BMW Interior cleaner

pacino

I have a 2000 BMW with a light grey interior. My problem is that the door handles etc are grubby especially where the leather effect material is. Also there are a few marks on the seats like droplet marks from where I have spilled water or a drop of polish...Any ideas on a good cleaning product for interior and any help with cleaning the door cards?.

Bluefoam

Try some sort of cleaning product.

BTW, could you please tell me what kind of car you drive again, I didn't get you the first two times. You should be careful, because using a cleaning agent for a Toyota could destroy your interior and your reputation.

Owen

Bluefoam wrote: »

Try some sort of cleaning product.

BTW, could you please tell me what kind of car you drive again, I didn't get you the first two times. You should be careful, because using a cleaning agent for a Toyota could destroy your interior and your reputation.

Don't be a smartass, you're contributing nothing worthwhile to the thread.

To the OP, leather is extremely resilient, so try a bucket of soapy water to begin with, and progress to more intensive products. Any Motor Factors can sell you products to clean, and renew leather, I use Meguiars products, but Turtle Wax, and Autogylm are also very good too!

pacino

The door card etc are a leather material but the seats are not leather, they are cloth.

kdevitt

Is it a cloth interior or a leather interior? I normally used Autoglym interior cleaner on cloth - they do a leather cleaner too.

Bluefoam

pacino, I'm only being a smart arse. My suggestion would be to start with slightly soapy water and loads of elbow grease & then use Pitstop interior cleaner to polish it up nicely. I would use a slightly damp cloth on the fabric also & resort to specific products only if I have to.

pacino

Thanks for the replies...

prospect

LOL, typical BMW, cloth interior and leather 'effect' door cars.

Anyway, Autoglym leather cleaner will work just as well on artificial leather, or plastic as I like to call it... For a shiny finish, try Son-Of-A-Gun. * Note, do NOT put Son-Of-A-Gun on the steering wheel, gear stick, handbrake or foot pedals.

As for the cloth, I am not 100% sure, but whatever you get, test it in a discreet area first. Also, be careful that it isn't too good, because if you end up with a really clean patch, you'll have a whole lotta work getting the whole lot back to that colour.

Elessar

Simonize is the best leather cleaner/carer you can get. Conditions it nicely. Best use is seen on seats.

PauloMN

pacino wrote: »

I have a 2000 BMW with a light grey interior. My problem is that the door handles etc are grubby especially where the leather effect material is. Also there are a few marks on the seats like droplet marks from where I have spilled water or a drop of polish...Any ideas on a good cleaning product for interior and any help with cleaning the door cards?.

I got this stuff and it's fantastic for cleaning floor mats, carpet and seat upholstrey - it'll defo get rid of the drop marks:

http://www.amazon.com/STP-Stuff-Multi-Purpose-Cleaner-aerosol/dp/B0009PCPNQ

colm_mcm

Elessar wrote: »

Simonize is the best leather cleaner/carer you can get. Conditions it nicely. Best use is seen on seats.

not much good if the car has no leather.

Elessar

colm_mcm wrote: »

not much good if the car has no leather.

pacino wrote: »

The door card etc are a leather material

Why hello there, fourth post

colm_mcm

Elessar wrote: »

Why hello there, fourth post

pacino wrote:

the door handles etc are grubby especially where the leather effect material is

You don't need to condition plastic AFAIK !

TomMc

Leatherique, Lexol or Gliptone are best for leather, although as mentioned earlier leather cleaners work on those leather look/vinyl door cards. An All purpose cleaner would work best though.

All types of plastics, vinyl, rubber seals etc need to be conditioned & protected if they are in an area susceptible to UV light. Otherwise it will result in colour fading at the very least and brittleness or cracking in harder plastics, further down the line.