Just curious if anyone has any tips on how to go about cleaning the headliner in our cars? I noticed the other day some dirt has accumulated in the rear half of my headliner (due to the sunroof being open, used to live on a dirt road, rear passengers wearing dirty hats, etc etc). Anywho, I tried cleaning it with a damp paper towel earlier....and all it did was smear it around and embed it deeper into the headliner it seems.....making it worse, not better. I tried some turtle wax oxy upholstery cleaner, and that only seems to partially make it better. Im gonna go try it again here in like 30 min before it gets dark though. Any advice?

 

i have the same problem, lol i was putting tires in my back seat and it rubbed the head liner =[

 

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best thing to use it brake cleaner that what i use at work wen i get dirt on some people headliner

 

really? that doesn't stain or anything?

 

fabric cleaner ftw

 

tried that. I used this product:

http://www.epinions.com/reviews/Turt...dor_Eliminator

Still un-effective. Got some of it out, but theres still some blotches that are slightly darker from the wet rag spreading it around.

 

no it dosent stain ive use it on my headliner its works find

 

brake cleaner eh? My stains are just light dirt that got smeared in and spread around. Think the brake cleaner would work?

 

it will work just fine

 

Alright. I mean worst comes to worst, ill just get a new headliner, lol. I doubt they're that expensive.

 

ull be fine

 

haha word. 2fastss and I are gonna try steam cleaning it at this detail place on the 20th when we do a full detail on my car.

 

i was going to say, i'd use a carpet vac with the spray.

 

First use a wet/dry vac since the dirt usually will suck off the surface easier dry instead of spreading it around after making it damp. Then, I usually use Blue Coral Upholstry (<sp?) cleaner. Then I follow suit with a wet/dry vac to again suck the crap out of the headliner.

 

haha well like I said, I already spread the **** around into the headliner.

 

Yeah that was for future reference. To get out what you have going on now, ensure the vacuum hose or adapter piece is nice a clean. Then, spray on the Turtle Wax cleaner of Blue Coral and let it sit for a moment. Then vacuum it out/off being gentle trying not to press to hard into the headliner. Once it's fairly dry, follow through with a good vaccum and viola! Repeat as necessary. The steam cleaner you mentioned earlier will do the trick as well if you have access to one.