interior cleaner recommendation

[rdragon]

i checked the product review section but there was not much info. what do you use/recommend for cleaning the inside of the car (both cleaner and type of cloth)?

[Loren]

Leather or vinyl or plastic or painted?

or all of the above? ;)

[rdragon]

loren - all of the above would be great.

[djantlive]

For the most part, I just wipe with damp towel. If it's too dirty, try the below cleaners.

Lexol or zaino for vinyl and leather cleaner / conditioner

Glass, windex

Painted material, just water on towel

[rdragon]

djantlive - what kind of towel do you use?

when you use windex, does it ruin the plastic/vinyl? i used some armor all window cleaning product the other day and some of it dripped onto the armrest on the door (the part that flips up for storage) and the black (i think rubber/plastic) peeled off.

[jpcolin]

Try liquid leather (for your leather of course) it works great, restores the original leather smell en has a matt finish!

great product!

[efd3]

micro fiber towels do the best job

[BT986]

Make sure not to use ammoniated cleaners. Ammonia will cause premature aging of leather.

Cheers!

[Amfibius]

While we are on topic, I should advise people AGAINST picking up the "Meguiars Gold Class Dash and Trim Foam". This is advertised as a cleaning product that also rejuvenates your dash. What it actually does is make your dash look shiny and greasy, although the greasy look disappears after a few days. And that's because all the grease evaporates into the inside surface of your glass window! Oh, the joy of driving into the sunset with dust stuck on the inside of your windscreen thanks to the grease ... you can't simply wipe it off because that just shifts the grease around. I had to get at it with detergent to remove it.

It does an OK job with other plastics though. At the moment I am using it to clean things around the house - it did an admirable job on my vinyl sofa :) It will never get near my dash again.

What I have used succesfully is a quick wipe with a damp cloth followed by a small quantity of Zaino's "Leather in a bottle". It returns just the right shade of lustre, smells great (like new leather), and is not greasy. And it works even on my vinyl dash.

Edited October 26, 2005 by Amfibius

[RandallNeighbour]

Check out www.leatherique.com

Their products are amazing on old, worn out leather seats. Softened my sunburned, stained and hardened seats. Their leather dyes are good too!