What's up, Chemical Guys family? Today
we have something different in the shop. We're gonna be detailing a minivan.
That's something we've actually never had in here, so we're going to take the time to clean it and
detail it, but this is also a time for you
guys who have a minivan to get some tips and tricks on how to make your car look
its best. Now, this is a Honda Odyssey and it's a soccer mom's car. It gets dirt and debris, it gets all the toys.
Greasy, little fingerprints everywhere because it's driven daily to schools,
practices, all that other kind of good stuff and you can see it's got food here. It's got toys in the backseat, wrappers,
spent little bottles of water... so we're gonna show
you how to properly clean it all to protect it and give it longevity, but
also just to make it look its best. To start, we need to remove all the owners personal effects
and then we'll get into the actual cleaning and detailing of this minivan.
As you can see,
we just finished vacuuming and a quick tip when you're using a vacuum: I always tell you guys to do this,
When you get your vacuum, check the nozzle and
make sure that there's no sharp edges or anything that's going to be staining your leather or your fabrics.
When you're working with leather, you have to be super careful you're not scratching or scuffing it. So if you drop
your vacuum on the ground, you're gonna
cause little scuffs and scratches and little indents on the tip of the nozzle that can actually harm the leather. So you can just
sand that down or file it off to make it nice and smooth again. We're moving right along on this vehicle. I know
we're moving kind of fast but
we're really excited to get this car detailed. We're gonna go ahead and clean up the dashboard and
one great product to clean up any plastics, gauge cluster, center console, what-have-you, is InnerClean.
Now, what this is going to do it's going to clean it and protect it without adding
any shine. I know a lot of you guys
don't like to add any kind of greasy look to your dashboards because it causes glare but
also, it collects dust. If you want something that's dry to the touch and it's also going to protect it,
go with InnerClean or Total Interior.
Spray it on a towel to control overspray.
All you have to do is simply wipe away
any dust, fingerprints, any kind of stains and what you're doing is you're making
it look its best but, you're also giving it longevity.
And also it has a nice
pineappley scent if you kind of like that thing.
Just gives a new, fresh look, and a fresh odor.
Just buff off any excess and then you're ready to go.
So you can also use InnerClean on your gauge cluster. It cleans any kind of optical plastic.
This is an area where a lot of dust gets trapped.
Or if you have a car like mine where gets trapped behind the plastic it will drive you nuts.
But on the outside you just simply wipe it off and again it's going to clean it and protect it,
to make it last as long as it can. It also looks a lot
better than having it dusty or kind of having a mess in there so this is a great way to make your car
look factory fresh and it also smells really nice.
Well guys, we're just about at the end of the interior detailing process on this Honda Odyssey.
Now, there's a few more things that
we want to touch up like the leather as well as the carpet.
You can see here that we have a leather steering
wheel that has got this oily finish and this is due to grease from your hands and oils
penetrating the leather and giving it this really grimy look, but just by taking some Leather Cleaner and a Horsehair Brush we're
going to scrub away all the impurities and bring back that natural leather look, because if you didn't know
leather is supposed to have more of a natural look, more of a matte sheen,
and we're going to revive that just by lightly scrubbing here. This will pull off any kind of grime or oil that were on the surface
And then we're, also, going to protect it with, some Leather Conditioner.
This will give it some longevity so the leather doesn't start peeling or cracking,
and it's also going to give it more of a
great leather scent kind of like a new factory finish.
So you can see here, the Leather Cleaner is agitating and causing this foaming action.
This is what's penetrating the hide of the leather and
this will lift up any deep, stubborn, stains or any
odors and then just by taking a clean microfiber towel, you'll buff it off to reveal that natural look.
So here I just have a clean microfiber towel.
Wiping in one direction,
you can see all that grime and everything else that was sitting on the surface.
That's the thing about black leather: is it hides a lot.
You won't know for sure what you have on the surface until you actually clean it.
So, I'm going to wrap this up and then like I mentioned we still have to
do the carpet. We've already vacuumed it and removed light stains that were in the surface but
we want to protect it because this is a soccer mom van. It gets driven daily with kids in here who drink soda.
They drink all kinds of juice, drop their messes all over the carpet so the great way to protect that is by using fabric guard
Simply spray it on the surface and this is going to repel it kind of spills,
any kind of staining, and it's gonna make a look great.
In the meantime, you guys can head over to our website chemicalguys.com
if you, want to check these products for yourself. Now if you like this car,
you like this video or if you have a soccer mom van like this one here, be sure to give it a
thumbs up, we'll see you guys next time right in the Detail Garage.