cleaning dirty door jams

richy

richy

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I did a search and did not find the answer to this basic question: How do you clean really dirty door jams, especially at the bottom where you step in and out? Do you wash it with the wash mitt 1st and then the car, or last or what? I am afraid of scratching the paint.
 
If you're talking about the painted portion, yea, washing it along with the rest of the car is fine... I usually just wipe it down with ONR and a MF towel unless its particularly dirty.



Now if you're talking about the area where the hinges and such are... I'm still looking for a solution myself. It's pretty ugly back there with some old mud spots :(
 
Steam clean that area near the hinges, and the sills I spray them down with a good cleaning QD..so ONR would work too and soak them up....wash the car and usually by the time I have sprayed water from the hose all over the car and side skirts the water/QD mixed has knocked most of it off, and a damp MF after I'm done washing cleans up the rest. My Suby gets dirt in there really easily I don't know why but more so than any car, and I try to touch it as little as possible so a QD soak to lift particles and my normal wash gets 98% of it out
 
Also to add the the hinges...After cleaning them grease them back up lightly or your door can and most likely will start to talk to you if you catch my drift.
 
My method is Omikron OC 120 non alkaline mint scented degreaser

Spray it all in there then a high pressure and low pressure rinse.

Give the tight spots a going over with a brush and that's it



Sometimes I polish all the jambs as well and aquawax them
 
99.99 isn't much :) just pick up the 20% coupon and you're set for 80+tax.



If you're talking about commercial steamers they're at least 1500
 
I just clean my Jambs with QD and microfiber, I dont worry too much about swirls and such in my door jambs. if they are dirty just be prepared to sacrifice a towel or two in the process, the vroom towels from target are perfect for this, you dont mind throwing a couple away.



hope that helps



Jim
 
I spray w/ a degreaser and let set a minute or two then blast off w/ my PW. It takes a little time to get use to spray them, but once you get the hang of it it's easy.
 
If they're really nasty (used car, doing somebody else's, etc.) I use a solvent to get the worst of it off first.



And I've found that spending a little time polishing these areas (yeah, it's a PIA to reach the inaccessible areas) makes for much easier future cleanups, the smoother surfaces don't retain as much dirt. And it's surprising how many compliments I get on them ;)



Once they're clean, polished, and LSPed, I wash them with paintbrush-shaped BHBs and MFs and spray on a little FK425 before I dry them.



Using a needle-tipped oiler to lube hinges/etc. will help keep things cleaner- only put lube where it actually does some good.
 
I've always used a QD and a terry cloth or MF towel.



I'm wondering why so many like the steam cleaner for door jambs? What is it about a door jamb that makes it any different?
 
Anyone use the steam cleaner from Walgreens?? I'm not going to use it every day, I just have a few things around the house that I need to get.



I just use and APC, toothbrush, MF and some water.
 
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