The DPO of my XJ took excellent care of the engine and driveline but was, basically, a pig. The interior was gross dirty. So bad I put an ad out to find a set of replacement seats.

Then I got thinking...what if I yanked them out and scrubbed them down with dish soap, etc. I have done this for years on carpets because I live in Michigan and the winter crap can't be stopped. I pull the carpet, mix up some soapy water and go at it with a scrub brush. An hour later they're drying out and clean as new. I did this on the XJ's carpets last week...works like a charm.

I tried the technique on the seats...came out OK but not good enough to overcome the pig that owned it before me. I had taken the seats out to get at the carpet so I took the seat cushion off the frame, then removed the cover from the cushion (trust me...the guy I bought it from was heavy...the result of scores of McDonalds frys sitting on the seat between his legs and the seat had a v-shaped stain from all that grease and desert dirt).

Then my wife suggested I run the scrubbed seat covers through a spin cycle to get the water out. That worked good. Then I though...why not do to the seats what she does to my greasy jeans - hit them with Shout and Tide.

Man o man, did that ever do the job. The covers came out looking like new.

So then I went after all the seat backs. First I sprayed them down with Shout, let them sit for half an hour, then mixed up a batch of Tide and water in a bucket and went after them with a scrub brush. The result is amazing. Don't spare the Shout - the stuff won't hurt the seats. Spray the stains extra well.

The only difficulty is getting the water out. you have to really get after them with the hose to get all that soap out of the cushion but it is worth it.

Again, my wife to the rescue...rigged up the shop vac and sucked most of the water out. Right now they're out in the barn with a space heat pointed in their general direction.

The technique works. If you've got disgusting seats and are tired of it, an afternoon of work will get the job done.

 

Leather seats ... none of that crap!

 

Totally Awesome.
Typically a $1 at Dollar General.
This is ome ofthe best cleaner I have ever used.
I've taken BLACK diesel oil out of Beige Colored
shorts before.

 

I just discovered how to clean seat belts. Forget the chemicals...use the pressure washer. Set the nozzle for kind of a wider pattern and go for it.

Amazing results.

 

Nice. Low buck and can have fun with it!

 

Brake cleaner will clean oil and grease out of upholstery and carpet too.

 

Nicely done. I pulled the covers off, soaked them in simple green and took them to the car wash and used the hot water pressure wash and they couldn't have been any cleaner. The carpets and all plastic came too and my interior was as good as new!

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X1000 this lives up to its name

 

I feel lucky because my PO took pretty good care of the interior. In fact, of all the Jeeps I looked at before this one, they all had a broken ash tray cover and a broken latch on the arm rest. This one was pretty clean. It still had some odd stains. My wife's 06 Grand was a wreck though. She trashes every vehicle she owns. The seats were nasty. I cleaned them up like new with a carpet cleaner, rug doctor with an attachment.

 

X2.....i take mine out and to the quarter car wash and spray down the whole seat. if I do it early on a hot sunny day I can put them back in the next morning clean and smelling much better

 

Pressure wash x3 Everything can be pressure washed. Although my carpet still looks like crap. I am probably going to law some new carpet down someday.