Looking for interior cleaning
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Everything, the dash, seats. I don`t think the trucks have carpets, I believe it`s vinyl on the floor, but I could be wrong. If it has carpet, what`s a good cleaner?
The trucks are for construction, A lot of dirt, mud, spill coffee, etc.
ShaneB
New member
Honestly if you`re doing muddy nasty trucks all the time, including the rubber floors, try using tuf shine tire cleaner. I know it sounds weird but I`ve discovered when it comes to mud and dirt, nothing compares. I buy the gallon concentrate, mix 1:1 for its intended purpose (tires), and mix some at 3:1 (water:cleaner) for everything else. If you don`t buy the concentrate, whatever amount you buy that`s RTU, just add the same amount of water as you have RTU and you`ll have the same ratio as 3:1 from the concentrate.
SO FAR, I have not experienced any negative side effects using it on interior plastics and even coated "leather" (not sure id even think of trying it on real leather). I`d be careful around things like touch screens or any displays, otherwise have at it.
Probably skip it for cloth seats or carpet. Unless you have an extractor and can rinse the material out
SO FAR, I have not experienced any negative side effects using it on interior plastics and even coated "leather" (not sure id even think of trying it on real leather). I`d be careful around things like touch screens or any displays, otherwise have at it.
Probably skip it for cloth seats or carpet. Unless you have an extractor and can rinse the material out
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
Lots of great feedback !
I have always used only 1 until they discontinued it (Meguiars APC Plus), then they had Meguiars Citrus Power Cleaner Plus, D107, and I think it`s all gone, so now the only one I will ever use is this --
https://www.autopia-carcare.com/optimum-power-clean-128.html#.XXxi_dWpH3g
For all the floor work, plastic door work, mats, carpets, things on the floor, etc., I want a great cleaner that is low foaming, so easier to rinse out, and has a nice - clean - scent..
Hold On !!! Found 1-Gallon Meguiars D107 - Citrus Power Cleaner Plus on amazon for $22.99..
Dan F
I have always used only 1 until they discontinued it (Meguiars APC Plus), then they had Meguiars Citrus Power Cleaner Plus, D107, and I think it`s all gone, so now the only one I will ever use is this --
https://www.autopia-carcare.com/optimum-power-clean-128.html#.XXxi_dWpH3g
For all the floor work, plastic door work, mats, carpets, things on the floor, etc., I want a great cleaner that is low foaming, so easier to rinse out, and has a nice - clean - scent..
Hold On !!! Found 1-Gallon Meguiars D107 - Citrus Power Cleaner Plus on amazon for $22.99..
Dan F
The trucks get cleaned once a year after the workers get laid off for the winter. The trucks has to cleaned before they returned to work in April.
The company just traded in the old trucks. I won`t know what I`m dealing with until December.
Can Tuf Shine sit on the material for awhile, without damaging anything or does it have to be removed right away? I get distracted in the garage, and pulled away from cleaning to work on something else.
Lots of great feedback !
I have always used only 1 until they discontinued it (Meguiars APC Plus), then they had Meguiars Citrus Power Cleaner Plus, D107, and I think it`s all gone, so now the only one I will ever use is this --
https://www.autopia-carcare.com/optimum-power-clean-128.html#.XXxi_dWpH3g
For all the floor work, plastic door work, mats, carpets, things on the floor, etc., I want a great cleaner that is low foaming, so easier to rinse out, and has a nice - clean - scent..
Hold On !!! Found 1-Gallon Meguiars D107 - Citrus Power Cleaner Plus on amazon for $22.99..
Dan F
General question. Do you know why D107 was discontinued?
Do I have to wipe the interior down with water to remove any residue from the APC?
Do I have to use a hand scrub brush on the dash board, door panels? If so, what kind of brush would I need, stiff, medium stiff, or something like a boar`s hair brush?
I have Optimum OPC, Meguiars D101, Britemax Grime Out, and LA Totally Awesome, this is what I have on hand for a APC. I`m planning on using the Little Green Machine if needed.
I`ll check out the D107 on Amazon. Thanks.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
You need more than just a “cleaner” for your carpets. Try a dedicated carpet shampoo, foam it up with some water in a bucket and apply the sudds to the carpet. Scrub it really well, slowly extract it with your wet vac and then towel it dry.
