr 30, 2021 19:09:32 GMT
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Some good tips from Autoshine Cars,
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,829
Club RR Member Number: 174
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Interior Cleaningstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Apr 30, 2021 19:42:16 GMT
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Crikey that looks like a lot of liquid to be putting into a interior. Will a vet vac get most of it out? Never actually used one even though I've had it for a couple of years
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Interior Cleaningballbagbagins
@ballbagbagins
Club Retro Rides Member 164
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Apr 30, 2021 20:35:11 GMT
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On my Wet vac you can use just the vacuum function on it's own if you want. I use it to do a final pass over seats and carpets.
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Apr 30, 2021 20:52:50 GMT
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For interiors try Autoshine g101 diluted .
Watch the Salvage rebuilds channel on Youtube and look for the old vans they do up that have been used by tarmacing crews . Absolutely minging and they come up great .
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Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,234
Club RR Member Number: 160
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Interior CleaningRich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
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Apr 30, 2021 21:12:37 GMT
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Crikey that looks like a lot of liquid to be putting into a interior. Will a vet vac get most of it out? Never actually used one even though I've had it for a couple of years Most of it but you probably want to run a dehumidifier in there for a few days too to help it dry otherwise it will be a bit damp for a while after, it's hell in winter when we get the Fiat 500's in work with the fine chequer seats, they are always mining and they valet boys have to properly wet them to clean them. Occasionally they have been known to remove the seats and just fabric cleaner and jetwash them straight up and wet vac them out of the car.
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