How to Detail Car Interior Using These Homemade Cleaners

Professional detailing can be super expensive, but with just a few tools and supplies, you can clean and detail your car interior just like the pros.
How to Detail Car Interior Using These Homemade Cleaners
Detail your car on your own with some simple household items. JPC-PROD/Shutterstock
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Remember that pristine, fresh, clean feeling of slipping behind the wheel of your new car? Knowing how to detail car interiors may not restore that new car smell, but it will certainly improve the air quality. Washing the windows, getting rid of trash and clutter, cleaning the carpet, and scrubbing the upholstery seats will help you breathe easier and could even improve your driving habits.

Professional detailing can be super expensive, but with just a few tools and supplies you may have on hand already, together with these tips and DIY cleaning recipes, you can clean and detail your car interior just like the pros.

Homemade Dashboard and Tire Cleaner

Pour 1 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon white vinegar, 1 teaspoon Blue Dawn, and 2 teaspoons baby oil (or mineral oil) into a spray bottle. Shake to combine.
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