Interior Detailing Process
Like everything you own, use or touch on a regular basis, your vehicle's interior will need a thorough cleaning. Although a quick vacuum around the car at the car wash or gas station may help, it will not thoroughly clean, restore or protect your vehicle's interior. Interior not properly maintained over time will degrade faster, which can greatly reduce the value of your vehicle and overall driving experience. In order to maintain your vehicle's interior quality, it will need proper detail.
Yes, it is possible to detail your own vehicle; However, quality details require experience, quality products, professional tools, and equipment, which most people may not have at their disposal. If you do great, please review our interior detailing process below for guidance. If not and you would prefer to leave it to the professionals to perform a higher quality restoration, that’s where we come in! As we are always transparent with our customers about the services we offer at Extensive Detailing, please take some time to review our thorough 15 step interior detailing process, and if you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact us:
1) Declutter and Initial Vacuum
Remove remaining junk items such as bottle caps, chip bags, gum wrappers, food, debris, etc...Follow up with an under-seat blowout using an air compressor to purge all loose dirt in preparation for the initial vacuum.
2) Door Panels, Pockets, Lock, and Window Buttons
We use a combination of detailing brushes, microfiber towels, gentle scrub pads, compressed air, and all-purpose cleaner.
3) Dashboard, Steering Wheel, and Air Vents
Plastic vinyl wipe down, gently scrub the grime from the steering wheel, clean and dust emblem, blow dust from air vents
4) Center-Console, Buttons, Shifter Knob and Boot, Pockets, Cupholders
Apply cleaning solution, detail brush, gently scrub stubborn areas, steam cleaning to disinfect all commonly touched surfaces.
5) Headliner
Use a delicate soft bristle brush or microfiber to spot-treat stains and lightly clean.
6) Door Footboard Vinyl/Plastic/Chrome Trim, Side Seat Vinyl/Plastic Buttons
APC or Degreaser, light to heavy scrub, steam cleaning, and microfiber wipe down.
7) Deep Clean, Scrub and/or Stream Seats, Sides, Back, Headrest, and A/B pillars
Seats vacuumed including crevices, using PH-neutral upholstery or delicate leather cleaners to avoid fading. Upholstery is stain treated and shampoo extracted if necessary to restore.
8) Door, Trunk Jambs/Seals, and Seat Floor Bolts
APC or Degreaser to clean scuff marks dirt, grime, and leaves stuck in the inner door/trunk jamb.
9) Pedals
Gas, brake, and clutch pedals cleaned and/or scrubbed and wiped dry.
10) Floor Mats Cleaning
Vacuuming for carpet floor mats, stain treatment, steam cleaning, and deep shampoo treatment if necessary based on soil level and delicacy of the material. Rubber Floor Liners/Weathertech mats are removed, treated with APC or Degreaser, scrubbed, steam cleaned or pressure washed.
11) Full Interior and Cargo Area Vacuum
A complete detailed vacuum of the interior and trunk of the vehicle. Under the seats, all cracks and crevices are thoroughly vacuumed.
12) Shampoo
Pre-spot and stain treatment, scrubbed shampoo solution, steam cleaning, and deep carpet extraction
13) Dress Interior Leather, Vinyl and Plastic Trim, Condition Seats
Vinyl and Plastic Dress with non-greasy conditioner such as 303 aerospace protectant, seat condition with a premium leather conditioner to retain moisture.
14) Clean and Buff Windows
Use an ammonia-free tint-safe glass cleaner such as invisible glass and waffle weave/glass cleaning microfiber towel to buff windows until streak-free.
15) Odor Eliminator/Air Freshener
Deodoriser spray and one of our available air fresheners. Odor Ozone Treatment is available as an additional service to get rid of those stubborn odors from stale food particles, spills, pet odors, and smoking.
