power spraying?-tore out interior

[frizbal]

I tore out all the seats, consoles, side panels, and carpet of my 99 camaro. basically all the interior. I did so because i am going to wash all the carpets and seats and wanted to power spray in inside of the cab but wasn't sure what CANT get wet. All the wires are taped and in looms, but what about the shifter (auto) and where the console was? That needs it pretty bad but i wasn't sure about the airbag sensor that sits there. What im asking is... what's the best way to wash the cab/seats/carpets??

[twistedtech]

Braver man than I.If I was to be on such a mission I might be more inclined to use a garden hose and keep the spray down to a minimum.I might also just use a scrub brush and some rags.Then again I'm not quite sure why I would want to pressure wash the inside of my car.

[frizbal]

Well the chick i bought it from was a smoker and drinker... so im washing it to get out the smell... but also it looks like she fizzed up about 3 beers, popped the caps, and layed them on the floor. So it sat and crusted on the carpet. Under the carpet its stuck on a bit too... but you say low pressure garden hose.. and scrubber? My buddy power sprayed his, that's where i got the idea to use one.

[stepho]

I would think a rag and some soap would be sufficient for the metal parts. Oders usually have a hard time binding to metals as apposed to carpet. My camaro was in pretty rough shape when I got it... it had rats living in it.

I took the carpet out, pressure washed the carpet and then I used a steam cleaner on the carpet and seats, the plastic and metal bits I just wiped down with a rag and diluted bleach (i think it was bleach anyway... i dont remember). That seemed to get rid of the smell pretty good.

[88camaroproject]

yeah i used water and either vinegar or ammonia. just scrubbed with a sponge and towel

[4x4playhus]

Dont laugh, I have detailed cars for over 20 years.

Get a 5 gal bucket use a 1 cup of tide and about 1 cup of 409 to 3 gal of hot HOT water.
Spray 409 on bad spots in the carpets or seats. Dont let the 409 sit longer than 5 min. It has small traces of bleach.
Use a stiff brush to scrub the carpet and seats.
Get a wet dry vac to suck up the water and dirt.
Get a hand towel

This will help you after you remove the seats and carpet.

1 Spray 409 on spots.
2 Use brush and handtowel to transfer soap in bucket to wet down the carpet and seats. make sure they are wet enough to scrub.
3 Scrub the carpets and seats.
4 Wet dry vac the seats. look to see if your seats have a nap (one way the fabric will stick up and show off the rich darker look) vac so this shows when it drys there is almost no soap/water left.
5 Next use a hose to wash all soap out. The vac out as above and watch the nap of the carpet.
6 Protect all elec items. Remove or cover sensors, computers etc.. Next use soap mix to soften up the beer and crap of floor boards. Scrub with brush and vac up water. Towel from soap mix can clean up dash console, doors etc... scrub panels as needed. Dry towel and your done.

As for your headliner best to use osium sold in most part stores. Cleaning a headliner MAKES MOST FALL APART. However some stains can be removed by lac/thinner on a WHITE rag. White will pull other colors to it. Rub soft dont push in as you rub or you'll have a indentation in the headliner.

happy cleaning.

[hotrod_chevyz]

IMO i would use a antimicrobial solution or the smell will come back as soon as moisture hits the microbes wich cause the smell. On car interiors your dealing with a lot of padding, and its VERY had to get all the way down in seat pads and carpet padding.

I use enzyminator on pesky "here i am again" smells. Very effective on old food based smells.


Thats about it everything else i would say has already been said.

EDIT: Also, perfect time to look for rust spots that hide under carpet, and if your interior is light and if you have had an interior ruined by stains, you could pick up some stain master protectant to keep it from happening again.

[frizbal]

Hey, thanks for all the comments... i power washed the carpets and seats tonight just to kind of soak them. I'll do the scrubbing and all that was mentioned above tomorrow. Ill update on whether any does good or not. Thanks.. Sean

[philly rs]

hell i would just buy all new carpet for the car. it would be quicker and less of a pain. if u cant buy a new one then good luck with all that cleaning.