Dreaded Door Panel Speaker Holes

TimboCLE

TimboCLE

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We've all seen its, a nice ride comes in with the door panel speaker holes loaded with dirt... It looks god awful and can't be left untouched on a professional detail.
So, any tips and tricks from you guys and gals on handling this problem area?
 
TimboCLE said:
We've all seen its, a nice ride comes in with the door panel speaker holes loaded with dirt... It looks god awful and can't be left untouched on a professional detail.
So, any tips and tricks from you guys and gals on handling this problem area?
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I use steam but usually will spray some D101 on a brush then agitate the area. Then come by with steam. If you don't have steam I have saw some use bathroom foam aerosol spray cleaner then agitate with a brush and wipe dry with a microfiber.
 
I use my Tornador Black and the dirt comes right out the use very fine point blow tip or shop vac to remove the excess moisture. Just watch you don't get the speaker paper wet.
 
Getting the speaker paper wet will be the biggest issue. Toothpicks work, but they're so incredibly time consuming. I try to get the crud out with a tooth brush, then shopvac directly behind it. Touch it up with some APC and let it be.
 
Great ideas. Thanks for the feedback guys!
 
They are a pain.... No easy way or fast way to deal with them IMO. Best of luck.
 
Short but fairly firm bristled scrub or carpet brush.., just get it slightly damp with some cleaner and kinda jab at the cover but careful not to go too far as to hit the speaker
 
What's the worst thing to have to try and get off the grills?

Dog doo. And it had been on there for some time and was solid like plaster. A passenger had stepped right in it while traversing a parkway and getting into the car. Nobody smelled anything until it was already too late.

I had to remove the door panel and leave a hose sprayer spraying gently on a rag I had taped over the grill. The rest of the panel was carpeted but I had that taped off and covered in plastic. The panel itself was made of plastic. Luckily it didn't have any cardboard type materials in it. Took a couple of hours before it was soft enough to spray off. The I washed it with gritty, powdered laundry soap and a toothbrush. The grittiness insured the removal every last trace of "material" from the grill.
Didn't have any residual odor either.
Why do I get all these gross jobs? This was worse than any of the barf and diaper encrusted mom-mobile minivan jobs.
 
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