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What kind of Cleaner do you use on your interior?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by JDeLuca, May 7, 2014.

  1. May 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM
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    JDeLuca

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    Not sure what cleaning product to use on the dash, doors and other plastic parts. Thanks.
     
  2. May 7, 2014 at 1:31 PM
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    KB Voodoo

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    I just Armor All on the plastic, it usually doesn't need cleaning.

    For the carpets and seats, I'll use Resolve foam to remove stains.

    If the plastic did need cleaning, Simple Green or a citrus degreaser would probably be a good choice.
     
  3. May 7, 2014 at 9:12 PM
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    skistoy

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    I usually just use a damp cloth to wipe down the interior
     
  4. May 7, 2014 at 9:57 PM
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    bueller

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    Yep, what ^^ he said. I just have a bucket of straight water handy and rinse as needed. There's no need for cleaners to wipe up dust. I would use simple green if I needed to actually clean off something.
     
  5. May 7, 2014 at 10:03 PM
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    Damp cloth for me too.
     
  6. May 7, 2014 at 10:05 PM
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    I use Sunbrella 303 on the fabric and vinyl. It's tops.

    Regular dish soap for most of the plastic bits.

    Thinking that one of those fancy cleaners for flatscreen TVs might be the hot ticket for my instrument bezel. Anyone got a thought or two on that?
     
  7. May 7, 2014 at 10:07 PM
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    OZ-T

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    I use Aerospace 303 and Simple Green
     
  8. May 7, 2014 at 10:15 PM
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    inesshell

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    simple damp towel for me

    to freshen it up i spray some new car smell fabreeze :)
     
  9. May 8, 2014 at 12:09 AM
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    bigshug1

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    303 products...[some of] them have SPF 40 in them, too. The stuff is awesome.

    Their spray detailer also has SPF 40 in it...so I layer that over my Pinnacle Souveran wax :D
     
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    303 Protectent and a microfiber cloth.
     
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    Distilled water in a spray bottle.
     
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    Aerospace 303
     
  13. May 8, 2014 at 4:37 AM
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    I use Meguiar's quik interior detailer on the plastic. Simple green on the Weathertec floor mats.
     
  14. May 8, 2014 at 4:49 AM
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    I love the smell of Simple Green in the morning...

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  17. May 8, 2014 at 6:24 AM
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    Lightly damp microfiber cloth to clean, 303 Aerospace to protect.
     
  18. May 8, 2014 at 6:41 AM
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    I use Mequiar's natural finish protectant and cleaner on all the plastic.
     
  19. May 8, 2014 at 6:50 AM
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    I use a damp, lent free cloth on everything but the glass & cloth. I don't like the smells that any of the "cleaning products" leave. I do eat & drink in my vehicles and regularly carry my dogs (which I also keep clean even though they like to roll in cow shit) and my vehicles stay scent free except when new (the new car smell). I also clean my interior immediately if it gets dirty.

    I just vacuum the cloth and use windex on the glass.

    Not long before I got rid of the 2012 Tacoma, me & a few buds from work went to lunch (I drove) & one of them commented my truck still smelled new on the inside. It was about 2 years old and had around 60,000 miles on it.
     
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  20. May 8, 2014 at 7:02 AM
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    This^
     

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