Cleaning the car

[travelbug]

So our car needs a really good interior clean. It used to be just my husbands car and didn't clean it like I did mine. I want to clean the interior roof of the car and the seats, but am wondering how I should go about doing that. Do I need to rent a steamer cleaner? Any tips?

[awick14]

We have a shop vac with fabric attachments it works very well for cleaning the car out. Do you have access to one of those?

[travelbug]

awick14 we just used my parents shop vac on the floors but they don't have attachments. We live in an apartment so we don't. I wonder if an auto place would rent them? That's a great idea!

[awick14]

Jul 28, 2014 12:49:20 GMT -5 travelbug said:

awick14 we just used my parents shop vac on the floors but they don't have attachments. We live in an apartment so we don't. I wonder if an auto place would rent them? That's a great idea!

An auto place might have them for rent. If you lived in a house I would recommend getting one. We got ours on sale for $50 2 years ago and we use it all the time.

[estrellita]

In the past we've used H's little shop vac and it works well. A cheaper alternative might be going to a gas station that has a vacuum. Might have to pay, but it's still cheaper than buying something! Which reminds me, I really need to clean my trunk out and vacuum the inside! It's been way too long!

ETA: We also live in an apartment but they have plugs outside.

[travelbug]

We definitely will be purchasing one whenever we get to move into a house! They are so handy, oh wow that's a good deal!

@estrellita I have often used the vacuumes at gas stations, I wonder if they have different ones for cleaning the seats and roof.. My floors are okay. It's the seats and interior roof that I feel need a good scrub