Best Interior cleaning product?

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I recently bought a 1991 runner, and the outside is in very good shape, never even taken offroad :D. Bought it from a lawyer who used it as an aux vehicle...very clean 22re, smooth tranny, nice paint etc...minor blemishes. Anyways, the inside had dogs and stuff in it, so its all stained and whatnot. the dash isnt cracked and the headliner is immaculate, but the seats are filthy and stained. Now, I dont think I can remove everything, and I might just end up getting custom seat covers anyhow, but for the carpet/cloth seats, is there a preferred, or recommended cleaner? I want to get everything out of the carpets that I can, and should I decide not to use seat covers, I want them clean :D.

Thanks all!

-Jackson
 
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If there were pets in it and the seats are badly stained then I would have the interior professionally detailed. There is nothing worse than pet smell and IMO it can only be removed by a professional detailer.....:D
 
Go to Home Depot and get some Folex ...... works wonders. I cant remember the price but it's cheap. It came in a white quart bottle with purple lettering.
 
I haven't tried Folex, I hear it's great with stain/spot removal.

This sounds like a major ordeal on the inside, and if that's the case getting it professionally detailed on the inside would be my recommendation.

:)
 
Oly-clean -and Goop degreaser/hand cleaner both do wonders on carpet. Simple green is excellent at removing old grime that builds up interior on vinyl.
 
I used to get in my truck all the time with horse $hlt on my boots and the carpet got pretty nasty. I vaccumed it, sprayed and brushed in Mothers upholestry cleaner and then used one of those upright steam cleaner/vaccums with a wand attachment. Worked great. Most hardware stores rent those type of steam cleaners.
 
Raddogz said:
I haven't tried Folex, I hear it's great with stain/spot removal.

This sounds like a major ordeal on the inside, and if that's the case getting it professionally detailed on the inside would be my recommendation.

:)

Nice L glass in your avatar!! :)
 
Folex is the best cleaner!!!!!!!!

Been using Folex for yrs as we have pets. Hands down the best stain remover on any shelf.
Yrs ago we bought a used light blue 95 Camry with light blue cloth interior. The people who owned it let thier chidren spill red coolaid everywere in its rear seats.
I knew coolaid wasnt coming out but wth I'm just as stubborn as any stain is.

I started buying cleaners hoping to clean it enough just so it may not be the first thing seen when looking inside. Lighten it anyway?
After about $50-$60 of completely failed top brands of cleaners I gave up. Kind of? But again, Im stubborn...

It still bothered us so every once in a while we'd grab a cleaner off the shelf say wth? and give it a shot.
After about a yr or better we had worked ourselves down to the cheap $5 cleaners and pretty much gave up intirely on it.

One day at Walmart I grabbed a very plain looking $5 quart bottle of Folex. Went home grabbed a paper towel and gave it a shot.
Instantly the rag turned red, OMG WE FOUND IT!!!!!! :shocked: :kiss: :music:
Went inside, grabbed the ol' lady to show her how well this stuff does.
We sat thier looking at each other in true amazement, just spray on let set a minute and wipe the cooliad right out...We were stunned!

So' off to homedepot to buy a big box of rags, its going to take "her" alot to clean it...lol shhh!
Within minutes you couldt see any red staining so we quit. But I'll tell you this, as long as you continued to spray it on and wipe it off coolaid just kept coming out & coming out.
Folex was pulling it out of the foam and everything but I saw no reason to continue on if you couldnt see stains. I was very satisfied with this $5 purchase. Whats crazy is this stuffs been around for decades, hidden on the back shelves at stores behind all the high priced stuff. Who'd of thunk it? Walmart carries it but not in every store. Another reason Walmarts true customer service sucks...lol

I've shocked a whole lot of people by spraying a couple squirts on stains they could never remove in cars and within seconds thier stains are gone. They are simply amazed, just like we were the first time we used it. I always hear, "Ive tried everything on those stains, what is that stuff?"....Yep' Buy Folex!!....Since then we've never been without it around. Forget the rest, this is cheaper & better!!!
We spray on, let sit a minute, wipe clean in all 4 directions rotating a clean section of the rag every time so not to re-transfer dirt back off the rag. This always works well for us.

After more than a decade of using it Ive only found a couple stains it wouldnt remove intirely. I was just as amazed at that too honestly...Its very rare to find a stain it wont get out. Had to let it soak at times but they came out so its rare when it dont work..
Ex: Busted ink pen once on carpet, this made big stain even bigger as it brought ink out/up from bottom foam. If too much ink in one spot let it be imo!!

We buy the gallon jug at homedepot/lowes for about $15.
Thank you "again" Folex....I wrote them a thank you letter in the past witch I never do. I should when I find great products, we all should, but we only complain when things suck I guess. :der:
Sorry long post, but fantastic stuff as mentoned above.







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