You open the door and at first glance it looks fine. Look closer, though, and you see dust in the air vents and around the gear lever, crumbs in the seams between the seat base and the backrest, a grey film on the plastics around the door handles, and smudges everywhere a hand reaches. A regular vacuum won't fix it, because most of the dirt sits exactly where the vacuum hose can't reach. Interior cleaning is for cars in the state everyday driving leaves them: the interior is dirty, but the dirt has stayed on the surface and hasn't soaked into the fabric.
When the car just needs a routine tidy-up and the dirt isn't really visible, the step below, Interior Hand Wash: Vacuum and Wipe-Down, is enough. Interior cleaning includes all of it. If the seats and carpets have stains that have soaked in, or there's a smell in the cabin, choose the step above, Deep Interior Cleaning (Upholstery Shampoo). For a heavily neglected interior, vomit, blood or a strong smell, there's Neglected Interior and Upholstery Odour Cleaning.
What you're paying for
- Visible surfaces. We thoroughly clean everything you touch and look at in the car, from the dashboard and door panels to the seats and carpets.
- Seams and harder-to-reach spots. We get settled dust and fine dirt out of the places where it collects and that a routine clean doesn't reach.
- A process matched to the material. The word "leather" covers several different materials in a car, and each takes a different kind of cleaning. We tell by sight and by touch which surface you have and choose the process and products accordingly. More on that in What Leather Do You Have in Your Car.
- A uniform look. Afterwards the interior is equally clean and pleasant to the touch throughout. There are no cleaned patches sitting next to forgotten ones.
Interior cleaning works on the surface of the materials, not their depth. It doesn't reach into the fibres of the fabric — that's what deep cleaning is for.
What the price depends on
On the size of the car. The state of the interior does not change the price of this service — it decides which service fits: interior cleaning, deep cleaning (upholstery shampoo) or cleaning a neglected interior. The material decides the method: fabric upholstery is cleaned differently from leather with a protective coating, and alcantara on the steering wheel and seats is cleaned differently again. Why alcantara isn't cleaned like leather is explained in Alcantara on the Steering Wheel Is Getting Shiny.
What cleaning won't fix
Stains that have soaked into the seat base or carpet will still be there after interior cleaning. For those there's Deep Interior Cleaning (Upholstery Shampoo). If a smell is only there when the fan is blowing, it isn't coming from the interior — it's coming from the air conditioning. What to do about that is covered in Your Car Smells When the Vents Blow.
Tell us what the interior looks like
Tell us what's bothering you about the interior and what the seats are made of. If you don't know, send a photo. We'll propose a scope and arrange a date. You can also call +420 739 374 074.
