- What's up, chemical guys and girls?
Welcome back to the Chemical Guys Newbie series.
If you were with us last episode, we basically finished up
the entire exterior of my car with Nick.
We ended up using some Cherry Wet Wax.
If you didn't see that episode, go back and check it out.
It's awesome.
There's a romantic montage in there.
We got your cheesy 80's training montage in this one,
so stick around for that.
Give it a fat thumbs up and let's get started.
♪ He doesn't know much about detailing ♪
♪ He's asking lots of questions about everything ♪
♪ So we can learn all there is about detailing ♪
♪ He doesn't know much about detailing ♪
♪ He's a Chemical Guys noob ♪
♪ He doesn't know much about detailing ♪
♪ He's a Chemical Guys noob ♪
So today, I've kind of exhausted all of my options
in terms of what I can do to the exterior of this car.
We're going to go inside.
We're going to hit the interior, so I'm going to go grab Joey,
see where he's at and hopefully, he can help me
figure out what first steps I can take
to make my interior lookin' really spiffy.
All right, guys.
I got my car set up, ready to go
and I'm going to go find Joey.
Looks like he's right over here, actually.
- Clayman, man, no!
Hold on, hold on!
No, Clayman!
- [Jason] What's up, Joey?
- Oh.
Hey, what's up, man?
I was just checking out your latest video there.
- [Jason] Strawberries? Nice.
- Yeah, just a little afternoon snack, you know?
- [Jason] Sweet.
Hey. - Yeah?
- [Jason] Nick basically taught me
how to do all my exterior.
- Okay?
- [Jason] And I've run out of exterior things to do, so.
- Sounds like you gotta do some interior stuff,
if it sounds like to me.
- [Jason] That's exactly what that sounds like.
So, I was hoping I can enlist you
to help me and teach me the ways of the interior detailing.
- All right, let's get to it then.
- [Jason] Cool.
- Man, what'd you do on this?
- [Jason] Oh, we did a little Cherry Wet Wax
the last episode.
- Man, that's really wet if you ask me, right there.
- [Jason] Wet Mirror.
- Wet Mirror Finish?
- [Jason] Wet Mirror Finish.
- That's it.
- [Jason] And Cherry Wet Wax.
- [Joey] Dude, this thing is super smooth.
It's like, as smooth as a cherry.
- [Jason] Oh baby.
- [Joey] Mm.
Love it. - How smooth is a cherry?
- [Joey] I don't know.
You ever touch a cherry?
They're pretty smooth.
They look smooth, right?
- Okay. - Okay, okay.
- [Jason] So, I guess, my guess is that we should probably
start with the mats here, because they--
- [Joey] Yeah.
- [Jason] You know, I step on 'em all day long.
They got crumbs and filth and stuff on 'em.
- Yeah, man.
The good thing is that your car is relatively brand-new,
so I mean, it doesn't look like there's much neglect
on like, the door panels or the seats here.
I mean, it looks like you just, you know,
you go hiking or I don't know where you go stepping in.
Just, you know, hop back into your car
and get all that filth in there, so.
We're definitely going to go ahead
and have to address those floor mats right there.
- So what would be like, the first step here?
You don't work on the floor mats inside the car, right?
- I mean, I wouldn't, just because you want to make sure
you get all that stuff out the car.
We're going to pull it out the car
so we can clean it outside of the car,
so that we don't keep that filth in the car.
- That's a great idea.
I don't want to keep that filth in the car at all.
(Joey laughs)
So like, as a newbie, what,
I have no idea what to even clean this with,
like what do I need?
- I mean-- - To get started,
in terms of product. - The good thing
about your floor mats is that they're, you know,
they don't have 20 years of neglect on 'em.
You know, they don't look all dirty and grimy
or anything like that, so if anything,
they can do with a nice just shampoo cleaning.
We'll pull them out,
vacuum them and use a, you know,
a fabric cleaner, so just Fabric Clean.
