Cleaning Your Car's Upholstery

By Cornelius Nunev

Your vehicle's upholstery will become dirty by everyday grime, food, smoke, sweat and other liquids, sprays, powders and salves. Regular exposure to the blazing sun only makes things worse. Here's the best way to clean your vehicle's upholstery so that you will not be humiliated for your date to see just how disgusting you are when you're cruising by yourself.

Keep away from doing things in car

The simplest way to help keep your automobile clean is to not juggle food, drinks, reading materials, telephones, grooming appliances, makeup and toys. Pay attention to the road and keep both hands on the wheel. If you need to break into your stash of distractions, pull over so that you can devote your full attention.

Everyday upkeep

Just like you regularly vacuum your home, you need to regularly vacuum your vehicle. Vacuum underneath all the mats and on top of them if they need it. Use the different parts to make sure you get all the nooks and crannies. This day-to-day maintenance is important. It makes it harder for grime to set in when the upholstery fibers are upright, which takes place when you vacuum.

Stain repellents like Scotchguard are a fine way to guard your carpet from future mishaps. Do not go cheap here, if you're planning to shield your car's carpet upholstery and not age it prematurely.

Get leather cleaner

One nice thing about leather is that it is water resistant generally. That means a spill will not seep through as long as you take care of it right away. All you need is a damp cloth and you can clean anything. Do not use leather-cleaning products unless you have a more serious spot. In fact, you can get away with just water unless you spill something such as ink or nail polish.

Solution for washing

There are a lot of other things in the car, such as vinyl and rubber that need to be cleaned. It can be a good idea to get an interior protectant in order to help with the vinyl and rubber to protect them from sun damage. If you use baking soda on a damp rag, you can clean vinyl easily. Just make sure you use dishwashing detergent and water to rinse it afterwards.

Think about the extras

With cool water, you can dilute coffee spills. After that, you can soak in glass cleaner for 5 minutes before blot drying if the stain stays there

In case you are facing greasy stains, make sure you test the remedy in a small area and then use it. You can just put paint thinner and salt or cornmeal on the spot overnight. After the night is over, vacuum it clean

Use hairspray or salt on pen ink stains in carpeting

Use club soda or baking soda and water on vomit to dilute and neutralize the acid content

Mix laundry starch and cold water to cover blood. After letting it dry, you can vacuum it away

Cold water is used on alcohol spills

When brightening fading carpet, all you need is a mixture of half-cup of ammonia and one pint of water. This only works if you do not have wool carpet. Just sponge the carpet with the mixture after vacuuming

Getting rid of fleas and flea eggs will take two applications of Borax. Just let it sit for an hour and vacuum. It will even get rid of smelly carpet

Hate carpet static? Mix five parts water and one part liquid fabric softener and spray on carpet upholstery

Hate carpet imprints? Put a damp towel over the spot, and press with an iron set to low heat. Don't let the iron sit, as synthetic fibers can melt

Keep the mats on your car looking good with liquid shoe wax polish

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