What to use to clean interior?
01-02-11, 08:21 PM
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What to use to clean interior?
I wanted to know what do you use to clean the interior of your GX? For example the wood, the chrome parts, the display, the plastic around the door switches? I am using the Meguiars Gold Leather spray for the leather which is doing a decent job, but I don't know what's best for the dashboard and the other parts. Thanks for your input!
01-03-11, 04:44 AM
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I have been wondering the same thing. Just using a dry cloth to wipe down the dash and console thus far. This is my first vehicle with perforated leather and I have no clue what to use on that stuff because I would hate to clog up the holes.
01-03-11, 02:49 PM
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I'll give that stuff a try; after my dealer cleaned my car, I could see some grayish-blue glove prints on my black leather. I've tried using some shoe cream that I got in Japan, with no luck.
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01-13-11, 09:39 PM
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Just my $0.02.
In the past 8 years I've been cleaning the interior of our cars (be it BMW, Lexus or Mercedes) with the Absorber towel. It is a lint-free shammy type towel that comes in a plastic container and you can get this at any local automotive store. It works great on leather and dash etc. Just rinse it through water and works great without being too damp and wet like a microfiber cloth.
I stopped using any leather conditioner of any type for years. I tried all of them even expensive ones claiming to be food for leather and it seem to make the leather slippery and trap dirt much easier. I did a lot of research and many say that the leather in cars today (last 5 years) are sealed leather meaning all you condition is just the protectant surface that was applied on top of the leather during the manufacturing process so it doesn't do anything to the leather itself, nothing is absorbed into the leather. Over time layers of conditioner just sits on the surface drying up and making it hard. Instead, just wipe down your leather seats with a semi-damp cloth. Even with our 8 year old Mercedes leather (NOT MBTEX), they are clean and don't have that wet look to it or harden feel to it. You're still going to get those crease lines on the bolster but that's just from use and nothing any cleaning will prevent.
In the past 8 years I've been cleaning the interior of our cars (be it BMW, Lexus or Mercedes) with the Absorber towel. It is a lint-free shammy type towel that comes in a plastic container and you can get this at any local automotive store. It works great on leather and dash etc. Just rinse it through water and works great without being too damp and wet like a microfiber cloth.
I stopped using any leather conditioner of any type for years. I tried all of them even expensive ones claiming to be food for leather and it seem to make the leather slippery and trap dirt much easier. I did a lot of research and many say that the leather in cars today (last 5 years) are sealed leather meaning all you condition is just the protectant surface that was applied on top of the leather during the manufacturing process so it doesn't do anything to the leather itself, nothing is absorbed into the leather. Over time layers of conditioner just sits on the surface drying up and making it hard. Instead, just wipe down your leather seats with a semi-damp cloth. Even with our 8 year old Mercedes leather (NOT MBTEX), they are clean and don't have that wet look to it or harden feel to it. You're still going to get those crease lines on the bolster but that's just from use and nothing any cleaning will prevent.
01-14-11, 06:15 AM
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01-14-11, 06:18 AM
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Just my $0.02.
In the past 8 years I've been cleaning the interior of our cars (be it BMW, Lexus or Mercedes) with the Absorber towel. It is a lint-free shammy type towel that comes in a plastic container and you can get this at any local automotive store. It works great on leather and dash etc. Just rinse it through water and works great without being too damp and wet like a microfiber cloth.
I stopped using any leather conditioner of any type for years. I tried all of them even expensive ones claiming to be food for leather and it seem to make the leather slippery and trap dirt much easier. I did a lot of research and many say that the leather in cars today (last 5 years) are sealed leather meaning all you condition is just the protectant surface that was applied on top of the leather during the manufacturing process so it doesn't do anything to the leather itself, nothing is absorbed into the leather. Over time layers of conditioner just sits on the surface drying up and making it hard. Instead, just wipe down your leather seats with a semi-damp cloth. Even with our 8 year old Mercedes leather (NOT MBTEX), they are clean and don't have that wet look to it or harden feel to it. You're still going to get those crease lines on the bolster but that's just from use and nothing any cleaning will prevent.
In the past 8 years I've been cleaning the interior of our cars (be it BMW, Lexus or Mercedes) with the Absorber towel. It is a lint-free shammy type towel that comes in a plastic container and you can get this at any local automotive store. It works great on leather and dash etc. Just rinse it through water and works great without being too damp and wet like a microfiber cloth.
I stopped using any leather conditioner of any type for years. I tried all of them even expensive ones claiming to be food for leather and it seem to make the leather slippery and trap dirt much easier. I did a lot of research and many say that the leather in cars today (last 5 years) are sealed leather meaning all you condition is just the protectant surface that was applied on top of the leather during the manufacturing process so it doesn't do anything to the leather itself, nothing is absorbed into the leather. Over time layers of conditioner just sits on the surface drying up and making it hard. Instead, just wipe down your leather seats with a semi-damp cloth. Even with our 8 year old Mercedes leather (NOT MBTEX), they are clean and don't have that wet look to it or harden feel to it. You're still going to get those crease lines on the bolster but that's just from use and nothing any cleaning will prevent.
I use 303 on everything for years and have not had any problems.
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01-14-11, 07:45 AM
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You're right. Simple Green is a strong but effective cleaner. I use it on carpeted areas like around the dead pedal and the base of the doors where they get kicked getting out of the car.
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