That's a citrus-based shampoo,
that's going to you know, remove all that dirt.
- All right, so I guess I'll pull this out.
Hold the camera.
- [Joey] My first time behind the camera.
- Really?
Oh, wow. - Yeah.
- Let's see, all right.
- Just make sure to grab it. - Oh, wow.
There's a lot of other stuff here.
Should we vacuum this as well?
That's probably a good step, right?
- [Joey] Yeah, just make sure whenever you take
your floor mats out, kind of hold them
so that they don't, you know, drop all that dirt.
- [Jason] Kinda like this?
- [Joey] Yeah, exactly.
- Okay. - So kind of, I guess--
- [Jason] Man, it's all in there too.
Look at all those like, leaves and stuff.
- [Joey] Ew, where do you go stepping?
(Jason laughs)
Where do you live?
- [Jason] In the forest.
- So, the first step with any detailing,
especially when it comes to interior,
is to give the interior a vacuum.
So you want to make sure that we get
as much of that filth out as we can,
so that whenever we pursue a clean
of the rest of the interior,
that stuff doesn't get all baked onto the floor,
so that we're not, you know, going back and forth.
Vacuuming, you know, cleaning the dashboard,
coming back to vacuum.
So, vacuum it first and vacuum it last for best results.
- Okay, cool.
So, I guess people could just use a regular vacuum
in their car if they don't have like, a shop vac, maybe?
- Exactly. - Yeah, okay.
- Even if you have to go to a car wash
and just vacuum it there, then just do that.
- That's right.
Yeah, those little coin-op car washes.
- Yeah. - You could just,
I used to do that all the time.
- Exactly.
- [Jason] So I guess, is this the vacuum over here?
I'll just grab this thing.
- Actually, no, that's just a blower.
Yeah, so, I mean, we can use that to kinda
dust out the floor mat. - Oh, blower?
- But yeah.
- [Jason] Yeah, nevermind.
That's...
(laughter)
That's a newbie mistake.
- Yeah, so we'll grab the vacuum,
not the blower, and we'll go ahead
and vacuum those floor mats.
- [Jason] Great idea.
- All right, so now that we've vacuumed the floor mat,
I do see that you do have a lot of pet hairs.
Do you own a pet, Jason?
- Oh boy, do I ever, Joey.
I've got two cats and if you saw that newbie at home video,
you saw how much hair gets collected on everything.
It's ridiculous.
- Yeah, so right off the bat, as I was vacuuming the carpet,
I found it very difficult to kind of vacuum
some of the areas, simply because we have a lot
of that pet hair that's embedded
within the fibers of the floor mat here.
- [Jason] Yup.
- [Joey] So, one cool product that I like to use
whenever something like this comes up
is our pet hair remover brush.
- [Jason] Nice.
- Now, this brush, as you already know,
you've already used it.
This brush works out great at pulling off
all these, you know, pet hairs
and kinda balling them up into one section,
so you can just kinda grab them right off.
Sometimes, the vacuum that you're using
doesn't have that much power.
Pain in the butt to kinda like, clean it
when all that hair just doesn't want to come off.
So this right here, it's a great tool
to you know, pick that all up,
so that you don't have to struggle with your vacuum
to try to vacuum it out.
- It definitely works really well on cat towers,
I'll tell you that. (Joey laughs)
(bright music)
- I'm going to continue with the floor mat.
I'm going to pull off all this pet hair
that's embedded in the fabric.
And then we'll be back once it's done.
Look at that shine.
- [Jason] Look at that shine.
(Joey laughs)
- I had to throw that in there.
(Jason laughs)
All right, cool.
So, as you guys see, we've vacuumed the floor mat
and now it's time to clean it.
Now, I know you're looking at this floor mat saying,
"What the heck are you doing?
"That floor mat's not even dirty."
Well, that's what you would think, right?
Just because it's black.
You know, if this were a beige floor mat or like,
a tan floor mat, you would definitely
see all the dirt and grime.
