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I am looking for an interior cleaner for my truck. After a hard winter the interior took a beating and I would like to get it looking good again. What are you all using for cloth/carpet cleaner? Tips or tricks to remove salt stains from black carpet? How to clean silver insert in seats?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Justin Morgan

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Yea i have a wet vac but I am just looking for a product that works good. Thanks though...I guess no one cleanse their interior on here...:lol:

 

Justin

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Yea i have a wet vac but I am just looking for a product that works good. Thanks though...I guess no one cleanse their interior on here... :lol:

 

Justin

 

Regular rubbing alcohol works wonders on the cloth. I learned this from a company that makes automotive seats.

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I dunno if it's the best option or not...but a can of Woolite Heavy Traffic Carpet Foam worked great on my salt stains!

cerbomark Senior Enthusiast

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I have an extractor that takes anything out. It uses hot water which is key in getting out dirt. Without that I d say a cloth, a brush, a bucket of hot water and your vac.. Usually there are only some high traffiic areas. I d go with the Woolite too.

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Thanks for the bleach comment...:lol:...I will have to try that this weekend hopefully....and let everyone know the results

Irv Enthusiast

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I dunno if it's the best option or not...but a can of Woolite Heavy Traffic Carpet Foam worked great on my salt stains!

This was actually mentioned numerous times at autopia.org, I was inquiring on what to use on my new leather seats when it came time to clean them and it was mentioned just regular Woolite diluted 10:1 on a soft clean cloth would do wonders?

When the time comes that is exactly what I am going to use, they seem to really know stuff over there!.........Irv

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Pull the carpet out, spray it with some type of degreaser and let sit, pressure wash the carpet, let it dry, reinstall. The carpet will look brand new. As for the seats a good carpet cleaner and elbow grease. On the trim light soap and water with a sponge. Then a good protectant I recommend the Meguairs stuff.

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Yea i use there all purpose cleaner on the dash and door panels and whatever else needs clean, thanks for the info though, I saw at my gm dealership in the parts department some GM interior cleaner has anyone used this before?

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Pull the carpet out, spray it with some type of degreaser and let sit, pressure wash the carpet, let it dry, reinstall. The carpet will look brand new. As for the seats a good carpet cleaner and elbow grease. On the trim light soap and water with a sponge. Then a good protectant I recommend the Meguairs stuff.

What type of degreaser will not fade or spot carpet? Thanks

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I like to use hot water and a 50/50 mix of simple green in a bottle on the carpet. I spray it, give it a light scrub and let it sit for about 5. Come back, hit it w/ the SG again and wipe it up w/ a terry cloth towel. Flip towel and buff dry.

 

If the carpets get really bad I rent a rug doctor and use the steam cleaning tool and a 50/50 mix of SG again.

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