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How to Tackle Hard-to-Clean Areas in Your Car

When something is hard to clean, we put it off and probably for longer than we should. Car cleaning can be one of those jobs. If you’re a car cleaning business owner, you would know that customers normally come to you to take care of the hard jobs.

Particularly with the arrival of warmer days, many people are looking to combat those hard-to-clean areas of their car just in time for weekend drives and summer holidays. Ensure your car cleaning business equipment is ready to handle these requests by learning how to take care of those “hard” jobs.

Here are some quick tips for getting your car cleaning business ready.

Vacuum and steam floor mats

Most car cleaning businesses and car washes have self-service vacuums or provide a vacuum as part of an overall service. However, providing a vacuum and steam vapour process for floor mats will see you not only pick up dirt but also remove stains and odours.

Most people at home can give their car floors a quick vacuum. What allows you to combat the hard jobs of stain and odour removal is the use of steam vapour.

Ensure you use a steam vapour cleaning machine that produces steam at around +160 degrees Celcius and ensure it produces a “dry steam vapour” so it leaves carpets dry within minutes not hours or days.

 Vacuuming Car Carpet mats


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Deodorise air vents

Another hard job is getting into nooks and crannies and eliminating lingering odours. A car can be spotless and look like it came out of a showroom. But if it starts to smell once you get inside, the “on-surface” cleanliness of the vehicle starts to lose its appeal.

Use a steam vapour machine and its lance attachment to get into air vents. High-temperature steam kills all bacteria and therefore odours. Air fresheners and chemicals no longer cut it when it comes to hygiene. They merely mask the smell. Remember, no smell is a clean smell.

Deodorise Air Vents in Car


Get into the pores of the duco

An on-the-surface duco clean is normally a pretty easy job. But getting deep within the pores of the duco is another story. To remove any trapped dirt and grime that gets stuck between these microscopic pores, you need something that can penetrate deep within the surface.

Steam vapour will get deep within the pores and disintegrate and lift out trapped grime.

Deep Clean pores of Duco in Car Exterior with Steam

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