DP Total Interior Cleaner

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WOW is an understatement!
Meghan recommended this product to me, and it is simply amazing! It is SO easy to use, and it is extremely effective. I honestly don't think that any other interior cleaner could be any better. It does have an odd smell, but what does that matter with superior results?

Lots of pictures to come, but here's a couple of quickies.
Half and Half:
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Seat bolster (I only did the side bolster that is very dirty in the before pic, haven't even started on the rest of the seat yet:
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Not only is it terrific on the plastic, rubber, etc. of the interior, but it is amazingly effective on fabric and carpet. I got some pretty nasty carpet stains out with it as well.

Do yourself a favor if you haven't bought this stuff and get it! It is a pleasure to use!

DLB
 
Impressive to say the least. Great results, and nice work!:xyxthumbs:
 
See DP is a great product, nice results and that smell is banana! Glad you liked it!
 
So far the only thing that I've used DP Total Interior Cleaner for was my leather motorcycle jacket. It got a plethera of bugs off, but there where some that it couldn't remove. I think the problem was how I was aggitating the leather. I was only using a MF towel. If I give it another go later, I will use an interior brush to aggitate the bug spots. I am pretty confident that the banana smelling goodness will take care of me.

Nice review DLB
 
Those are impressive pics. Gotta love DP products.
 
has anyone ever used this stuff on the finicky plastics in VW/Audi? VW interior bits tend to peel and basically just don't last. What starts as a very nice interior ends up peeling after a couple years. Window buttons, radio buttons, door grabs etc
 
dublifecrisis said:
has anyone ever used this stuff on the finicky plastics in VW/Audi? VW interior bits tend to peel and basically just don't last. What starts as a very nice interior ends up peeling after a couple years. Window buttons, radio buttons, door grabs etc
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I hear ya on that one, you have to wonder who at VW would have thought putting a rubber coating on high contact surfaces would be a good idea. People ask me what they can do and I give them three options: Peel off the remaining rubber, get new parts, or do nothing. Also on a side note, for those who live in Florida, have you noticed the crayon smell in VW's made from the mid to early 2000 model years; mostly in the Jetta.
 
This thread makes me want to giveaway some DP products, I think we should!
 
Meghan said:
This thread makes me want to giveaway some DP products, I think we should!
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I'd go for that one. I have some spots on my door panel that I'm having trouble getting off with just M40. Specifically shoes scuff marks.


 
Meghan said:
This thread makes me want to giveaway some DP products, I think we should!
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W00t!! I've been in the hunt lately for a great interior everything cleaner. Pick me, pick me <frantically waves arms while jumping up and down> !!
 
DP interior cleaner and protect products were some of the first items I ordered after joining here and I love them both.
 
agpatel said:
Did you just use a MF or something else?
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I used a brush to agitate: Vinyl & Leather Scrub Brush
On really tough spots and hard to reach spots I also used a Sonic Scrubber.

I used a terry (several actually) to wipe off and do a final clean with.
I don't care if my terry towels get stained, and they work fine for this.

Thanks for the compliments all, but it's the product, not me!

Meghan, I would love to try any DP products you want to give away! :D

DLB
 
Chris27182 said:
Also on a side note, for those who live in Florida, have you noticed the crayon smell in VW's made from the mid to early 2000 model years; mostly in the Jetta.
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Well, to go off on your tangent... it is pretty common on many German cars to have a different smell from other makes. Mostly the older ones, when the Germans used durable horsehair for the seat underlayment over the springs instead of rubber or synthetics. My 1980s BMWs have a unique interior odor for this reason-- it's just the way they are.

But my newer BMW does specifically smell like fresh cardboard or crayons, primarily from the insulation / sound dampening in the trunk that isn't bound to carpet. The cabin vents through the trunk, so the air generally isn't stagnant and stays cool when running A/C without recirc. But after not driving the car for a few days or whatever, you can catch a whiff as the heat probably helps the materials off-gas a bit. At least the smell doesn't knock you over like many other cars that remind me of what some putrid chemical factory must be like. I know most of the German manufacturers actually design the materials and vehicles to minimize harmful off-gassing after production-- read about it from an article many years ago in an industry trade magazine. IIRC, some European countries actually have product safety laws for this type of thing. From riding in friends new American or Japanese vehicles in the past and getting headaches and light nausea from the nasty smell of plastics and whatnot, I think most manufacturers pay attention to this detail now as new cars aren't so bad these days.
 
howejt said:
Well, to go off on your tangent... it is pretty common on many German cars to have a different smell from other makes. Mostly the older ones, when the Germans used durable horsehair for the seat underlayment over the springs instead of rubber or synthetics. My 1980s BMWs have a unique interior odor for this reason-- it's just the way they are.

But my newer BMW does specifically smell like fresh cardboard or crayons, primarily from the insulation / sound dampening in the trunk that isn't bound to carpet. The cabin vents through the trunk, so the air generally isn't stagnant and stays cool when running A/C without recirc. But after not driving the car for a few days or whatever, you can catch a whiff as the heat probably helps the materials off-gas a bit. At least the smell doesn't knock you over like many other cars that remind me of what some putrid chemical factory must be like. I know most of the German manufacturers actually design the materials and vehicles to minimize harmful off-gassing after production-- read about it from an article many years ago in an industry trade magazine. IIRC, some European countries actually have product safety laws for this type of thing. From riding in friends new American or Japanese vehicles in the past and getting headaches and light nausea from the nasty smell of plastics and whatnot, I think most manufacturers pay attention to this detail now as new cars aren't so bad these days.
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Interesting, thanks for putting the time to respond to that. :dblthumb2:
 
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