How to clean the car seats yourself

With constant use of the car, its interior is over time loses its former shine and purity. Gradually, dust, stains and other contaminants appear on the seats, which not only can spoil the whole journey, but cause allergies and other diseases. Also great probability of emerge on the seats of new spots, if the motorist in its car constantly carries children or four-legged pets. Yes, everything requires periodic care and car seats are not an exception. Therefore, in order to avoid damage to the upholstery of the seats, they must be cleaned periodically.

Some due to the shortage of personal time to clean the cabin use professional services of special chemical car cleaning. But it is very expensive and not everyone on his pocket. After all, you can, using some commercial solvents, make cleaning of automotive chairs yourself. Taking advantage of the advice given in this article, you can clean the seats in your own car no worse than a professional.

Preliminary preparation

We learn how to clean the seats in the car so that the own car shone purity and freshness, so that, going up to the car, it was possible not only with pleasure to look at the external brilliance of polishing, but also without experiencing disgust, sit in a cozy, breathaning freshness and cleanliness car salon .

For this, it will not be enough to wash the outer part of the vehicle and spending the interior in the car. The perfect order in the car is achieved by removing dirt and dust from the body, the overhaul of the ceiling, the floor, the inner side of the glass, dashboard and, then only, car seats.

Only motorists who can perform cleaning through detergents and brushes can independently clear the upholstery of the driver's and passenger seats. Such a manual method of pointing the order will be able to save money. In addition, cleaning the seats of its own car can be done at any time (you do not need to idle in the queues in a volatile anticipation while the service center specialist is released).

In order for the cleaning of the seats of the car with their own hands from the driver's seats successfully, it is necessary to preserve tools and detergents. The type and amount of cleaning preparations will depend on the automotive armchair's upholstery material and how much it is polluted. If the manufacturer used tight material for car seat covers, the degree of contamination of the upholstery will be minimal, and the cleaning process itself will be consistent with the removal of excess dirt (dust) and the subsequent washing of covers.

Often, instead of the utility tools for cleaning car chairs, motorists prefer the use of sponges, brushes (small and large), microfibrous napkins, dense cotton towels, washing vacuum cleaner or steam generator, tassels, dryer for drying upholstery and so on.

In the quality of detergents, you can use the usual washing powder, a stainstress and a household soap. To eliminate labor-based spots, it is necessary to use special detergents that can be purchased in a specialized automotive. Before using the cleaning agent, it is necessary to check whether it will suit it for the auto armchair's upholstery material. Otherwise, the complications that have appeared (spots, divorces, excessive waving or "baldness" of the pile, cracking of the skin and so on) will not wait long to wait.

The contamination emerged on the upholstery may differ among themselves the degree of complexity of removal. Often, clean the car seats are necessary from coffee (tea, juice, milk) pryany, oily divorces, ordinary dirt, blood, food residues, traces from paints, pencils, and so on.

Dust and dirt from the upholstery of the automotive seats are removed using a conventional soap solution, and the stains described above can be eliminated only with the help of special cleaning products purchased at the store.

So, a set of tools and detergents is prepared. Now before starting to self-sink the upholstery of automotive chairs, it is necessary to clean up the cabin of the private car. Cleaning the inner space of the car is to collect large garbage, cleaning the floor and seats through a vacuum cleaner. Now you can begin to wash the upholstery of automotive chairs. Below is a sequence sequence of seats depending on the type of their upholstery.

Cleaning the seats of the car with their own hands depending on the material

Car seats with artificial leather. This surface of the car chairs is easily cleaned of contamination by means of a soap solution. When using microfiber napkins, the seats are easily wiped and detergents are quickly removed from their surfaces.

Such operations can be easily carried out with both cotton towels. After washing, the clean upholstery is wiped and carefully browsing its surface. When discovered, hard-tired spots use cleaning agents intended for processing leather upholsters. According to experts, the detergent Turtle WAX \u200b\u200bis best for these purposes, perfectly removing various stains on materials with light shades.

Automotive seats with genuine leather. In order to avoid unforeseen situations, natural leather of automotive chairs are cleaned by detergents specifically designed for this type of materials. Conventional soap solutions for cleaning artificial leather will not fit (coated with soapy solution, as a rule, is covered with divorces, and then cracks).

High-quality cleaning is possible only by means of a cleaning agent designed for this species (a universal cleaner for all skin varieties can also be suitable. Any cleanser intended for processing artificial leather is very similar to a simple cream, which is applied to the microfibrous napkin and a slowly circular movement of the hand rubbed into the leather upholstery until its absorption. After that, you need to wait a few hours (while the cleaning agent does not dry). Then the location of the labor-based stains is covered with a saturation of the satellite cream.

Car seats with velor (fabric) upholstery. For cleaning seats with velor (fabric) coated, drivers use cleaning agents produced in the form of aerosols. When cleaning, the detergent is sprayed on the upholstery of the car chairs and then the microfibrous napkin is rubbed with a circular movement. After a few minutes (after absorbing the detergent in the fabric), velor (tissue) surface) is processed by a brush or sponge. Velur is usually processed with a soft brush, and the fabric is rigid.

If after processing the upholstery, excess cleaning agents remained, then they can be removed moistened in water and squeezed cotton towel. After that, it is necessary to wait (24 hours), while the washed car chairs are dried. For covered with cloth white or beige car chairs, you can use the Vanish stain remover, but only you need to know the measure, otherwise the purification result will be displayed instead of pollution spot with a lighter tint.

Plastic elements of automotive seats Motorists are purified by a soap solution or intended for plastic special cleaning products released in the form of an aerosol. The detergent is sprayed onto the surface of the plastic and then triturated with a soft cloth. Thus, you can easily remove various types of contaminants. By the way, the elements of plastic are polluted in the car pretty quickly, so, for example, on arrival home, the plastic parts of automotive chairs daily can be wiped with wet napkins.

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Outcome

Performing a periodic cleaning of the elements of the interior of the car, the motorist can be sure to preserve the upholstery in the purity and preventing the emergence of strong pollution of the car. In the absence of free time or the reluctance to make cleaning, you can cover the car seats with a dense material, which compared to the upholstery is much better than the wash and drying.