Dressing and cleaning floor mats?

mleroy1989

mleroy1989

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Hey everyone.

I've had a few customers with Weathertech or similar floor mats recently and seem to struggle with making them look as nice as the rest of the vehicle.

I've used CGs APC to scrub but never get great results. I tried LA Awesome with better results but I'm hesitant to use that regularly.

I haven't dressed floor mats for fear of them being slippery but know it would help a lot with the overall appearance.

How do you clean these mats, and do you/what do you use to dress them? The only product I have considered that's in my arsenal is CG natural shine.

Thanks.
 
Yeah, I'd agree with Ron and skip the dressing...

Optimum Power Clean is great on the Weathertech mats for your basic clean up.
 
I have had good Luck with Meguiar's non acid wheel cleaner D143, and I tried last time sorta dressing them with Meguiar's quick interior detailer D149 after and they did look a lot better and were not slick.
 
Weathertech does have a "8LTC8K" protectant that somehow dries to a nonslip finish. I don't think it gets much play on here, but it's pretty nice to work with.
Adam's In n Out is good too, IMHO.
I used to use a lot of Autoglym Vinyl/Rubber care (the yellow label), but the Wife would complain about a little slickness. The scent of the AG is great though.
 
The Weathertech nonslip dressing mentioned above does a great job of making the mats look almost new with no slippery finish on the mats.
 
Thanks for all the advice everyone! I'm still in the air about weather to dress them or not, but definitely makes me more comfortable in the fact that I haven't been doing them before. I'll need to get my hands on some mats to try some of the dressings on and see if anything would be effective without making me liable for anything.
 
This conversation reminds me of the conversation about putting Armor All on motorcycle tires and the seat :wacko:
 
Best results are similar to what you did, we use LATA on them, scrub hard, pressure wash, then use a very diluted water based dressing. Brings back the color and satin gloss as originally looked, without being too slick. We always ask the customer during pre-inspection about how they feel about gloss, low gloss or just clean and dry. Thing with gloss is you can hide a lot of things like scuffs that show up bad if you don't use any dressing at all
 
I get my rubber (Winter) mats very clean with LATA. I spray liberally on a wet mat, let it sit for a while, then go at it with a car wash brush on a pole. The nylon type you wouldn't use on your paint.
I've never dressed them, but I'm sure Duragloss 253 would be appropriate. I use it, but only on my tires.
 
I was hesitant using LATA on them thinking it was too strong and may have an adverse effect on the color. I'll definitely try doing a whole set next time I run into it.

Also a car wash brush is a great idea!
 
Slip, accelerator, bad day, not so good human being, liability... Need I say more.

C.Y.A all day

Clean the interior good, oem always looks better.
 
I have used Einszett ( 1-Z) Deep Plastic Cleaner on any of these types including the big one that covers the entire back end of an X-5 for example and they clean up and look fabulous..
Cant think of anything else better to use for my Clients and needs..
Sometimes I might spray a good APC, brush it in, and pressure wash it all off, let them dry and then spray them with the Einszett Deep Plastic Cleaner, and wipe them off after it has dried up..
Yes, it is more expensive, but I think it's worth it.. :)
Dan F
 
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