But since it's black, you don't really necessarily see it.
So, we're going to clean it
with Fabric Clean right now.
Like I told you, Fabric Clean, it's a citrus-based shampoo,
so that's going to extract
any kind of embedded grime, foul odors and any kinda dirt
that's embedded within the fibers of those fabrics.
So right here in front of us,
we have an assortment of products,
the main of which is going to be Fabric Clean right there.
Now like I told you guys, that's the shampoo.
I also have some water as well.
I have a secondary dilution sprayer bottle
and I also have a nifty brush,
along with some yellow workhorse towels there.
Now, all these products we're going to use
come in this format.
To start off with, we're going to go to start off
with our secondary dilution sprayer bottle.
And we're going to take off our top.
And we're going to dilute Fabric Clean
into our sprayer bottle right here.
- [Jason] So, why do you dilute that?
- Well, simply because it's a shampoo.
So, if you were to just pour this on your fabric,
you'd be there all day trying to take it out.
- [Jason] Okay, so basically--
- So you want to make sure you dilute it,
get that cleaning power.
I mean, you don't need a thick shampoo to do the job
because this is what I like to consider
more of a spot clean.
So, this is going to be more so, kinda like a,
you know, a quick cleaning.
Not really so much of a full, deep cleaning.
I mean, we can if we wanted to but you know,
the floor mats aren't that dirty, like I said.
They just have like, dirt embedded within the fibers,
so we're just going to extract that.
All these products, you know, they're hyper-concentrated,
so you can always dilute them.
You know, to put that in perspective,
Fabric Clean, you can actually dilute up to 20:1
for general purpose cleaning,
or up to 8:1 for heavy-duty cleaning.
- [Jason] Cool.
- So, depending on the level of cleaning
that you're looking for, you can dilute it different ways.
- [Jason] What dilution ratio are we doing today?
- So, for this dilution ratio on this floor mat,
I would say 20:1 would be more than sufficient.
And as you guys can see right here
on my secondary dilution sprayer bottle,
you see that 20:1 ratio right there?
- Yeah. - That's pretty much
where we're going to fill up our Fabric Clean to.
So as you guys can see, it's not a lot of product at all,
compared to what the water's going to be,
the ratio's going to be all the way up to the top.
- [Jason] That's cool, so this dilution bottle
basically already has all the ratios--
- Exactly. - Measured out for you.
So, you can--
- [Joey] Yeah, so you have the dilution--
- [Jason] 20:1, 16:1, 10:1, so on and so forth.
Cool.
So basically, we're going to fill the product
up to that 20:1 line.
- Exactly. - And then fill
the rest of it to water.
- [Joey] Exactly.
Have it upright so you have the best dilution rate possible.
And you're just going to go ahead
and pour that into the 20:1 line.
Just like that.
Two good squirts and we're done.
- [Jason] We filled it to 20:1.
And you can go up to 8:1 for this type of a cleaning?
- Yeah, so you can fill it up to 8:1
if you want more of a heavy-duty cleaning.
But like I said, this is just going to be
our general cleaning, so we're just going to keep it
at that 20:1 ratio.
- [Jason] Cool.
- So now that that's all filled up to the 20:1,
I'm going to fill up the rest with water here.
I try not to make a mess.
- [Jason] Does it matter what kinda water you use or?
- Yeah, so we're using distilled water
and that's simply because, you know,
we recommend using distilled water
whenever we dilute any of these products
because distilled water doesn't have
any minerals or anything like that,
so it's not going to interfere with your work.
So, especially when you're diluting like,
a wheel cleaner or something like that,
you want to make sure that you use that distilled water
because, you know, if you're using mineral water,
those minerals can, you know,
etch the surface of your wheel.
So, you want to make sure that the water that you're using
is purified and it doesn't have any minerals in it.
Once you guys are done with that,
you can put your sprayer top nozzle back on it.
Twist that on.
Shake it up.
You know, don't give it like a,
what was that, an aggressive shake?
