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The 'upholstery' in my car is what appears to be a nylon or vinyl mesh...like a non-absorbant waffle-weave towel. Here's one of Mike's favorite tricks...a full sized image with a cropped & enlaged (but otherwise untouched) section of the same pic, showing my interior "cloth."
It gets fairly clean with just vacuuming, though using a brush while vacuuming does a better job. Liquid cleaners are nearly useless as the material doen't 'soak up' the cleaner, it lets the cleaners/water filter right through it and I mean it does it FAST. If you aren't already holding the extractor, by the time you pick it up, the water has already soaked deep into the padding and is extremely difficult to pull out. The door panels are covered in the same material and even there, with almost no padding to speak of under the "fabric," even holding a spray bottle of cleaner in one hand and a brush in the other, the solution fades into the material so deep, so fast, that you can't bring up suds or foam no matter how hard you try without getting it DRIPPING wet.
I know a foam-cleaner like Tuff-Stuff would probably be the thing to use, but there's more to the problem. My black interior is getting dingy and 'grayish' looking. I've had protectant residue on my hands and in areas where I've touched the fabric, the protectant darkens the material and makes it look decent, but last night I tried wiping some Natural Shine on one of the door panels with a sponge applicator, then buffing it off with terry. It came out looking ok, with just a little lint from the cloth that I vacummed off, but the material felt greasy, I could almost feel it coming off onto my hands. It really improved the look, but I wasn't too thrilled with the feel. Then there are the seats, I don't want the protectant coming off onto my clothes etc.
Any ideas??
It gets fairly clean with just vacuuming, though using a brush while vacuuming does a better job. Liquid cleaners are nearly useless as the material doen't 'soak up' the cleaner, it lets the cleaners/water filter right through it and I mean it does it FAST. If you aren't already holding the extractor, by the time you pick it up, the water has already soaked deep into the padding and is extremely difficult to pull out. The door panels are covered in the same material and even there, with almost no padding to speak of under the "fabric," even holding a spray bottle of cleaner in one hand and a brush in the other, the solution fades into the material so deep, so fast, that you can't bring up suds or foam no matter how hard you try without getting it DRIPPING wet.
I know a foam-cleaner like Tuff-Stuff would probably be the thing to use, but there's more to the problem. My black interior is getting dingy and 'grayish' looking. I've had protectant residue on my hands and in areas where I've touched the fabric, the protectant darkens the material and makes it look decent, but last night I tried wiping some Natural Shine on one of the door panels with a sponge applicator, then buffing it off with terry. It came out looking ok, with just a little lint from the cloth that I vacummed off, but the material felt greasy, I could almost feel it coming off onto my hands. It really improved the look, but I wasn't too thrilled with the feel. Then there are the seats, I don't want the protectant coming off onto my clothes etc.
Any ideas??
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