A Quick Guide to Keeping Your Car’s Interior Clean
According to research, only 36% of all car wash businesses in the United States offer an interior cleaning service. This is why knowing how to clean your car interior yourself is valuable.
Your car will always get dirty whether you’re single or have a family. Of course, this happens faster if you have a family and kids. Taking care of your car interior is essential if you want to keep it looking clean and pristine.
Additionally, when you eventually decide to sell your vehicle, you can negotiate a higher price if you’ve taken care of the inside. But what goes into keeping a clean car interior?
Keep reading if this is a question that has you scratching your head. Here are five simple steps to keeping your car clean.
Step One: Gather Supplies
Before you begin any hard labor, the first step is to gather the supplies you’ll need to clean your car interior properly. What you need will depend on your car, but the items are mostly universal. You need to gather the following before you proceed to the next step:
- A microfibre cloth
- A duster
- A bucket
- Upholstery and leather brush
- Interior cleaner and protectant
- Glass cleaner
- All surface cleaner
- Vacuum (preferably cordless)
- Disinfecting wipes
- Carpet cleaner
Step Two: Start with the Floor Mats
When you wash your car, you want to remove the floor mats from the interior. Once you’ve removed them, give them a brush or vacuum to remove any dirt, like pet hair. Then you can wash them with a carpet cleaner.
Cleaning Tip: You want to wash the carpets first because they will need time to dry
Step Three: Fire Up the Vacuum
Next, you want to grab your vacuum (a handheld, cordless one is recommended) and go through your car, cleaning the floors and seats right down to the hard-to-reach places, like between the door and the seat.
Use attachments if your vacuum comes with them. During this process, you’ll remove any debris and throw it in the trash.
Step Four: Clean the Surfaces
The fourth step is cleaning all surfaces. This means your dashboard, armrests, center console, steering wheel, etc. You want to ensure you’re using a product made for your car’s interior, i.e., leather interior cleaner vs. upholstery cleaner. You can disinfect the surfaces with the wipes.
Cleaning Tip: Use a car leather restoration company if your leather interior is looking worn
Step Five: Give It That Final Touch
The final step when detailing your car is to take care of the smell. You want your car interior to smell like new, so you can use a deodorizer inside after you’re done cleaning everything. Finally, hang a car air freshener in your favorite scent on your rearview mirror, and you’re done.
Never Have a Dirty Car Interior Again
You can save a lot of money when you clean your car interior yourself. Buying all the equipment is an initial expense, but you can reuse them, so it’s worth the investment. In five simple steps, you can have a clean car in no time without having to drive to the local car wash.
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