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Today we're going to do some interior cleaning on this Volkswagen Jetta.
As you can see, the owner of this car wears a lot of lotion and sunscreen.
The problem with that is rubbing on interior surfaces like door panels, steering wheels, or shift knobs
can leave white lotion residue.
That's actually from the sunscreen and lotion sticking inside the textured plastic, vinyl, leather, and trim pieces.
That lets down the look of the car, and leaving lotion and body oils on the surface can cause permanent stains.
To take off all this stuff, I'm going to use a few interior cleaning products to make this door look a lot fresher.
To clean off this residue, I'm going to use Leather Cleaner.
Leather Cleaner works great on leather, vinyl, synthetic leather, and pleather.
It's safe to use because it's pH-balanced, it's not caustic, so it won't stain or dry out the surface.
Leather Cleaner comes full strength.
If I was cleaning something that wasn't too dirty, or if I was cleaning some sensitive leather
in a Bentley or on a fine leather bag,
I might dilute it up to 6:1.
But because this is really thick residue, I'm going to use it at full strength.
Even at full strength, it's safe to use on any leather or vinyl surface in a regular car.
To protect it at the end, I'm going to use Leather Serum.
The owner of the car likes a crisp, natural, and matte look on this car.
All new cars today don't really have any shiny look on interiors,
they look crisp and new.
Leather Serum helps protect and nourish this material, against UV sunlight,
and hopefully any future staining from lotion or body oils.
And it'll finish with a nice crisp sheen.
So to get started, I'll use Leather Cleaner with the Leather Cleaning Brush.
This is a nice natural horsehair brush that's safe to use on any interior surface.
Spray the Leather Cleaner into the brush.
I'll work the top of the door panel first.
Just scrub back and forth.
Draw out some of this sunscreen residue...
...from the textured plastic.
Add a little more cleaner.
I'm spraying the brush, I'm not misting the door panel directly.
I don't want to get any cleaner behind the door panel.
Leather Cleaner is safe around interior parts like navigation screens, metal, upholstery, or window tint,
but I don't want to have to wipe all this stuff out later on, and make more work for myself.
This is looking good! I'll take my Tan Workhorse Towel for leather and interior upholstery.
And just with a light cleaning, I've already pulled off all of that sunscreen and lotion.
You can see that it's still white where I haven't cleaned.
I can actually peel off this residue with my finger! It's on real thick.
I'll come down here and add some more leather cleaner.
Leather Cleaner is even safe on plastic trim pieces. I'm not worried about staining or hurting the material.
And the horsehair brush is so gentle, it's not going to hurt anything.
That looks a whole lot better! No more nasty lotion look on the door!
I'm going to continue with the rest of this door panel like on the armrest and bottom of the door panel.
Afterwards, we'll protect these surfaces with Leather Serum.
Now that I've removed all the lotion and residue removed from the door panel,
I'm going to go ahead and protect it.
I'm going to use Leather Serum.
Leather Serum helps nourish and protect leather, and synthetic leather and vinyl surfaces.
Serum makes leather look crisp and brand new.
I don't want any extra shine or greasy look.
I want the interior to have a crisp OEM matte sheen.
Leather Serum will protect these surfaces and give them a nice new look.
All I need is three little dots on this applicator pad, which is more than enough for this whole door panel.
Just spread this out...
...and massage it into the vinyl.
Rub Serum into the vinyl like rubbing lotion into your skin so that it absorbs all the protection.
It's safe to get Leather Serum on plastic, it'll wipe off.
I have some more vinyl on top of the door panel.
As with all Chemical Guys Products, less is more!
Use the product correctly, and a little will go long way.
After you rub Leather Serum into the surface...
...buff off any excess product form the surface with a fresh Tan Workhorse Microfiber Towel.
Now the interior of this Jetta is looking a whole lot better!
We removed all the white residue from excess lotion, sunscreen, and body oils.
The car is looking real mint! Brand new, nice and fresh with a crisp, matte sheen just like from the factory.
Now you see how easy it is to clean residue and body oils from interior of the car
using the Leather Cleaning Brush, Chemical Guys Leather Cleaner,
and then protecting it all with Chemical Guys Leather Serum.
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