Guys, help me out here please! I just got a job doing interiors on a local company's trucks. Some of these trucks have been absolutely hammered. They are International trucks with a three seat cab. I used 1:1 diluted APC and actually a bucket of car shampoo with the tire and fender brush to hit the rubberized floor which worked really well. That is not where I am puzzled. The areas that gave me trouble were the door panel and dash. I basically used cotten terry towels and a foaming cleaner along with the diluted APC to boost the grease/stain cutting ability. I basically foamed the panel and let it sit for a few minutes then hit the towel with 10 blasts of 1:1 dilution APC and started agitating the surface. Then I followed with a clean dry towel to dry and remove as much grime as possible. I have a few questions about alternative methods. Is there a Cyclo brush I could use for this? Would a steam cleaner be a better option? I saw one that seemed to be pretty powerful, but not sure what 220 degrees will do to interior plastic. Or should I have used full strength APC or another chemical or chemical combination alltogether? What about the media I am using, is there something else like maybe the new interior brush I should have tried? My problem is basically that I went over the door panels and dash about 4 times and I still thought they looked awful.
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Guys, help me out here please! I just got a job doing interiors on a local company's trucks. Some of these trucks have been absolutely hammered. They are International trucks with a three seat cab. I used 1:1 diluted APC and actually a bucket of car shampoo with the tire and fender brush to hit the rubberized floor which worked really well. That is not where I am puzzled. The areas that gave me trouble were the door panel and dash. I basically used cotten terry towels and a foaming cleaner along with the diluted APC to boost the grease/stain cutting ability. I basically foamed the panel and let it sit for a few minutes then hit the towel with 10 blasts of 1:1 dilution APC and started agitating the surface. Then I followed with a clean dry towel to dry and remove as much grime as possible. I have a few questions about alternative methods. Is there a Cyclo brush I could use for this? Would a steam cleaner be a better option? I saw one that seemed to be pretty powerful, but not sure what 220 degrees will do to interior plastic. Or should I have used full strength APC or another chemical or chemical combination alltogether? What about the media I am using, is there something else like maybe the new interior brush I should have tried? My problem is basically that I went over the door panels and dash about 4 times and I still thought they looked awful.
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