Help needed - Interior detailing

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1. To hand clean carpet and upholstery

A heated carpet extractor is going to work much better than a shop wet-vac. You should be able to find a place in your area that rents these machines by the day. Cleaning interiors by hand is a labour intensive and time-consuming process.

• Before vacuuming use a stiff brush to loosen any debris as a regular vacuum can leave contaminants behind attached to the fibres
• Use a rubber bristle brush to go over the carpet material to raise the fibres
•Vacuum area very thoroughly (Metro Vac N' Blo®) to lift all the loose dirt from the carpet
•Remove any stains with a ‘spot’ remover (303™ Spot Remover & Cleaner)
•Spot treat really bad stains (303™ Cleaner & Spot Remover or Woolite® Heavy Traffic Carpet Foam)
•Use a pre-cleaner solution, 10:1 distilled hot water/ P21S® Total Auto Wash, let solution remain in place for 5-10 minutes to enable cleaners to react
•After sufficient remain in place time agitate pre cleaner solution with an upholstery brush to ‘friction scrub’ surfaces
•Mist spray surfaces with hot water
•Brush the carpet to raise the nap and loosen ground in dirt
•Remove the excess moisture, using cotton terry towels to blot the moisture, repeat until towels are ‘clean’ or use a Wet/Dry vacuum (preferably a carpet extractor system) and allow carpets / mats to thoroughly dry before use
•Once fabric is dry apply a fabric protection (303™ High Tech Fabric Guard)[/i]


2. Using an orbital buffer (with a brush attachment)
• Use a rubber bristle brush to go over the carpet material to raise the fibres
• Use a rubber bristle brush to go over the caret material to raise the fibres
• Vacuum area very thoroughly (Metro Vac N' Blo®) to lift all the loose dirt from the carpet
• Remove any stains with 303™ Spot Remover & Cleaner
• Spot treat really bad stains (303™ Cleaner & Spot Remover)
• Use a pre-cleaner solution, 10:1 distilled hot water/ Hoover Deep Cleansing Carpet/Upholstery Detergent or Woolite® Heavy Traffic Carpet) let solution remain in place for 5-10 minutes to enable cleaners to react
• Agitate surfaces with a random orbital buffer (speed #4) and brush attachment, scrub carpet / fabric upholstery
• Mist spray surfaces with hot water
• Attach a terry-cloth bonnet and go over areas, changing the bonnets frequently
• Use a rubber bristle brush to go over the material to raise the fibres
• Remove the excess moisture, using a Wet/Dry vacuum or a carpet extractor in one direction only, do not scrub, allow carpets / mats to thoroughly dry before use
• Once fabric is dry apply a fabric protection (303™ High Tech Fabric Guard)

Note: Use the hottest water available it also helps to pre-spray the carpet with hot water when hand cleaning carpets / mats [i]