A CAR DETAILER and influencer has shared the steps he takes to guarantee a deep cleaning of even the dirtiest of vehicles.
With so many hard-to-reach crevices and surfaces made of different materials, detailing your car can seem like a herculean task for the inexperienced.
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Just understanding the different tools you need to get all the dirt out of a car’s seats, flooring, and doors and to remove any stains from the upholstery can feel overwhelming.
To help drivers learn how they can detail their cars – no matter what their condition is – in just a few simple steps, a car cleaning expert has shared his tips for a fast and effective deep cleaning process on YouTube.
“Today I am doing a disaster deep clean transformation of the dirtiest car I could find on Facebook marketplace. I picked this car up for a whopping $600,” Stauffer Garage (@StaufferGarage) said in the video.
He broke down his deep cleaning process into six major steps, beginning with cleaning out all of the removable trash from inside the car.
“First step we’re going to do is we’re gonna pull everything out of the vehicle, all the trash, all the cr*p – definitely wearing gloves,” he said, showing viewers the bags full of trash coming out of his newly purchased car
Secondly, he recommended drivers go the extra mile and remove all the seats to make it much easier to clean inside.
“Once I took the seats out, how much stuff was underneath those things! The good news is, with it all out of the vehicle, it makes it easier to get to all of the different areas, like where I pulled out that chunk of moldy chicken nuggets.”
Next Stauffer Garage suggested vacuuming to get the big particles out and then following up with a strong extractor, like the handheld Sandia.
To remove the stains, he recommended using a wash like Chemical Guys carpet cleaner, with a 10-to-1 ratio of water to cleaner.
He suggested using a spray applicator for the cleaner, like for fertilizer or paint, and to repeat each step as often as needed until the car is clean.
As a fourth step, the influencer showed viewers how to systematically clean the removed car sets using the same vacuum, extractor, and cleaner that he used inside the car.
“What we need to do first is obviously vacuum the surface, then we’re going to apply our cleaner and then we’re going to use our drill brush to agitate the surface to get that dirt lifted up from the fibers and then follow up with our extractor.”
Stauffer Garage then moves on to cleaning the inside paneling by removing them and then using a pressure washer to blast away dirt and grime from the glove box, door paneling and other plastic parts.
He wiped down paneling that could not be removed with all-purpose cleaner and a soft-bristle brush, finishing off with a surface topper and UV protector.
His sixth and final step to the deep cleaning process was to clean the dashboard with the same cleaners already mentioned along with black soft-bristled brushes that he demonstrated in the video.
“I almost want to sell it back or try to sell it back to the person I bought it from,” the influencer said after he finished the job.
“Because I don’t think they’re gonna have any idea that this was the car that they sold me, like it is a completely different vehicle after this transformation and I couldn’t be more impressed with the results.”
To recap, Stauffer Garage’s six steps to deep clean a car are:
- Remove the trash
- Remove the seats
- Vacuum
- Clean seats
- Clean panels
- Clean dashboard
Thousands of people liked the video and several left comments.
“Wow! Very impressive transformation! I’m glad someone finally got that car and gave it the attention it deserved,” one user replied.
“This is by far my favorite Stauffer video because of the incredible transformation, I cant believe that adults allowed children to ride in this car…” another posted.
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