How To Detail Interior Of Vehicle
By: Raanan Dasilva
Tags: Car Detailing, Cars, Car Interior, Auto Detailing, Business

How to detail the interior of a vehicle? Detailing the interior of your vehicle is very important. It is where you spend the majority of your time with your car. You also do not want to have guests in your car when it’s dirty. In this guide, we will provide you with all the steps and products to go about detailing your car’s interior.

Step 1- Garbage

The first thing to start with when detailing the interior of your vehicle is to empty all the garbage. This may include, food, papers, and any big items that you can throw away

You want to start the fine detailing with as minimal items in the way as possible so make sure you are checking under the seats and in the trunk for any loose garbage as well.

Step 2-Mats

To make your job easier we recommend you take out your car floor mats. Whether they are rubber or carpet they are also easy to clean outside your vehicle. To clean your rubber floor mats spray Meguiar’s All-Purpose Cleaner agitate with a brush and a Pressure Washer to spray them clean. The pressure is highly effective and will save a lot of time. To clean the carpet you will first vacuum them and then use an extractor to remove any stains and odours. That process with be explained in the next 2 steps.

Step 3- Vacuum

Giving your vehicle a thorough Vacuum is important because that is about 70 per cent of interior detail. When vacuuming makes sure to get in all the cracks and crevices around the floors and the seats as well. To lift more dirt from the floor you can simply use a carpet brush, agitate the fibres of the carpet and continue to vacuum again.

When vacuuming the door and dash area, take one of your ultra-soft detailing brushes and simply brush the panels as your vacuuming. This will lift the dust and debris from all the cracks as the vacuums suck it up.

Step 4- Carpet/Upholstery Extraction

Carpet extraction can be optional if you’re just starting out detailing as a bigger. It is recommended to do a carpet and upholstery extraction when you have stains, bad odour, salt, etc. A lot of dirt gets trapped within the carpet fibre and it is just not enough to vacuum them out. The most affordable carpet extractor for beginners would definitely be the Bissell SpotClean Professional

Extracting carpets is a pretty simple procedure. You must first spray a cleaner on the carpet in this case I recommend you dilute Meguiar’s All-Purpose Cleaner and spray it on the surface. Agitate with a carpet brush, and use your extractor that should be filled will hot water and spray water as your extracting over the area. Repeat the process as many times as needed. After you have removed the stain extract the area without spraying water, this will dry the area.

Step 5- Fine Detailing

The next step on how-to detailing the interior of your car is the fine detailing and cleaning of the panels. You must clean all the doors, dash, trim, steering wheel because, over time these surfaces contain dust, debris, and also oils from your arms and hands.

It is really simple when clean the panels of your vehicle. You will use Meguiar’s All-Purpose Cleaner diluted 20:1, your interior brushes, and some Microfibers. Spray the solution on the panel you are working on agitating with your ultra-soft interior brushes then wipe excess with a microfiber towel. Just repeat this process for all the plastic, trim, and dash.

Pro tip if you have an air compressor it can be helpful for blowing area any fine debris and any excess solution from the fine cracks.

Step 6- Leather Cleaning

Leather seats are really simple to clean all it requires is the Meguiars all-purpose cleaner diluted 20:1, a leather brush, and microfiber towels.

The process is straightforward, spray the solution directly on the seat or on your brush. Agitate the surface and wipe away the residue with a microfiber. Repeat this process as many times as need to clean your leather seats.

After you finish cleaning the leather seats it is extremely important to condition them. This softens the leather and prevents it from cracking and fading. Simply take some leather conditioner, put a few dots on a microfiber applicator pad, and massage into the leather seats. You can wipe any remaining residue off with a microfiber towel.

Step 7-Dressing & Protect

After you have cleaned all your interior panels, you want to protect them. The interior panels tend to take a lot of exposure from the sun and over time it can damage your interior plastic trim. What you are going to want to do is take a quality protectant such as 303 Aerospace and apply it using a microfiber applicator on all plastics, vinyl, and dash. This will protect these surfaces from the sun and always give them a nice brand new finish.

Step 8- Steam Sanitize

For a very professional touch if you have a little extra money to spend it is recommended to get a steamer. You can use a steamer to clean almost every part of your interior but most important to sanitize your car and remove odour. A quality steamer for a good price we would recommend McCulloch Canister Steam System.

To sanitize your vehicle’s interior you will want to blow the steam through all the parts of your vehicle. Gently pass it through the car and do not let it touch any surfaces directly as it could cause damage. Also, it is important to blow the steam into the vents of your vehicle as that’s where a lot of the odour gets trapped

Step 9- Refresh

Finally, after you have removed all the bad odours and sanitized your interior it is important that you refresh it with a new smelling scent. We recommend Meguiar’s Carpet & Cloth Re-Fresher Odor Eliminator is, it has a new car scent. With this air freshener simply spray on your carpets and mats and let it fill up your vehicle with a new car scent.