- [Jason] I would call that an aggressive shake, yeah.
- Yeah, don't bust a Darla and kill Nemo
or anything like that. - There you go.
- Just give it a nice stir,
just to kinda mix the product with the water.
And you've got your, you know,
Fabric Clean 20:1 ratio good to go.
- [Jason] Stir it up!
- So, we're going to set that towards the side.
Set our Fabric Clean towards the side.
Look, check that out.
We still have a ton more Fabric Clean.
We can actually probably get about one, two, three, four,
you know, four more bottles full,
just from one bottle of Fabric Clean.
- [Jason] Wow.
And we're probably not even going to use all of this
that's in the container either, huh?
- We're probably even going to just spend like,
that much amount of product to clean the floor mat.
- [Jason] You could use this a bunch of times on its own
and then have refills for days.
- Exactly.
- [Jason] Refills for days!
(Joey laughs)
- All right.
So, now that we have our Fabric Clean ready to go
and our floor mat cleaned, now it's time to actually
deep clean it with the Fabric Clean.
So, the way I like to use this product
is you want to make sure to give it a nice, even coat.
You don't want to drench it,
you just want to give it a nice fan coat.
Oh, let me get that sprayer trick in.
I'ma get that going on right there.
So, spray a nice coat throughout the entire surface
of the floor mat.
Like I said, you don't want to drench it.
You just want to make sure you get it all nice and covered.
So, once you've got it all nice and covered,
now's the time to grab your nifty carpet brush.
Now, the reason I'm using this brush
is because it has a nice, stiff bristle, you know, texture.
So, this stiff bristles is going to allow us
to scrub deep within the fibers of the carpet,
so that we get all that dirt and grime
extracted outta there.
So, that's going to work out great at deep cleaning.
I'm also going to spray the brush right here as well,
just to get that added lubrication and cleaning power.
And then, all we're simply going to do
is just, you know, go in left to right motions, up and down.
Whatever you feel more comfortable with.
This is going to start breaking
all the grime that's in there.
Like I said, it's citrus-based,
so you're going to have kind of like,
a citrusy kinda scent hit you.
- [Jason] Yeah, I smell it, it smells great.
- Yeah, it does.
And it also, like I said, it cleans any kind of, you know,
foul odors that are, you know, penetrative
deep within the fibers of your fabric,
so that it gets rid of it.
You know, especially for people that get like,
throw up in their car, get like, nasty smells in there.
This is a really great way to go ahead
and take care of that.
- [Jason] Yeah.
- [Joey] Just by simply cleaning your carpets.
- Uber drivers, get at this.
I know you're working late nights
and you got that stuff in your car.
- It does an excellent job at cleaning out those foul odors.
And it doesn't really take much time at all.
All right, so now we're going to go ahead
and grab our yellow workhorse towel.
Now, the reason we use yellow
is because we dedicate yellow for interior cleaning.
So, such as if you're cleaning your dashboard, door panels,
you know, fabric and upholstery,
yellow works out great so that you can see the grime
that's being removed from the surfaces
that you're working on.
- [Jason] So, we're going to take this towel
and now-- - We're going to take this towel
and now, we're just simply going to , you know--
- [Jason] Pick up all the grime
that we just irritated outta there with the brush.
- [Joey] Check that out.
I barely did this little section.
Look at all that dirt and grime.
- [Jason] Oh my gosh.
My feet are filthy.
- So like I said, maybe because you don't see it,
right there and then, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
- [Jason] Yeah.
- So, just from that little section right there,
we've extracted all that dirt and grime.
I would kinda like, flip the pile upwards
but it's kinda nasty, I don't know
where you've been stepping, man.
- [Jason] Yeah, man. (Joey laughs)
I don't know.
- [Joey] So, I'm just going to go ahead
and continue with buffing this stuff off.
- [Jason] Should you wear gloves when you do this?
- [Joey] We probably should've worn gloves.