Accumulator
Well-known member
carnage- Much as i like BHBs, IMO that`d be too gentle for (at least most of) what you`ll be doing. I`d use the firmest brush that`s still gentle enough that it won`t do any damage. (Gee, that sounds like one of those Capt. Obvious comments, but with plastics you can often get pretty aggressive.) E.g., for tight spots, there`s always the toothbrush (in various firmnesses), and/but I often reach for a Denture Brush as it`s a more aggressive version on the same theme.
Sonus sells an Interior Shampoo that supposedly doesn`t need rinsing, and it seems to work OK that way although I sometimes do at least wipe back over with a damp cloth. It might be too gentle for a Work Truck though.
I bet the APCs you have on-hand will be good choices after all. The Interior Cleaners I have are all awfully mild, even for our relatively pampered vehicles.
Sonus sells an Interior Shampoo that supposedly doesn`t need rinsing, and it seems to work OK that way although I sometimes do at least wipe back over with a damp cloth. It might be too gentle for a Work Truck though.
I bet the APCs you have on-hand will be good choices after all. The Interior Cleaners I have are all awfully mild, even for our relatively pampered vehicles.
ShaneB
New member
Haven`t tried, not sure I`d trust it.
Either way, letting any cleaner sit for way too long and dry on a surface is generally a very bad idea
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
No, I do not know what happened to Meguiar`s D107.. Interesting to see it is still out there on the Internet, and not at a few Detailing Stores on the Internet any longer.. Even Meguiar`s website does not offer it..
Depending on what you are cleaning and at what mixture (10:1, 4:1), you may want to wipe it off entirely with a dry towel or a damp towel.. I use a combo of Cleaner, Steam, and Extractor (especially on carpets, cloth seats), so I never leave the product behind.. I have -never- hurt anything on the floor with these products either..
I like to use this brush on pretty much all the floor work, door panels if they are that dirty, and never on the Dash.. Usually just a wipe off with microfiber, cotton, etc., gets everything off the first time..
Here is the best brush I have ever used for this AND tires.. https://www.autopia-carcare.com/tuf-shine-tire-brush.html#.XX1AvdWpH3g
On the Dash, depending on what it is, I use a microfiber outside, sponge inside, little rectangle.. They sell them everywhere.. Easy to use, effective, easy to rinse out..
I -never- get any APC product on the dash screen/gauges/nav screen, etc.. I don`t want to know what it will do to that type of sensitive clear plastic ever, thank you..
Looks like you have a variety of great cleaners already..
There are specialized carpet shampoos from people that clean them professionally.. I have used - Pro`s Choice Extreme Clean Powder, along with Chemspec Crystal Defoamer, Powder along with my Mytee HP60 Extractor to get the worst oil, etc., stuff out of some carpets, successfully.. The same brush listed above will work fine, you can find narrower versions on the Web,,
The only thing I can offer since you already have a great selection, is that the Meguiar`s product at either 10:1 or 4:1 in a 30-ounce bottle, works great for everything, is low foaming, the D107 even more low foaming, and smells great afterwards, if you did a great job..
Dan F
DarkThrottle
Member
For carpets I use this stuff I found at the Home Depot called Folex it works amazing on carpets
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What does BHBS mean?
I was going to use the APC for anything I can remove from the vehicles, car mats, liners. Then I was going to hose off the APC off the mats, liners.
The main concern is the mats, floors can`t be slippery when the workers goes in with wet boots. Whatever I use has to be thoroughly remove or rinse.
Is the Tuf Shine brush kind of stiff, or firm bristle to use on interiors? Usually tire brushes has stiff bristles.
I still have the old microfiber scrubbing pads that look like a waffle weave microfiber with a foam core. Do you think this would work on the hard plastic, dash, door panels? I got it from Proper Auto Care.
I thought about using a Meguiar`s Microfiber Pad on a DA polisher with interior cleaner sprayed on them for the nasty stuff on the hard plastic.
The specialized carpet cleaner I don`t know of any. I thought about using the Bissell cleaner that came with my Little Green Machine. I need a carpet cleaner the cleans effectively but can be thoroughly rinsed by my Little Green Machine.
When the person before me used to the trucks he bought all the cleaners, detailing products. They were in 5 gallons containers marked carpet cleaner, plastic cleaner, etc. I have no clue what brand name products I was using. No one in the garage knows either. Now that I ran out of supplies I have no clue what to get.
