Caring for your car’s interior is like caring for your house’s interior, you need to clean it regularly to maintain it so that you or your passengers will feel comfortable sitting inside the car. Also, cleaning your car’s interior is as important as cleaning the exterior. However, cleaning the surface of your car interior alone isn’t enough. You need to detail the car interior to keep it looking its best.
That said, car detailing interior can range from simple tasks such as cleaning the floor mats and surfaces to full detailing such as vinyl cleaning, carpet shampooing, leather conditioning services, etc. In this article, we explore all there is to know about car interior detailing and how it’s done.
Car Detailing Interior
As the name suggests, car detailing interior involves deep cleaning the insides of a vehicle that covers every part of the car. This includes leather, plastics, vinyl, carbon fiber plastics, and natural fibers.
That said, among the areas that require thorough cleaning are the seats, headliners, cargo space, dashboard, door jambs, door sills, console, air vents, interior glass, and rear-view mirror. Also, no one cleaning material is suitable for all these areas. Hence, the need for proper car interior detailing.
For the leather, plastic, and vinyl surfaces, you can wipe them down with a damp cloth. The same goes for leather seats. However, for optimum results, you ought to treat the leather seats with a leather conditioner. That way, your seats won’t crack under the hot sun.
As for the glass surfaces, you ought to use a damp microfiber cloth and glass cleaner to wipe them. If your windows and rear-view mirror are relatively clean, you don’t need a glass cleaner. Meanwhile, the floor mats and crevices of your car seat will require thorough cleaning with either a vacuum or steam cleaner.
Additionally, your air filters need to be cleaned regularly so that they can supply clean air while you’re driving.
How Car Interior Detailing is Done
Unlike your house interior, the inside of your car gets repeated and concentrated traffic more often than your house does. Whenever you enter your car, you’re bringing in more dirt and dust. Each time you eat or drink in the car, you add more crumbs and spills. Just by sitting in your car, you drop hair, dead skin, makeup and other contaminants.
All this dirt can add up fast and accumulate in your car. If left uncleaned, your car may just be a refuge for pests like cockroach, ants, etc. By giving your car’s interior the detailing it needs, you’ll feel much more comfortable using the car.
That said, there are different steps to detailing your car’s interior such as vacuuming, cleaning, conditioning, and much more. These steps combine to make your car look new again.
Step 1: Vacuuming
A vacuum with an extension hose and several attachments is often used to vacuum the car interior. Car detailers typically work from the top down so that substances that fall throughout the cleaning can be vacuumed when they clean the carpet and seats. Different attachments are used to vacuum different parts of the car. Also, the seats are moved forward and backwards to vacuum the surfaces under the seat.
Step 2: Cleaning
When you go to the car parts store, they often offer various types of cleaners for different types of surfaces. Car detailers often use different products on different surfaces so you can rest assured that they’ll use the right product for the proper cleaning task.
Another way to clean the car’s interior, especially the carpet, is to use a steam cleaner or stiff brush with a spray-on carpet cleaner. The steam cleaner works to penetrate the pores of the materials or surfaces and cleans more thoroughly without the use of chemicals.
Additionally, cleaning leather or fabric seats typically requires more effort as these materials receive higher traffic than any other surfaces in your car. Car detailers often use a leather cleaner on leather seats and wipe off the excess with a clean, slightly damp cloth.
Step 3: Conditioning
After the cleaning, car detailers often condition the car interior with the right product. Leather surfaces will be treated with a specially formulated conditioner while plastic surfaces will be treated with a specially formulated conditioner. Depending on your car detailer, they may re-vacuum your car to remove dirt that was dislodged during the cleaning.
If deep cleaning your car’s interior seems like a lot of work, you can opt to send your car to detailing workshops like Lambency Detailing to handle the job. Besides, there are areas that only professionals know how to handle. Hence, it’s best to leave the car interior detailing to the experts.
Get your car professionally groomed at Lambency Detailing
Lambency Detailing is a one-stop automotive centre for all your car needs. We offer comprehensive car interior detailing packages that use only 100% genuine SONAX products from Germany to ensure the interior quality of your car.
Find out more about Lambency Detailing’s different products and services here. Book an appointment with us to get your car interior detailing now! WhatsApp: (65) 9658 5808 Email: lambency@quantum-globe.com
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