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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: SMD on 26 March 2013, 08:13:33
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Haven't cleaned for a while and using it more often now so its getting filthy. What can I get that's available from halfords or similar?
Thanks
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Ambersil Groom Foaming Ulpholstery cleaner :y
Sell it in Helfrods, black can with orange cap. £5.99 iirc :y
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Avoid a glossy finish IMO. Glare and dash reflection in the windscreen don't help.
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Don't have time to look up product. Does the product Al suggested have a glossy finish?
Al, can I use it on doorcard plastics and dash?
Thanks :y
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I just use a diluted carpet cleaner as it good at shifting grime but does not contain silicon to give a gloss finish
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Don't have time to look up product. Does the product Al suggested have a glossy finish?
Al, can I use it on doorcard plastics and dash?
Thanks :y
Not a polish/shine product, does exactly what it says on tin. That is foaming cleaner :y
Spray on, leave a sec, then wipe off with a clean cloth. I use it on everything except glass. Surfaces dry to their natural state :y
It is essentially a 'retail' version of a commercial product, and looks like this...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&redir_esc=&client=tablet-android-sony&v=141338691&q=ambersil+groom+upholstery+cleaner+500ml&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=cYdRUY7oNMjUPP-YgfAP&biw=1280&bih=800&sei=d4dRUevgHsjMPc3rgIgG (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&redir_esc=&client=tablet-android-sony&v=141338691&q=ambersil+groom+upholstery+cleaner+500ml&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=cYdRUY7oNMjUPP-YgfAP&biw=1280&bih=800&sei=d4dRUevgHsjMPc3rgIgG)
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I think people are confusing plastic cleaner with upholstery cleaner...
If you want a good plastics cleaner try Auto Glym Vinyl and Rubber Care - this will clean all your interior surfaces and won't leave them with the "wet look" shine that car dealers seem to love - it will even clean the grubby bits like door shuts as well as the dash (use a micro-fibre cloth though) and smells good too. Available from Halfords for about £6.
Darren
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No confusion at all. None whatsoever in fact.
I recommended the product that I have used for cleaning the complete interior of all my cars since I started driving 18 years ago.
If it were unsuitable or ineffective for the OPs needs I would not have recommended it. Simples.
I use Autoglym leather cleaner and balm for anything leather as it is the best product I have found for that, but the Ambersil Groom I metioned is the mutts for everything else. It too smells nice
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I think people are confusing plastic cleaner with upholstery cleaner...
If you want a good plastics cleaner try Auto Glym Vinyl and Rubber Care - this will clean all your interior surfaces and won't leave them with the "wet look" shine that car dealers seem to love - it will even clean the grubby bits like door shuts as well as the dash (use a micro-fibre cloth though) and smells good too. Available from Halfords for about £6.
Darren
Not at all, I just find that carpet cleaner foams a little and is very good and cheap (I dont buy it, er indoors does ;D) cleaner for interior trim and plastics :y
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I use swarfega type gritty stuff as it gets the dirt out of the grained plastic a treat!
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Sugar Soap is good and cheap :y
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Thanks for the recommendations.
Will wait until its a bit warmer before I get the microfibre cloths out :y
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Washing up liquid does the lot. Inside, outside and I believe you can do dishes with it too. :y