You Floor Mats Matter Too
A clean exterior exudes a clean and responsible car owner. Your aim for buying a car is to be on your appointments on time and to feel comfort while traveling. Having a clean car on the inside is important to achieving these goals. And a clean car interior includes what's on the flooring.
Drivers and passengers often neglect the cleanliness of the car floor mats, carpets, foams and floor boards. These materials which are being stepped on are essential in maintaining the interior. Thus, they require regular cleaning and maintenance. Include them while cleaning the interior.
First, remove the floor mats and the front carpets. Under the carpets foam pads must also be removed. If you wish to change the floor mats, replace them with custom car floor mats. These will match your personality and will further give ease while inside the car. The foam pads on the convertibles, on the other hand, can get wet due to leaks in the top, and they can take on a rotten odor that might result to the dizziness of the passengers; so it is better to remove and clean them regularly. Give them a good airing out in the sun to make them smell good.
If you think cleaning the interior will cost much money and will require complicated procedures, you are definitely wrong. With the help of a small amount of baking soda in your kitchen, your car will smell better. Sprinkle off just a few amount of baking soda on the foams. Vacuum if off and the bad odors will extinguish. The car foam mats easily get smelly so better schedule their regular cleaning.
If you see that they are deteriorating and tearing, replacing them is the best solution. You may order at a home supply store or carpet shop or at any aftermarket stores either in the internet or in your favorite suppliers in town. It is, however, important to take note that the new one is of the same quality, thickness and density of the original so that it will suit the interior space for them.
Also, do not forget to wipe down the paint on the floor boards.
Furthermore, it is important that your carpets must be in good shape if you have mats over your carpets. To assure their good shape, start by vacuuming them fully using a household upright vacuum cleaner. On a flat clean surface, lay the carpet on a flat clean surface. For several minutes, go over it with the vacuum. Then, pick the carpets up and beat them against a chain link fence. If the fence is not available, you can do it on a brick wall or other flat object. Keep beating until there are no more amounts of dirt and dust that are flying out of them. To air out in the sunshine, hang them up on a clothes-line.
If they smell, you kitchen supply - the baking powder, can again help. A small amount of baking powder sprinkled evenly on them will soak up most of the odors that are so irritating to the nose. Then, before putting back in the car, make sure to vacuum the baking powder off.
Floor mats are available in different variants. Make sure to choose those that respond well to the beat-against-a-chain-link-fence method. For rubber mats, a simple washing and hosing down can make them clean.
You would want your car as clean as brand new. Renting a professional steam cleaning system will really clean those mats well. An alternative way is through using a spray-on carpet cleaner.
By regularly checking, cleaning and maintaining the car floor mats, carpets, foams and floor boards while doing an "interior job", you are ensured of the neatness, tranquility and comfort that you need while traveling with your car. You will experience a better smelling dust free and cozy interior.
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Evander Klum is a Business Administration graduate who hails from Alabama. He enjoys extreme sports and he is also a car racing fanatic. At present, he works as a marketing manager at an advertising agency in Cleveland.
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