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Inspired by a recent thread started in the the C5 forum about how to care for the paint.
How do you care for the Corvette interior? Dash protection? Leather, Cloth, Vinyl and floor mats?
Which products you use? How do you clean the cluster gauges and screens and avoid swirl marks?
Just got a used 2019 C7 which I intend to keep for ever in the best condition possible.
As for products you can do a few things. I like to look at interior as a two step process - cleaning and then dressing. Cleaning removes things like any oils, transfer dyes, basic dust and dirt. Dressing is basically protecting the surfaces once they are clean and rid of the aforementioned contaminants.
For Cleaning there are a few choices that I like:
Car Pro Inside - Straight
Car Pro Multi-X @ 15 or 10 : 1
Superclean - for mats (carpet or rubber) 10:1 or 7:1 depending on the level of dirt.
I've heard good things about P&S Express Interior Cleaner but have not used it, I will be getting some soon to experiment with.
For Dressing:
I like Car Pro Perl @ 3:1. It adds UV protection and imparts a really rich and deep "blackness" to interior components. It is great on pretty much everything - seats, dash, trim, door cards, etc...
From time to time i apply Swissvax Leather Milk on the seats, but I'm not sure it really has any profound effect over Perl.
As for products you can do a few things. I like to look at interior as a two step process - cleaning and then dressing. Cleaning removes things like any oils, transfer dyes, basic dust and dirt. Dressing is basically protecting the surfaces once they are clean and rid of the aforementioned contaminants.
For Cleaning there are a few choices that I like:
Car Pro Inside - Straight
Car Pro Multi-X @ 15 or 10 : 1
Superclean - for mats (carpet or rubber) 10:1 or 7:1 depending on the level of dirt.
I've heard good things about P&S Express Interior Cleaner but have not used it, I will be getting some soon to experiment with.
For Dressing:
I like Car Pro Perl @ 3:1. It adds UV protection and imparts a really rich and deep "blackness" to interior components. It is great on pretty much everything - seats, dash, trim, door cards, etc...
From time to time i apply Swissvax Leather Milk on the seats, but I'm not sure it really has any profound effect over Perl.
Thank you, very informative, will go this route. Brushes make sense, that's exactly how I clean my camera lenses.
I asked 'cause I know everybody moved on from Armol-All and Vista long time ago, yes I'm old.
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Thank you, very informative, will go this route. Brushes make sense, that's exactly how I clean my camera lenses.
I asked 'cause I know everybody moved on from Armol-All and Vista long time ago, yes I'm old.
You are quite welcome. I see you are in SoFla. I am too. Down here i recommenced a windshield sun shade to keep the damaging rays of the sun off the dash. This combined with something like Perl that has UV protection, or the 303 interior cleaning products will give your dash and interior the fighting chance it needs to stand up to our brutal and non forgiving climate.
As another layer of interior protection, you might also want to consider ceramic or infra-red tints to further knock down interior temps. After all the extensive research that I have done, I like Spectra Photosync best.
05-20-2020, 10:28 AM
Care and Detailing of Interior
