How to Clean Car Upholstery?
Cleaning your car upholstery is a very important aspect of car maintenance. It increases your car’s inner appearance as well as ensuring a hygienic, amiable, and comfortable environment.
In this article, you’ll learn the detailed process of removing stains from seats and cleaning your car upholstery properly.
Material required:
Step-by-step process of cleaning car upholstery:
1. Remove extra things out of the car:
Remove all the extra things from inside the car to vacuum your seats properly. Also take your car’s foot mats out of the car. Shake them well to remove extra dirt, and also use an odor neutralizer to remove foul odors from the car’s mats.
2. Vacuum the upholstery:
Proper vacuuming is essential to remove small particles such as dirt, crumbs, and extra loose dust from the car seats, floor, and other interior surfaces. It increases the effectiveness of the upholstery cleaners.
Use a vacuum cleaner with a brush to reach under the seats, cervices, air vents, and other tight areas. A brush will help to remove all possible dust from each corner properly.
3. Upholstery cleaner:
Choose the correct cleaner according to your upholstery material, whether it is for fabric or leather material. You can also make a cleaning solution at home by combining water and mild detergent.
4. Test your cleaner:
Firstly, test a small amount of your cleaner over the unnoticeable spot of upholstery—under the car’s seat or in a corner. It ensures that your cleaning solution will not affect the look of your upholstery.
5. Remove stains:
You need to remove stains before properly cleaning upholstery. If stains are tough to clean, then apply this cleaner directly to the stains and wait for 10 minutes to let the cleaner work on the stains.
6. Fix cigarette burns:
Use the upholstery cleaner over this cigarette burn to clean its surrounding stains. Then cut the piece of fabric, equal to the size of the burn area, under the car’s seat that is not directly visible to the person’s eyes.
Then apply the fabric adhesive to the piece you’ve cut down and put this piece over the burn area to adhere it. So, the burn area is concealed completely.
7. Clean upholstery:
Apply the cleaning solution to the entire upholstery using a microfiber cloth or a spray bottle. Scrub it with soft and gentle brushes to prevent your car’s upholstery from wear and tear. Clean your upholstery in a small section that ensures there is no patch left.
8. Rinse off the upholstery:
Use a damp microfiber cloth to remove all the cleaner residue. It prevents your upholstery from the underneath penetration of cleaning solution. Don’t use excessive water for removing this cleaning solution, as it can damage your car’s upholstery.
9. Dry the upholstery:
Open your car’s windows and turn on the fans for drying the upholstery. Ensure that your interior has been dried properly; otherwise, it will create a lingering odor inside your car.
10. Vacuum again:
Give your upholstery another vacuum to get rid of any residue of cleaning solution and to release all the dust.
Maintaining tips:
Conclsuion:
You should clean your car’s upholstery every time you wash your car’s exterior body to keep the whole vehicle up-to-date. Use the correct upholstery cleaner and handle the stains and cigarette burns carefully to maintain your car’s upholstery’s fresh look. Use protectants to protect your interior from extra dirt and spillage.
