Interior cleaning products

M47Rman · 9th December 2006, 13:39

Okay folks, I have a question regarding interior cleaning products for my lovely 75. Our interior is the light cream colour, with matching cream leather. I want to give the leather a good clean, and the centre console and door trim plastics also, but I do not want a silicon based product that will give everything a fake shine, and attract dust like no tomorrow. Does anyone have any thoughts on what are the best products (readily) available for both the interior plastics, and also our leather?
Andy

Teflon · 9th December 2006, 13:49

Best stuff for the leather is Gliptones Liquid Leather. As well as treating the leather, it makes the car interior smell like a Bently - lovely stuff. I even keep the duster I use to apply it in the door bin, as the duster smells so nice.

I get mine direct from Gliptones via mail order here: http://www.liquidleather.com/index.htm

Hope this helps,

Cliff

M47Rman · 9th December 2006, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teflon

Best stuff for the leather is Gliptones Liquid Leather. As well as treating the leather, it makes the car interior smell like a Bently - lovely stuff. I even keep the duster I use to apply it in the door bin, as the duster smells so nice.

I get mine direct from Gliptones via mail order here: http://www.liquidleather.com/index.htm

Hope this helps,

Cliff

Thanks Cliff. Just visited their site, and it looks like just the stuff we need. Will order some in the very near future.
Now anyone got any suggestions for the interior plastics?
Andy

Duotone · 9th December 2006, 16:34

Best cleaner I have tried is. Comma Interior Cleaner £3.99
from any good motor shop.
This product also won best trim cleaner 2006 awarded byAuto Express
Magazine.
HTH.
Dave T

M47Rman · 9th December 2006, 17:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duotone

Best cleaner I have tried is. Comma Interior Cleaner £3.99
from any good motor shop.
This product also won best trim cleaner 2006 awarded byAuto Express
Magazine.
HTH.
Dave T

Thanks for the info Dave. I will look out for that one.
Andy

Gryphon · 9th December 2006, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by M47Rman

Thanks Cliff. Just visited their site, and it looks like just the stuff we need. Will order some in the very near future.
Now anyone got any suggestions for the interior plastics?
Andy

Buy my Gliptone off Ebay tends to work out cheaper

Pete · 9th December 2006, 18:34

A damp chamois leather wiped over the surfaces each week keeps the dust right down and a nice matt sheen to everything. Best of all, it costs nothing. To be honest I have for some time questioned the need for these plastic cleaners and sprays being needed, at least beyond cleaning dirty surfaces anyway. For ingrained dirt in the steering wheel AutoGlym interior shampoo with a soft nailbrush working it in gently, followed by wiping down with a damp cloth will make it look very good. Don't forget to feed the leather covering though, it needs it just as much as the seats.

For other leather surfaces my old method was diluted cleaner in a small bowel wiped over the facing, with a soft nailbrush for ingrained bits, followed by wiping off with a wet then a damp cloth, and finally feeding. I don't like using neat stuff in case of the surface colouring dissolving (a problem on older Rolls-Royce/Bentleys models) The other thing about AutoGlym shampoo is that it smells nice. Shallow eh?

M47Rman · 10th December 2006, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete

A damp chamois leather wiped over the surfaces each week keeps the dust right down and a nice matt sheen to everything. Best of all, it costs nothing. To be honest I have for some time questioned the need for these plastic cleaners and sprays being needed, at least beyond cleaning dirty surfaces anyway. For ingrained dirt in the steering wheel AutoGlym interior shampoo with a soft nailbrush working it in gently, followed by wiping down with a damp cloth will make it look very good. Don't forget to feed the leather covering though, it needs it just as much as the seats.

For other leather surfaces my old method was diluted cleaner in a small bowel wiped over the facing, with a soft nailbrush for ingrained bits, followed by wiping off with a wet then a damp cloth, and finally feeding. I don't like using neat stuff in case of the surface colouring dissolving (a problem on older Rolls-Royce/Bentleys models) The other thing about AutoGlym shampoo is that it smells nice. Shallow eh?

Thanks for the reply Pete.
I agree with the damp cloth method for keeping the general dust down, and that is exactly what I do on the upper dash surfaces. However, the lower door trim and centre console surfaces are suffering at the hand (or more accurately feet) of three yound kids, and no amount of wiping with damp cloths have removed the marks they have managed to accrue, bless their little cotton socks! As for the nice smell quote - not shallow at all, I too prefer the interior of my car to smell nice!:lol:
Andy

Simon · 9th December 2006, 19:48

Personally I use a very very mild washing liquid detergent (as in a couple of drops per litre or so) to gently wipe over all the plastic surfaces in the car. I find the detergent helps to remove greasy marks/build up.

As for seats I use some leather cleaner and conditioner that came with the sofa...

When this runs out though, I'll switch to another brand and continue with the conditioning.

I also find the glass rarely requires window cleaning solutions... damp cloth followed by drying with another dry cloth seems to do the trick.

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Duotone This is my second home 75 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 8,432 Thanks: 176 Thanked 907 Times in 716 Posts	Interior cleaning products Best cleaner I have tried is. Comma Interior Cleaner £3.99 from any good motor shop. This product also won best trim cleaner 2006 awarded byAuto Express Magazine. HTH. Dave T

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Pete Owners Club Director Rover 75 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sherfield-on-Loddon Posts: 4,878 Thanks: 137 Thanked 996 Times in 444 Posts	A damp chamois leather wiped over the surfaces each week keeps the dust right down and a nice matt sheen to everything. Best of all, it costs nothing. To be honest I have for some time questioned the need for these plastic cleaners and sprays being needed, at least beyond cleaning dirty surfaces anyway. For ingrained dirt in the steering wheel AutoGlym interior shampoo with a soft nailbrush working it in gently, followed by wiping down with a damp cloth will make it look very good. Don't forget to feed the leather covering though, it needs it just as much as the seats. For other leather surfaces my old method was diluted cleaner in a small bowel wiped over the facing, with a soft nailbrush for ingrained bits, followed by wiping off with a wet then a damp cloth, and finally feeding. I don't like using neat stuff in case of the surface colouring dissolving (a problem on older Rolls-Royce/Bentleys models) The other thing about AutoGlym shampoo is that it smells nice. Shallow eh? __________________ Follow The Club On Twitter

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Teflon This is my second home Lagoon 2.0 V6 75 Conn SE Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chertsey Posts: 5,222 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 2,920 Times in 1,570 Posts	Best stuff for the leather is Gliptones Liquid Leather. As well as treating the leather, it makes the car interior smell like a Bently - lovely stuff. I even keep the duster I use to apply it in the door bin, as the duster smells so nice. I get mine direct from Gliptones via mail order here: http://www.liquidleather.com/index.htm Hope this helps, Cliff

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Simon Banned - Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: - Posts: 10,318 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Personally I use a very very mild washing liquid detergent (as in a couple of drops per litre or so) to gently wipe over all the plastic surfaces in the car. I find the detergent helps to remove greasy marks/build up. As for seats I use some leather cleaner and conditioner that came with the sofa... When this runs out though, I'll switch to another brand and continue with the conditioning. I also find the glass rarely requires window cleaning solutions... damp cloth followed by drying with another dry cloth seems to do the trick.