TOP 10 CLOTH AND CAR CLEANING TIPS

Cloth, velour, corduroy and carpet in cars can be tough to keep clean. Here’s the guide on how to use car cleaning products and cloth especially the cleverer car cleaners do it.

1. Coffee/chocolate spills: use cool tap water and a paper towel or clean rag to blot out. A five-minute soak with glass cleaner works on older or more stubborn stains

2. Grease: a paint thinner used with salt applied sparingly and then vacuumed when dried should do it, but test a small area first

3. Ink: hairspray or salt should absorb ink; then brush off

4. Vomit: we don’t care how it got there, dilute with soda water or baking soda

5. Blood: treat immediately with laundry starch and cold water; allow it to dry before brushing or vacuuming away

6. Alcohol: dilute with cold water immediately if possible

7. Feces: a mixture of hot water, dish washing liquid and a cup of white vinegar; work in with a hard bristle brush, let it sit for half an hour and then blot with thick cloth or rags

8. Faded with age and grime: half a cup of ammonia in 600ml of water should brighten old carpet, but test first in an out-of-the-way corner and don’t use on pure wool carpet

9. Frayed carpet: liquid resin helps to keep strands and fibres in place

10. Carpet indentations: place a damp cloth over affected area and then place a low-heat iron on it for only a moment 



WHEN BIRDS ATTACK
 
Bird droppings on your car are about as welcome as your in-laws dropping in. Their extremely acidic discharges (the birds, that is) also contain digestion-aiding gravel that can actually corrode a car’s lustrous paintwork in no time.