Hey Gang,

Pardon any redundancy for this but I did search (promise).

On my 05' (and assumedly all 04 gen TLs) the interior rail pieces (the part your seatbelt is next to and you see as soon as you open the doors) and along windows in front & back have plastic and mesh material.

Being a new owner and a complete moron for a day, I cleaned the interior plastic using Meguires (Armorall-like stuff) interior detail spray with a terry cloth towel. Great for plastic, not great when you rub it on the mesh material! Yeah, pretty dumb. So now I have a little cleaning fluid+light dirt mixed into the mesh in a few spots. How best to clean?

Water+dry vac w/high-pressure suction, a dry carpet cleaner -a dealer service advisor even suggested glass cleaner which sounds completely wrong. Ideas are VERY welcomed at this early stage of a frustrating but yet very happy TL ownership.

Great to be part of an aswesome forum and thanks in advance for any support!

KF

 

glass cleaner does work well on interior pieces, but it can only do so much though

so depending on how bad it is, it might be worth it to take it to a professional detailer, before any more stains are made (or deeper), and just let them get it out (less work they have to do, the less $$$ it is going to cost you)

BTW make sure to say exactly the product you used to make the stain (that meguirs stuff); or even better just take the bottle in with you, so they know exactly what they are dealing with (kinda like that saying: a picture is worth a 1,000 words, but in this case the actual product)

 

also almost forgot to mention, the sooner the better, to give it the least amount of time to set in


also i am talking about a PROFESSIONAL detailer, not one of those high school kids hired at the local car wash, for getting those stains off

 

Thanks for the advice. I spoke with a detailer who backed-up the glass cleaner theory. I had some decent success spraying cleaner on the spot and using a a Bissel Pro Heat machine attachment, spraying water onto the surface and sucking out excess. I needed better suction but it helped nonetheless.

Thanks again.

 

Use a 6:1 mix of water & Woolite ... spray area... aggitate with a tooth brush and suck it out with the Bissel ... Spray don't soak area .

Use wifes tooth brush as the Woolite can leave a funny taste in your mouth.

 

And how do you know OP isn't the wife?