- [Joey] Hey, what's up guys.
Today's video topic: Fabrics and upholstery.
Today, we're going to show you guys all of our top tips,
tricks, and techniques on how to
restore your fabrics and upholstery to brand new.
So, stay tuned.
You don't want to miss out on these incredible results.
What's up, guys?
And welcome back to another episode of
Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
Today, our point of topic is fabrics and upholstery.
So, right here, we have these seats
from this van right here behind me.
So, these seats, they're extremely dirty,
even though they may not look dirty from your point of view,
if you look up close, they're very dirty.
They have a lot of body oils and grime embedded
within the fibers, there's stains.
And you can definitely tell that
on some of the areas on this lighter color fabric,
there's some darker areas and lighter areas.
And our mission today is to restore this to brand new,
and get that light look,
because we want to restore the original look of the seats.
So, right now we're going to
and jump right into it.
So, as you guys can see right here in the front,
you'll have some areas on the right side of the seat,
which aren't necessarily super bad.
I don't think they're really bad.
So, I'm going to go over two different kind of
cleaning procedures, and two different chemicals
that you would use to clean this kind of upholstery.
So, on the right side,
you have a more less dirty side.
Now, this side doesn't look too bad.
And on the left side,
you'll see right here that there's a ton of stains.
There's heavier grime along this side piece
right here on the bolster.
And this is kind of known because,
as you can imagine you're sweating.
Your arms are kind of hitting this area
and all your body oils that collect on this area.
they're going to show right here the most.
As well as the arm rest right here.
Even though it has a tear right here,
we're just going to do our best to stay away from that.
And just give this area a nice, deep, clean.
And look, check this out.
The top part is very dirty and collected with body oils.
Whereas the inner part of it,
it's not really dirty at all.
So, right now we're going to start off on your right side,
which is the less dirty side.
We're going to grab some Fabric Clean Upholstery Shampoo,
and our Spinner Multi-Surface Drill Brush.
All right, guys.
So right here, I have my bottle of Fabric Clean,
and I have it also in a spray bottle.
The reason for is because I have my Fabric Clean right here,
diluted to a 20 and one ratio,
just because Fabric Clean is a shampoo.
The last thing that you want to do is just pour it
straight onto your seats, because it's a thick substance.
So, in order to properly use this product,
you want to dilute it.
Now, in this case, 20 to one is great for
general purpose cleaning,
such as this right side right here,
just because it's not so dirty.
And if you do need some extra cleaning strength,
you can also dilute it to an eight to one ratio.
And you can also pick up one of our secondary dilution spray
bottles that have all the dilution ratios right here
labeled for you to make it easy for you,
and so that you preserve your product.
Now, to start off this process,
I'm going to start off by spraying a fine mist
onto the area that I've been working on.
Now, in this case, I'm going to work on
this little section right here.
So. I'm going to just going to spray directly.
And this is going to pre-saturate the area.
This is going to start breaking down all the dirt, and grime
that's caught within the fibers.
And then I'm also going to grab my Spinner Drill Brush
attachment right here.
So, I'm going to be using the power of my drill
to do the work for me.
Now, I can do this by hand.
I can also show you guys by hand as well.
I'll just grab a brush and show guys in a bit.
But, I want to show you guys how easy it is
when you have a power drill at home,
and with the Spinner Drill Brush attachment.
So, as you guys can see, it hooks right into your standard
power drill and it spins,
and it does pretty much all the work for you
so that you don't have to do it manually.
So, pretty nifty.
Gets the job done quick and efficient.
So, I'm also going to spray some of my
Fabric Clean directly into the fibers of this brush
for some added cleaning power,
and just so that it glides through the fabric
a little bit smoother.
And then all I'm going to do is pretty much
go left and right.
Kind of just like you're polishing,
left, right, up, and down linear motions.
And we're just going to go in and break down all that dirt
and grime, come back with the microfiber towel, wipe it off,
inspect our results, and we'll go from there.
All right.
So, once you're done working the brush on the surface,
what you want to do now is grab yourself a microfiber towel.
And the key to this cleaning,
is that you want to extract all the dirt and grime
that you just lifted.
So, with this combination of products,
it loosens the dirt and debris.
And any kind of body oils that are caught within the fabric,
the brush kind of helps knocks it loose.
And then all you want to do last,
is just grab a microfiber towel,
and give it a gentle wipe down.
And this is going to help you pick up any of the dirt and
grime that you've extracted.
Now, if you do have a professional carpet extractor,
or anything like that,
I do highly recommend that you use that as well,
if you do have it available to you.
And that's just going to furthermore,
just pull out the more embedded stuff on the finish.
Now, in this case, it's not too bad.
So a general purpose cleaning like this is more than enough.
Now, right now, I know it looks a little bit dark,
and that's simply because we just sprayed it
with the liquid, and it's going to darken the color.
