- What's going on Chemical Guys family.
I hope you're doing well,
and thanks so much for tuning in
for today's episode of Detail Garage.
By the title, you can tell
we're doing something a little bit different.
We're going to go over our top five
detailing tips, tricks or hacks,
or whatever you want to call it,
on how to keep your interior looking its best.
So this Veloster we've already detailed
the inside of it and now we're just going over
the things that may have been missed or overlooked
or those common areas that we just tend to forget.
So starting off with one thing that always
looks kind of gross in any kind of vehicle
and that's going to be your gas pedal, your brake pedal.
It could be your clutch or your foot rest.
And this is an area where your shoe is tracking dirt.
It can be, you know, any kind of thing from your feet
and then it just stains the black plastic
or on the case of this vehicle,
where has this aluminized surface.
I'm going to show you how to quickly remove
that and make it look its best.
So in this bottle here, we have Nonsense
which we've diluted eight to one
which is our general cleaning.
And we've already cleaned the floor,
So to any kind of messes
we're going to leave a towel underneath it
and just spray the surface of the brake pedal itself.
And also the brush that we're using,
this is an interior soft detailing brush.
And we're just going to gently scrub the surface
to lift off any kind of mud or grease or kick on messes.
You can also clean the kick panels,
or any kind of scuffs that might have happened on the door.
Like you can see this little scuffs around the area
that your feet tend to be at.
But what's great about Nonsense
is all this is going to do is clean the surface.
It doesn't add any kind of coating or make it slippery.
So you're not going to have a dangerous situation
where you could slip off the brake pedal simply cleans it
making overall detail look its best.
Just take a clean micro-fiber towel
and wipe off any of the spent product in excess
and already it looks a lot better.
And that's the detail you can be proud of.
Now that the intricate areas like the brake pedal
and all that kind of assembly is nice and clean.
We're going to move on to our second hack,
which is the doorsill
and also the rubber that surrounds the door.
This is an area that even though we clean our door jams
we tend to miss this and also forget about it.
That it's still a piece of rubber that needs to be treated.
So we're going to use our VRP which is a
dressing that say for your vinyl, rubber plastic
for the interior and exterior of your vehicle
it's water base was not going to leave a greasy finish.
It'll actually be dry to the touch, which means
it's not going to attract or collect any kind of dust.
Simply shake up the bottle
and we're going to use a UFO applicator pad
which is made of this foam dense material.
And we're just going to add a little bit to the applicator
and then we're going to start spreading it around.
You can also work it into the applicator
so you don't have a heavy glob in one area.
This will also help spread an even coat.
And this is safe for any vinyl, rubber
and plastic to give it a little bit of a deeper gloss but
more probably this is going to add a layer of protection.
I don't know about a lot of you guys,
but on the older vehicles,
as you come into driveways or as the body flexes,
you get annoying little squeak.
This is a great way to help reduce some of that.
Cause the doorsills tend to loosen up
or get weakened over time as the vehicle gets older.
So this will help to rejuvenate it
and also help it last as long as possible.
And you can also use this on the inside plastics,
like I was mentioning it's safer interior
and exterior vinyl, rubber and plastic.
It's just give you that durable layer of protection
against harmful UV rays,
but it also makes it difficult for dust
and any kind of grime to stick to the surface.
And again, it's going to make it look its best
for as long as possible.
Hack number three is going to be
cleaning the crevices such as your air vents
or any kind of speakers that may be around the vehicle
that collect a lot of dust.
Even though you wipe down your dashboard,
your steering wheel and all the tiny areas,
there's always missed areas
that you can't really get into with a towel
or an applicator.
So using the smallest with all-in details brush
you can just gently work out any kind of dust
or buildup that accumulates inside
of the crevices of your vents,
or any small hard to reach areas.
And you can use this wet or dry.
Using it dry just helps knock it all down.
Anything you may have missed,
This is also something that a lot of people do
while you're sitting there in traffic,
or maybe you're waiting for your shift to start something.
I used to do a lot and we just sit outside in your car,
and just detailing.
And this would be super easy to use
without having to break into any kind of chemicals,
just gently wipe it away and you're ready to go.
A lot of people ask us, what's the best way
to clean your interior glass.
Now it's common that you get fingerprints
or smudges or just residue on the inside of the windshield
and it's hard to do it from the driver's seat.
So what we recommend doing is sitting in the passenger seat
and you can turn your hand upside down to get
all the way to the bottom of the windshield.
But this is going to be the easiest way
to clean the glass without fighting the steering wheel
or your center console or anything like that.
But to control some odor spray
we're just going to use some street free glass cleaner,
spray directly onto a blue microfiber towel
which we've designated for our interior jobs such as glass.
And you can work in a cross hatch pattern,
meaning that you can use alternating directions
for interior and exterior this way.
In case you have a streak or you missed an area
you can tell which side of the glass it's on.
And then simply fold the towel over
and then buff off any of the excess, any streaks.
And the same thing goes for the driver's side of the glass.
Simply reach over rather than fighting the steering wheel
or anything in your way
with your hand turned upside down or as close to upside down
as you can get it, you can get all the way
to the bottom of the glass when it gets to that tight wedge.
And then we'll just buff off any streaks.
want to know a really neglected area? In your visors.
You got some grease and fingerprints in there.
Maybe some flossing residue.
Simply wipe that away.
Look at me.
Nice, huh?
Now for hack number 5
is how to make your air freshers lasts as long as possible.
In the inside of your vehicle it attracts
a lot of, you know, things
and also when you roll around with your windows down
it tends to kill the longevity of your air fresher.
But the best way to pull it through the entire vehicle
and also make it last as long as possible is to.
One. Spray your soft surfaces such as your carpet
and floor mats.
You can do this on the driver's side of the passenger side
underneath the seats as well as in the back seat.
But also to get it to pull through your cooling system
turn your AC on to recirculate and now to max cold.
And then on most vehicles,
it pulls it through the passenger footwell
and this is also where your cabin filters at.
So if you have a stinky interior,
it could be that you have a bad cabin filter
which something you might want to check.
But this is going to pull it through all of that.
This way you can have your car smelling as best as possible,
nice and fresh using our new Hot Glaze Buns.
This will give you that nice warm aroma
of your favorite dessert.
And this is just going to make your car
smell better overall.
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or any tips you guys have that would help us
or anything else in the detailing community.
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head over to our website, ChemicalGuys.com
or to your local Detail Garage.
And we'll see you guys next time.