Cleaning the interior surfaces

[antonini311]

Aside from the leather seats, are they any surfaces you feel need more care than an APC (i.e. any trims, etc)? Or should a properly diluted APC be safe for any of the car interior?

 

[eflyguy]

What is APC?

 

[antonini311]

What is APC?

All Purpose Cleaner

I use Simple Green at a 10:1 concentration.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I use distilled water and ONR. I'd rather add more ONR and apply a bit of elbow grease rather than go with a more powerful cleaner. So far, so good.

 

[NS_Stinger]

Just order yourself some Aerospace 303 protectant. It's amazing stuff, leaves a matte finish with spf protection and you can safety use it on anything from plastic to leather. I love the stuff for all my interior detailing.

 

[antonini311]

Just order yourself some Aerospace 303 protectant. It's amazing stuff, leaves a matte finish with spf protection and you can safety use it on anything from plastic to leather. I love the stuff for all my interior detailing.

I thought 303 was more of a finishing look, not for cleaning. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe it does both.

 

[Stiletto]

I've used Shine Supply Clean and Shine for the interior. Zero issues on three cars.

 

[eflyguy]

I use distilled water and ONR.

What is ONR?

 

[Stiletto]

Optimum No Rinse

 

[MerlintheMad]

What is ONR?

Optimum No Rinse

@eflyguy you've surprised me. You are a Car Guy. So, you're one of the last people on here that I would have expected to not know that acronym. I would even expect me to forget before I would guess that you didn't know. The blank spots in people's knowledge are a constant fascination to me. (my own blank spots, not so much; they fall in the area of annoyance)

 

[NS_Stinger]

ONR has no business being used on the interior of a car haha It's designed specifically for painted surfaces.

 

[MerlintheMad]

ONR has no business being used on the interior of a car haha It's designed specifically for painted surfaces.

It works on glass, chrome, tires, ergo it works as a good cleaner. I have no idea what proportion is ideal for vinyl or leather. I just use it in a spray bottle at the same mixture ratio as the minimum recommended, with is one ounce per gallon. The main cleaner, of course is the distilled water. And I'll nearly always spray the cleaning towel rather than directly spray any inside surface.