However, once it dries up,
you're going to see that it restores the bright finish
of what this material should look like.
So, right now, what I'm going to do is
I'm simply just going to finish the top half of the seat,
and then we're going to move on to the left side over there,
and show you guys a different cleaning procedure
for the more heavier dirt.
All right, guys.
So, we're over here on the left side now,
and as you guys can see,
the spots and the stains that are on this side,
they're a little bit more severe than what we saw
on the right side.
The right side was more general grime.
This is more specific stains.
So, for something like this,
you can go with a product like Lightning Fast.
And Lightning Fast is great because
this is a stain extractor.
So, for those of you guys that ask
what product would be best for my fabric and upholstery?
it really all depends on how dirty the material is,
and the material itself.
Now, in this case, Lightning Fast works great
for spot cleaning.
And that's exactly why I like using it.
So for stuff like this,
I can literally just spray directly onto the affected areas.
And this will act as some added cleaning power.
As you guys can see,
it has a nice foamier texture as well.
And we can pre-saturate these areas.
I mean, as far as the rest of the seats,
you guys can see that it just, kind of like
the right side over there, it's not too bad.
So, we can just clean up the rest of this with Fabric Clean,
and then just primarily work these areas
with the Lightening Fast.
So, right now,
what I'm going to do is just lightly spray the area.
And then I'm just going to and
do the exact same thing as I did before,
spray some of my Lightning Fast onto my brush right here.
And then begin to agitate these areas.
All right, guys.
And just like that, we just wrapped this little section up.
As you guys can see,
those little spot stains are completely gone.
And we're just going to wrap this area up
by giving it a wipe down with that microfiber towel.
And check it out you guys, just like that
we extracted all those stains, they're gone.
And now we can continue with cleaning the rest of these
seats without having to worry about these stains.
Now, one other area of focus right here is the armrest.
So you guys, I did mention earlier,
check this out you guys.
You can see a broad daylight.
Right here, you have this lighter color.
On top, you have this more dirty color.
This is pretty much because people's arms are right here.
So, we're also going to clean this section as well.
So, what I'm going to do is spray some more Lightening Fast
on this affected area.
Mostly I'm going to get this right side as well,
because on my end, you can kind of see it pretty bad.
And then just simply work it in with our drill brush.
All right, guys.
So, now that we're done, same thing,
just wipe it down with a microfiber towel.
Like I mentioned, if you do have a carpet extractor,
you can use that.
That definitely does help a lot in terms of extracting the
more embedded dirt and grime.
So if you're working on something that looks much worse than
what you see here on video, then a carpet extractor
would be a very great route to take as well.
And check this out, you guys, just from this little section,
I know it's not a huge difference,
but you'll see that the towel is bright yellow.
And right here, you have more of a dark kind of look,
that's all the dirt and grime
just from this small section alone.
So, as you can imagine,
all that stuff stuck in your fabrics,
you may not think about it,
but it's very nasty when you're sitting,
you're thinking that your seats are clean,
when in reality you have something like this
lingering around.
So, don't roll around with dirty fabrics,
pick yourself up a bottle of Lightening Fast,
or Fabric Clean, whatever you need,
and get your fabrics clean today.
All right, guys.
So right now I'm just going to continue with cleaning up
the rest of the seats,
and we'll be right back with you guys once we're done.
All right, guys.
Looks like we're all out of juice,
which is perfect because I did tell you guys
that I would show you guys how to do this by hand.
So, I'm going to show you guys how right now,
using our nice and stiff brush right here.
As you guys can see this brush, it's nice and flexible.
However, the bristles, they're nice and hard.
Just kind of like the material of the Spinning Drill Brush.
However, this is in a nice, cool handheld form.
So, I already have the product sprayed.
All I'm going to do is actually just spray a little bit of
product into my brush.
And I usually just like doing this just because it does
kind of add a slickness factor.
So, it does kind of make it easier for you to
just glide your brush left and right.
I'm show you guys right here, right now.
All right, guys.
And there you guys have it.
Quick, simple, easy fabric cleaning.
Not a whole lot to it.
It's just really just spraying and scrubbing down,
and extracting as much dirt and debris as you can.
So, we're going to finish off this video here.
I'm going to let these seats air dry.
They are still a little bit moist,
but I do want you guys to see the final result
while they're fully dry.
So, right now we're actually going to do
the second row of seats, which are back there,
which you guys may have seen at the beginning of the video
or anywhere throughout this video,
just kind of laid back there.
So, we're going to prop those up,
clean them up,
so that you guys can see those cleaned as well.
So, if you guys enjoyed this video,
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If you guys want to pick up any of the products that we used
today, including our Spinner Drill Brush,
make sure to visit our website chemicalguys.com,
or swing by your local Detail Garage store.
My name is Joey.
This is Chemical Guys Detail Garage,
and I'll see you guys next time.