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yellodisco
Member Since: 17 Nov 2010
Location: Penicuik
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Hi guys, what do you suggest is best for cleaning floor mats and restoring some of that showroom shine? Thanks, Alan
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 8th Sep 2014 11:22 am |
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armalites
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
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I assume you mean the ones in the vehicle?
Sonus cockpit detailer works well on them and doesn't leave a slippery mess.
The other thing that I have found works on rubber mats is to jetwash(not too close) and then dry them with a wet vac, seems to keep them dark whereas leaving to dry naturally makes them dull. IID PRO
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| 8th Sep 2014 11:27 am |
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hugeviking
Member Since: 08 Jun 2010
Location: cotswolds
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Place Mats in bath
Use mrs best shampoo and scrubbing brush
swill
place in lounge to dry
replace in car before mrs comes home
sorted.
Andi.
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| 8th Sep 2014 7:17 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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I found wheel cleaner worked well.  “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 8th Sep 2014 9:56 pm |
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yellodisco
Member Since: 17 Nov 2010
Location: Penicuik
Posts: 118
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Thanks for suggestions - yes, it is for the mats in the vehicle.
Andi - I'm not that brave!!!
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| 8th Sep 2014 10:07 pm |
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kes1907
Member Since: 15 Mar 2013
Location: Somewhere in Norfolk
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I cleaned mine with a jet wash and then when they were dry I rubbed in some of the AutoGlym bumper care (green gel like one) in with a soft cloth. Brought them up like new. Really dark and not slippery like some of the cockpit shine products. Lasted a fair while too.  From the Factory: '05 Java Black D3 S-spec, Manual, Heated Fr & Rear Seats, Cruise, HK High Line.
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| 9th Sep 2014 4:27 am |
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cherokee
Member Since: 03 Jul 2007
Location: preston
Posts: 562
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Auto-Glym bumper care I second that, used it on
same set of mats for 8yrs. Always walk behind a Shooter and
In front of a Sh*ter
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| 9th Sep 2014 1:16 pm |
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DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
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hugeviking wrote:Place Mats in bath
Use mrs best shampoo and scrubbing brush
swill
place in lounge to dry
replace in car before mrs comes home
sorted.
Andi.
Exactly what I do
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| 9th Sep 2014 1:17 pm |
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doesn't Andi's wife get grumpy with all these strangers using her bathtub for matt cleaning.....  Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 9th Sep 2014 1:55 pm |
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| 9th Sep 2014 1:56 pm |
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discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
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Clean the muck off them and when dry use mr sheen and buff it off after. Always done this on rubber mats. Not slippy. I use my sheen for the bumpers and arch covers too. The dash also. Even used it on leather occasionally. Cleaning and derailing products for cars just get too complicated and expensive these days. Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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| 9th Sep 2014 2:12 pm |
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
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Bodsy wrote:doesn't Andi's wife get grumpy with all these strangers using her bathtub for matt cleaning.....
........ not so long as she's not in it!  Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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| 9th Sep 2014 3:36 pm |
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hugeviking
Member Since: 08 Jun 2010
Location: cotswolds
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No problem with strangers 
PS top up shampoo bottle with water 
Andi.
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| 9th Sep 2014 5:55 pm |
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discodan123
Member Since: 10 Sep 2014
Location: Kent
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That Auto glym bumper gel works really well on the bumpers too!!, actually all of the exterior plastic, just make sure its clean before you put it on..
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| 16th Sep 2014 2:34 pm |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8129
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Don't, whatever you do use baby oil........
I use this on aluminium kitchen goods (hob, splash back, fridge, etc) as brings them up like new.
This then progressed to wiping the Matt paint finish of my motorbike and by default the 'damp' cloth over the rubber hoses and bits and bobs just as a 'Once over'.
My lad spotted this so on doing a 'full valet' of my then D3 he did all the three row rubber mats, boot liner, pedal rubbers, etc.
First impression was 'wow, look at that shine'. That was until I climbed in and nearly broke my neck as my foot slipped like it was on ice 
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| 16th Sep 2014 10:03 pm |
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