(Joey laughs)
But, check it out.
It's just nice and simple.
Check out all that grime. - Wow.
So much grime.
- And you would think that just because we wiped it all off,
you would think it's all gone.
But check this out.
A pro tip for you guys that have sensitive
fabric floor mats, I would say grab your nifty brush
and wrap your towel around it.
That's going to create a nicer and softer texture,
while still keeping that nice,
kinda massaging feature from the brush.
So this technique, we usually, you know,
we use it around the shop all the time.
Give it two light sprays.
Like I said, this is also going to extract
any kind of embedded grime that's on there.
And anything that we didn't really get,
just by rubbing the surface of the fabric with the towel.
So like I said, that massaging texture
is going to dig deep within the fibers of this upholstery.
So, not only do we get the surface
but we also get the stuff that's embedded in there.
- [Jason] It is looking deeper black
than it was before, as well.
- Check it out. - Wow.
That is...
Okay.
- [Joey] (laughs) It's not good.
- [Jason] No.
I mean, it is good. - I guess, I guess,
that's the beauty. - It is good, it's clean now.
(Joey laughs)
- I guess that's the beauty of having black floor mats,
is that you can tell.
But, you know, it is definitely well worth it
when you do clean them, because then you get all this grime
that you never thought was there
but you know, it truly was.
- [Jason] And you're basically freshening your car too.
- Exactly, so that citrus smell,
that's going to kind of,
you know, circulate throughout the rest of your car,
so you get a nice, fresh, zesty lemon scent.
Didn't take much time at all.
I know it probably took me like, 10 minutes to explain it
but I mean, in a real-life scenario,
this takes no longer than two minutes, you know?
- Well, the good news is we're going to see how long it takes
because even though I'm a newbie,
I've gotta train for this.
So, it's time for the 80's training montage
where I clean the second mat.
So, here we go.
You guys asked for it.
And here it is.
(bright music)
I can't do it, Joey!
- What are you doing?
Put your heart into it!
(bright music)
- It's too hard!
- Keep going!
Harder, noob!
Harder, you detailing noob!
You need more training, noob!
♪ If you want to be the best ♪
♪ You gotta put your detailing skills to the test ♪
♪ Gotta squat those products to become a champ ♪
♪ Arm wrestling turns you into a man ♪
♪ And you'll be working out now ♪
♪ Just look at those buns ♪
♪ He's going to die ♪ - Keep going!
You're almost there!
You almost got it!
Put your heart into it!
♪ All of his might ♪
♪ Eliminating grime all day and all night ♪
Look at you, you're a professional.
- Yeah!
♪ Keep on working, don't ever stop ♪
♪ To win this fight, he's going to drive ♪
♪ Going over the top, over the top ♪
♪ Over the ♪
- [Joey] That's right, spray it.
Spray it like you mean it.
♪ Look at that sweat bead right off the mat ♪
Believe in yourself.
You have the heart.
♪ You're a champion ♪
♪ Champion ♪
Think that looks nice.
- [Jason] Wow, looks dope.
- [Joey] Looks like, you know,
the car when you barely get it off the lot.
- [Jason] Yeah, for real.
It's like--
- [Joey] Fresh, detailed look.
- [Jason] Yeah, with like--
- [Joey] Nice, spiffy carpet, as you would say.
- [Jason] Alternating piles, I like it.
It's great.
- [Joey] Looks good.
- So, I'll show you what this looked like before.
And now, after.
It looks great.
I guess that's it for today's episode.
- Well, yeah, that's it with the fabric.
So, we still gotta address some of the other areas
of your interior.
- So yeah, we're going to work on the other interior parts,
which we'll talk about in the next episode.
So, you guys, thanks for joining us.
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Throw your comments down below
on what the next montage should be,
and anything else that you want to see us do here
around the Chemical Newbie, anything you want to learn.
Or anything you think I should learn, you know?
So, cool.
Thanks for joining us and we'll catch you next time.
(upbeat music)