You climb in your car to head out to the grocery store. You take the car to the doctors, the play, the movies, and to the school where your children await you. You climb in your car once again to get to work and you get back in your car to get home. It seems to me like you spend a lot of time in your car! So, what are you going to do to pamper yourself and your car at the same time? Clean it up of course! Here I am going to get you a listing of the best car cleaning and organizing ideas that make your second home more enjoyable and long lasting at the same time.
What is going to be important in making your car last longer and be more pleasant to be ‘in’ is keeping it clean, protecting it from road salt, dirt and tar, and other contaminates. You are going to have to give you car a good ‘overhaul’ the first time, but then you can spend less time keeping it clean just maintaining it after that point.
Start your car and think about what you do first. Sit in your seat, and clean everything within your reach. Get rid of everything that doesn’t belong in the car and that is not a necessity. Go around the car, sitting in every seat and do this very same thing. Be sure you are washing the windows, wiping down the doors, taking out all the little garbage, pins, books, papers, soda cans and wrappers.
Now you can move to the flooring and the seats their selves. Get the heavy vacuum out and sweep out the car from the top of the seats, to the middle of the seat cracks and to the floor. Sweep around the seat belt holders, under the seats and anywhere else you can move or remove the seats.
If your car upholstery and flooring is really deep down dirty, you should have it steam cleaned. You can do this yourself or hire someone to do it for you. This will lengthen the life of the seats and the flooring, so you can keep your car much longer.
Now – how are you going to keep your car clean now that it is clean? Keep up on taking out the trash weekly or even daily. This cuts way back on the ‘big’ cleaning that you could be facing when you let it all go too long.
Keep all of your snacks and drinks to a minimum in order to keep your vehicle cleaner. If you are going to be eating lunch in the car, use the wrapper to keep the crumbs in one place. Don’t let the kids have ketchup through the car. Wipe up and treat stains, as they happen – not three months later as most of us do.
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