How to clean all the little cracks and crevasses?

[rm25x]

Just wanted some ideas and suggestions as to how you clean all the gunk out of the joints in the center console, around the switches, etc? I thought about small detail brushes but not sure if they would get it all out or just push it around. I have a car to clean that the center console is so hit that you can't hardly read the gear indicator!

Edited March 25, 2013 by rm25x

[man5011]

I use toothbrushes. You can buy them in soft, Med, and Firm bristles to suit your needs. I spritz the bristles with the Leather and Interior Cleaner and go to town. Wipe it down with a MF towel and your golden.

Most cars’ consoles can easily be taken apart. Makes for an easier and cleaner job; allowing you better access to the intricate cracks and crevices. Just be careful not to crack the plastic.

[Slava]

If you have a compressor, compressed air works very good with MF towels. Vac n Blow has an interior attachment kit that works or you can use a brushes.

[THE Mook]

I use the Trim and Lug Brush on the interior (separate from the one I use on the exterior), to get all the vents and crannies and knooks.

 

Mook

[Aholder]

Sometimes I use q-tips

[J Tegeler]

paint brushes and toothbrushes work great for me. That and some compressed air

[fito]

For loose stuff, lug nut brush or vac with bristle/brush attachment. For gunk that's really in there, well, on my older car actually started checking where the screws were and started taking the center console apart. That seemed like the only way to clean it really well. Otherwise like you said you just start pushing the gunk around. If its a newer car or to complicated you'll have to work around it.

[Kustom_FX]

I use the Trim and Lug Brush on the interior (separate from the one I use on the exterior), to get all the vents and crannies and knooks.

 

Mook

 

I have 3 of them.. 1 for wheels, one for exterior trim/emblems etc. and one for the interior.

[Holder]

Toothpicks are cheep and will get that stuborn gunk out of cracks

[mc2hill]

An Adam's Utility Towel wrapped around a popsicle stick works for narrow areas.

[rm25x]

Some good suggestions, thank's guys. Plan on tackling this one first of the week.

[DaytonaJae]

If you have a Master Blaster, it's amazing what can come out of your car.

Open up all the doors, and blow out all the cracks and crevices in your interior. I once had numerous Cheerios fly out the other side (at quite the velocity, I might add) when the Master Blaster hose momentarily grazed below the front seat of a customer's car.

[Quiksilver5882]

Blaster side kick, toothpicks, toothbrush, or even a can of compressed air should do the trick.

[Mato]

Microfiber wrapped around a Popsicle stick or steamer

[Guest Gone & Forgotten]

I used my tongue..

 

And some panel popper tools that are blade-shaped. They came with some scosche brand dynamat I bought 10 years ago. Also have left over crevice tools from the random car wash brush kits I've foolishly purchased at SAMs and Costco prior to my taking of the RED pill.

[PT3]

Try the edge of a business card. Stiff and narrow to fit in seams. But soft so it won't do damage.