Last year I tried a few dedicated interior cleaner like Griots, Britemax Meguiars interior detailer, It didn`t work out to good. I would like to find a effective spray and wipe interior cleaner.
Accumulator
Well-known member
Sorry... BHBs = Boar`s Hair Brushes. Great things, I use `em every time I clean anything on any vehicle, but they`re almost certainly too gentle for this.
I would be surprised if a Tire Brush were gentle enough to be truly safe (though I`ve never tried the TuffShine one). I`ve marred *tire sidewalls* with them! (Soft compound Summer tires, but still, same brush was fine on all my others.)
No APC/other cleaner that I can think of has ever left any slippery residue behind as long as I rinsed it off decently, which you need to do anyhow so the residue doesn`t retain dirt. I`ve scrubbed the rubber floors in cop cars with APCs with no problems and use such stuff on the usky FloorLiners in the Tahoe with zero problems.
IMO your MF-on-PC approach will also be too gentle (MF is generally a lot more gentle than cotton, and I wouldn`t expect cotton to be very aggressive at all). I use plastic-bristle brushes on the Cyclo for lots of interior scrubbing and those`re *VERY* aggressive compared to what you`re considering. No, I probably wouldn`t use that approach on the Audis or the Jag(!) but I do use it on the dog-haulers when needed.
All-in-all, IMO you`re doing the (generally admirable!) "try the least aggressive approach first, do no harm, etc." thing to maybe a bit of an extreme for Work Trucks and I`d hate for you to waste time/effort if you can avoid it.
Accumulator
Well-known member
Ones with narrow openings. Those concentrate the suction (and/but make the vacuum work harder, though it`s never bitten me...yet).
Lots of guys use compressed air for this (though I seldom do), and steamers can be great (but they can also melt some carpets, BTDT
so be careful).The great thing about an extractor, well...a potent one...is that they can really spray solution/rinse water (I use the sprayer for the latter *exclusively*) down in there, very effective. The Shop Vac will suck stuff out OK (with the right, narrow-opening, nozzle), but that`s only part of it (but OK, it`s a big part!).
FWIW, many of today`s "consumer-level" Carpet Shampoos have surprised me by being really good! I still think companies like ChemSpec make the best ones, but the last few batches of Hoover/Bissell/Dirt Devil/etc. have worked quite well for me, and they rinsed out fine.
But note that, again, I only run rinse water through the extractor`s sprayer unless said extractor has a "clear water rinse" capability.
Note that if rinsing is a problem, you can get dedicated Rinse Agents from ChemSpec/etc. to use in place of the clear water.
And those Defoamers are indeed worth using IME, at least when using lots of potent Carpet Shampoo.
Yeah, Griot`s Interior Cleaner (which I do use all the time) is so gentle that it basically...heh heh..doesn`t even hurt the dirt
I dunno if you`ll find a cleaner potent enough to work effectively without some degree of mechanical agitation...I`m guessing that those trucks might be a little nasty.I forgot all about Boar`s hair Brush (BHBs). Last year I tried a leather brush, but it was to mild for scrubbing, the dash, door panels, etc.
I marred up All Season tire using the Mother`s Tire Brush.
When I was younger I didn`t know much about detailing or car cleaning. I use something to clean the carpet stains, dirt spots, but use a cotton cloth to wipe up the excess cleaner, dirt off the carpet. Along with a shop vac.
Everytime my sneakers are wet in the car it get slippery. I think I spray water and used a shop vac to suck up the water as a rinse. Then, when it was fully dry I put in floor mats. Solved that issue, no more slippery carpet.
I use APC on my WeatherTech liners, D101. I spray, scrub, rinse, then wipe dry, and let them sit for awhile to air dry. There`s some fading, but I don`t know if it from the APC or from using them, dolor fading.
I read about the MF on PC approach on a different forum. They use the MF pads on a leather sofa with great result.
The company owner want the trucks as clean as possible, because these trucks aren`t going to be cleaned until the end of the season. The workers don`t clean the trucks just make the mess.
I`m trying to find out what products were use from the previous detailer. There no labels on the containers, just a sharpie what the products are for like carpet cleaner, plastic cleaner.