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#1. The Bathtub
You know you’ve been putting off cleaning the tub. It’s not the most fun job, but oh so necessary! We use..."
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Juliana asked: Black spots have been appearing on my mirror in the bathroom for several months. I have tried many methods but..."
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Carrie asked: The screen of my Blackberry gets so dirty between typing and talking on the phone. I'm afraid that harsh..."
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Dish sponges are often the dirtiest pieces in a kitchen. They often live next to the sink, the germiest place in the kitchen,..."
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Bright red Kool-Aid on your beautiful cream carpets would make anyone cringe. Luckily, removing these stains is not as..."
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It’s much easier than trying to drag your household vacuum cleaner outside. The car wash will always have a coin-operated vacuum someplace outside, very cheap to use and saves you a lot of aggravation. Watch out, though, because car wash vacuums have really strong suction, they can suck up ANYTHING. And once it goes down the hose, you aren’t getting it back.
Clean up spots, stains and spills with regular carpet and upholsery spot cleaner – I like the foaming kind with the little plastic brush attached to the can. Once you’ve treated the spots, vacuum the seats thoroughly using the hose attachment on your house vacuum. You can also sprinkle carpet powder on the seats before vacuuming to make the car smell better.
Spray-on Scotchguard is the greatest thing known to man. If you spray your cloth car seats with it, nothing you spill on the seats will make a stain. You can just wipe the spill up and it’s gone.
Don’t do this on a new car, or one with leather seats. But if you have older vinyl seats, regular household wet cleaning wipes work just as well for cleaning the seats as the expensive car-cleaning wipes do. And they also kill germs.
If your kids make sticky candy messes that harden in the back seat or in the floorboard or on the mats in your car, you can get the hardened candy off with foaming bathroom cleaner. The cleaner might leave a spot on the seat, but if you’re letting the kids have food back there you probably aren’t too worried about the seats anyway.
TuffStuff found in automotive section cleans all stains anywhere. I have been using it for years.
I like the scotchguard idea for keeping stains off. I have found that simple green works good on seats and carpet to remove stains. just spray on stain,let sit for a few minutes then scrub with a bristol or toothbrush and dry with a clean rag.
To remove scuff markes from your cars paint, do the following. Get a white cloth towel, spray any brand name hairspray on to the towel and wipe the area. The pump hairspray seems to work better.
Anything sticky that is on the painted surface of the car (tape residue, tar, etc.) can be removed by spraying it with WD40 and then wiping with a clean paper towel. Let it soak for a minute or two. For really heavy residue, a couple of applications maybe required.
If you want to clean your carsseats, we use cilitbang. That stuff really works, but i prefer an aftertreatment to.
We have that here in holland, do u guys know it?
Rubbing alcohol will remove the sticky of hard and soft surfaces alike.
409 is the best thing ever to clean your car. It cleans the windows, removes stains from the seats and carpets and usually dries fast.
I have heard that WD-40 works well on a lot of things, including cleaning cars.
Removed stain from car seat-water mark?
We have a new SUV and there are white marks on the driver’s seat. They look like chalk. Could it be water? I do swim at a local club everyday.
water mark
the water mark on your seat could be bleached from chlorine
dont use WD40 on cloth seats/carpets
WD 40 is not meant as a cleaner. if you use it for that, I am guessing you will be really sorry.
WD-40
If you use WD-40 you might as well also use some Castrol motor oil
HAVE FUN!!!
Rust stains on leather
What can I use to clean rust stains off a leather seat. It was folded up and never used and had rusted without being discovered. Now I don’t know what to use to clean it without ruining the leather further.
WD-40
When people use WD-40 its only meant to be used under the hood. It cleans everything really well. First with a soft bristled brush dust off the loose dirt and then spray some WD-40 on the area and using a towel wipe away until it looks like new. This will also keep the dirt from sticking. Do this every two or three months and its going to make your car look much better.
kitty litter
kitty litter works really well to soak up the oil. then clean carpet with oxy-clean. works wonders
gummi bears melted on leather seats?
Niece gave my hubby in the backseat a little partial bag of gummi bears, which he absent-mindedly put down and left on the leather seat on a scorching day. Glop wasn’t discovered until the next day or day after.
Here we are, more than a month later, still don’t know how to get this melted mess up/off, short of getting down and eating/licking it up! Blech – no way! I don’t even like gummi bears on a GOOD day! It’s stuck TIGHT! Help!