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Cleaning the Interior???

Old Mar 24, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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Question Cleaning the Interior???

What do you guys use to clean your interior? The interior of my '81 is all there and in pretty good shape, just really dirty from 30 years worth of dirt, grit, and who knows what. I used some Armorall on the dash and lower gauge pod and it worked pretty good, but it did nothing for cleaning up the door panels, armrests, etc. I thought about maybe trying some Simple Green, but figured I would ask if there's something else to use. Are there any other methods to cleaning other than a rag and some good old fashioned elbow grease?
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 05:18 PM
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Simple green.
Or gut it.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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I use an "uhplostery" cleaner .. not quite a "green" as other products , but it works great ..


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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 04:55 AM
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Good deal, thanks for the info guys. I've got a little Simple Green left in a bottle in the garage. If that doesn't cut it then I'll probably try and find some stronger stuff.
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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Eagle One leather and vinyl micro cleaner and protectant. It works very well!
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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this



followed by this



equals this



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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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if I ate off the door panel.. it would end up dirtier...
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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Ducatipaso,
How on earth are your door panels so perfect?! Mine are all crappy and destroyed. Any idea where I could get new ones?
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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its because that picture was takin when it was brand new lol
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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leaf blower, then the garden hose
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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leaf blower, then the garden hose
awesome. that was how I cleaned my old samaruki.
or, drive to u-do-it-carwash, open door [if installed], spray, drive home.
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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awesome. that was how I cleaned my old samaruki.
or, drive to u-do-it-carwash, open door [if installed], spray, drive home.
haha yep. no doors and no top almost throughout the year. also no rear seats or carpet.

I just took out all the drain plugs around the body and went at it
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 11:02 PM
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vinegar i know i know the stink but it works amazeing and some dollar tree LA totaly awesome carpet cleaner best stuff beats out the name brand junk every time and that door is insanely clean
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 05:13 AM
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Thanks for all the info guys! I worked on the cleaning the door panels and headliner some more yesterday. I got some hot water and bleach and it really made a difference. I'll be back at it this weekend, so I'll probably pick up some vinyl cleaner as well. DP, mine is the same color, if I can get my door panels looking that good I'd be one happy camper!
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ducatipaso



I wanna see pics of the rest of that truck's interior.
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 08:01 AM
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check my build thread in here
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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oxyclean and a pressure washer.
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