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Door panel cleaning

What is the best thing to use to get my door cards looking new again it is driving me crazy looking at them AAAAWwWWWWWWW <--- yes thats yelling hahaha
 
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whats door cards?

but interior plastic panels. i get a bucket mix in some simple green and some hot water and a rag and go to town..
 
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yeah those are the ones the plastic panels hahah i might try that simple green
 
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Simple green is what I use also. Works great.
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windex, works on everything if you dont want to use armor all!
 
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assatone haha be gentil with it pulls everything out in all the grooves and what not. it 6 bucks at the auto store.
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
whats door cards?

but interior plastic panels. i get a bucket mix in some simple green and some hot water and a rag and go to town..
x2! It does wonders. I pull the door panels when i do it though. And mud on the door fine carpet, i do hot water on a rag and scrub it away, and vaccum it out. Makes the panels looklike new.
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
whats door cards?

but interior plastic panels. i get a bucket mix in some simple green and some hot water and a rag and go to town..
I do the same thing except I just use a little soap but it works real good.
 
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Man you guys must have some serious **** on your doors lol

I just use a damp rag. i avoid stuff like windex cause it dries out the plastic and makes it fade. so does armor all
 
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Man you guys must have some serious **** on your doors lol

I just use a damp rag. i avoid stuff like windex cause it dries out the plastic and makes it fade. so does armor all
x2 I was gonna say the same thing, but expected to get flamed because I have a car that I dont offroad and get the interior dirty. However I did the same with my Ranger, damp cloth. Makes the interior look new and not glossy fake like.
 
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Mr. Clean Magic Eraser with a little windex. Guaranteed to clean, it works wonders believe me. Your interior will look brand new.
 
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Meguiars Interior Detailer.

I love it, use it on all my cars.
 
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Meguiars Interior Detailer.

I love it, use it on all my cars.
the Wipes.
They come in a big bottle and there like 100's in it.
 
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I often use windex or some other basic house hold cleaner as well
 
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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4

I just use a damp rag. i avoid stuff like windex cause it dries out the plastic and makes it fade. so does armor all
or that i do that when i dont feel like grabbing windex, infact if it drys it out im not longer using windex. guess im just going to use a damp hot rag
 
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when im driving, if that ****s dirty i wipe the dust off with my hand, every once in a while ill take chamois to it after i was the truck
 
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A damp Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.
 
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I use the Fantastic Oxy cleaner it works well also for really dirty stuff I use a product called mean green both work well. that with some damp rags and all is well. the mean green really works nice on rubber mats as well.

as far as detail stuff before I painted all my stuff I used the Black majic tire wet and a damp rag. works great and won't fade. Now I just wax it.

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Why do you keep bumping old threads?
 
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Maybe it's because I am fairly new and I am reading this for the first time. I am sure I am not the only newer guy this has happened to.
 
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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4
Man you guys must have some serious **** on your doors lol

I just use a damp rag. i avoid stuff like windex cause it dries out the plastic and makes it fade. so does armor all


i work in a steel mill, and somedays i get in the truck,a nd have all that steel dust all over my arms, and clothes, and sometimes i put my arm up on the door, and leaves a nice little mess on the door panel after a while


i use straight simple green,a nd a rag, comes out good as new
 
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