My car is a MESS!?
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My car is a MESS!? I bought the car finally! (02 SLP SS Camaro, CME exhaust, 6 spd, LE suspension, and yada yada) but the previous owner had kids..that were in the car and now theres melton crayons in the cup holders, some sticky stuff in the back leather seats, and other stains, looks like coke, in the carpets. The car sat for a year in a parking garage w/ all this junk in it but now I dont know how to get some of this stuff out. Anyone have any sollutions to helping reconditon my car? it took me 3 hours today to get it somewhat ok condition.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Yes that pigpen (I mean Camaro) is a mess.... the previous owner 'aught to be pimp slapped. 
If you go to Wal-Mart/ Home Depot/ etc you can buy some Goo Gone. Let that stuff sit on the hard crap melted into the carpet and with repeated scubbings with a rag saturated in goo gone/ repeated soakings, you'll get it all.
Nice car, thanks for saving it.
If you go to Wal-Mart/ Home Depot/ etc you can buy some Goo Gone. Let that stuff sit on the hard crap melted into the carpet and with repeated scubbings with a rag saturated in goo gone/ repeated soakings, you'll get it all.
Nice car, thanks for saving it.
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WD 40 works great for anything sticky like the crayons in the console - do a test spot befor using on your leather.
Mothers carpet and upholstery cleaner is great for carpets. Get a bundle of the white towels from autozone and use them to mop up with mothers - you'll see great results
Mothers carpet and upholstery cleaner is great for carpets. Get a bundle of the white towels from autozone and use them to mop up with mothers - you'll see great results
well to be honest, go to a junk yard and find a 93+ camaro with the same color carpet and back seats and just buy new ones. it will save you hours or scrubbing/pain in the *** work when you could just spend a little bit and get it over with.
Originally Posted by clean99
I bought the car finally! (02 SLP SS Camaro, CME exhaust, 6 spd, LE suspension, and yada yada) but the previous owner had kids..that were in the car and now theres melton crayons in the cup holders, some sticky stuff in the back leather seats, and other stains, looks like coke, in the carpets. The car sat for a year in a parking garage w/ all this junk in it but now I dont know how to get some of this stuff out. Anyone have any sollutions to helping reconditon my car? it took me 3 hours today to get it somewhat ok condition.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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lol thanks alot guys, im not going to go and buy new carpet, id rather save this one and put some care into my car rather then take it outa some other car, im sure it can be saved but its gonna take alota work...good thing i have alot of time. So far I got most of the crayon out, i dont really know wat the hells in the back seat??! I dont know if i really want to. Also other then Zaino wats a great way to get a black car ultra shiny. I think ive learned black cars are hard to wash. What do yall use to dry them specifically.
thanks.
thanks.
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I took my console out of the car and let it soak in the yard for a couple of hours and I got it looking like brand new. the seats i just used some leather cleaner. The carpet however I was never able to get the stains out so I just replaced it.
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For getting the leather clean try some leather cleaner first and move on to simple green. if you have the time you could stip the car and pull the carpet out and use a pressure washer and some simple green. i haven't done that my self but i have heard it works well.
for drying i would use a water absorber and micro fiber towels.
for drying i would use a water absorber and micro fiber towels.
i maybe the only one that will recomend the mr clean system for drying it. the less amount of abrasive rubbing on your car the better reguardless the material. but then again this system depends on how hard the water is in your area. mine is not bad once its run throght the filter i dont have to dry my car and i have (0) spots on a black car in a 85 degree day. i havent hand dried my car in gong on 4 years now.
wax zaino seems to produce good results ive never used it i use griots best of show wax gives it a real deep finish. but to each his own
wax zaino seems to produce good results ive never used it i use griots best of show wax gives it a real deep finish. but to each his own
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Take the seats and console out, then shampoo the carpet's...
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I tried to get pics but its in the garage and hard to take pics with another car in the way and my camera sucks, When it stops raining its ***** off ill take it outside for some pics. Good news though got most of it on the interior just needs some little care. THERES HOPE lol , outside im going to try and use that filtered water idea, should turn out well, thanks alot everyone!............oh and this thing pulls like no otheerr, im in love
Sounds like a nice car
Yeah you may have to remove the seats to clean the carpet good. Then the seats, a good leather cleaner and some serious scrubbing. There is a guy in my hometown with a REALLY nice '03 Cobra and let's his kids color and eat ice cream in his car 
Never in ANY car I own
Yeah you may have to remove the seats to clean the carpet good. Then the seats, a good leather cleaner and some serious scrubbing. There is a guy in my hometown with a REALLY nice '03 Cobra and let's his kids color and eat ice cream in his car Never in ANY car I own Thread Starter
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well im back, took the back seats out, thats where all the mess was, after 2 hours of scrubbing, alot of Tuff Stuff remover, some goo gone, lots of scraping, some more amoral, The interior looks not too shabby i must say, Tommorow im going to get Q tips and go through the vents thats the only part i havnt covered and then go over the hatch area again. I also sanded down the CME because it looked like caked on grime, i think ima go after it tom with some brake cleaner and tape off the valence again like i did today. but the outsides did come out better, i think ima take a small dremel for the insides. Thanks a bunch everyone this is really turning out well. after I finish cleaning/waxing the outside im taking it out, Ive already turned atleast 3 heads every gas station i stop at. I LOVE THIS CAR ill get pics soon.
Originally Posted by transambandit
well to be honest, go to a junk yard and find a 93+ camaro with the same color carpet and back seats and just buy new ones. it will save you hours or scrubbing/pain in the *** work when you could just spend a little bit and get it over with.