# disinfect a car interior? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 12, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305 "2008-10-12T12:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/1 "2008-10-12T12:48:24Z")
everyone knows about how dirty a car can get from sitting in someones garage. How do you disinfect it to prevent catching anything, like a fungal infection or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/2 "2008-10-12T13:01:42Z")
Lysol ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/3 "2008-10-12T13:04:58Z")
fire. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/4 "2008-10-12T13:08:48Z")
> [@Haenszel](#): > > fire. bring your car over and show me how its done before I try this :banghead: ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/5 "2008-10-12T13:23:45Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > bring your car over and show me how its done before I try this :banghead: Just go to JAM’s and wait… its bound to happen to at least 1 of the cars in the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/6 "2008-10-12T15:49:40Z")
You will never get your white trash stank out of the car. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/7 "2008-10-12T15:52:19Z")
put it in a bubble ---
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/8 "2008-10-12T16:00:16Z")
sorry i left a couple loads on the back seat ---
**Author:** ![99\_civic\_si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99_civic_si/32/7319_2.png) [@99\_civic\_si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99_civic_si)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/9 "2008-10-12T16:24:43Z")
OK, on a serious note. New fabric of choice and have all the seats recovered. Or new seats. And strip the seats out anyway and get it recarpeted. ---
**Author:** ![Team\_Havoc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/team_havoc/32/5213_2.png) [@Team\_Havoc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Team_Havoc)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/10 "2008-10-12T17:56:43Z")
i dont know, how bad is it? is it like the myth busters test, were they let dead pigs sit in the car and then tried to clean it? Cause it didnt work for them, the company that they hired couldn’t even get the smell out. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/11 "2008-10-12T19:32:55Z")
The car dosent smell WTF hahaha I just like stuff clean so I as wondering what to use to clean it. Nothing that has sat in a garage for 4 years can be healthy. I love some of the responses tho, should be good for 4 or 6 points. ---
**Author:** ![DetailWNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@DetailWNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DetailWNY)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/12 "2008-10-12T23:31:58Z")
If youre thinking theres like mold and fungus and crap, you will probably have to pull the carpets and sound deadening material and go after that. Otherwise if it was kept just in a dusty dry place just a wipedown with a diluted APC and maybe a shampoo and extract of the soft surfaces I would think would suffice ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/13 "2008-10-12T23:36:15Z")
> [@getcha](#): > > If youre thinking theres like mold and fungus and crap, you will probably have to pull the carpets and sound deadening material and go after that. > > Otherwise if it was kept just in a dusty dry place just a wipedown with a diluted APC and maybe a shampoo and extract of the soft surfaces I would think would suffice Yeah its just really dusty it sat in a garage for 4 years Ima have a go with lysol then do the general seat cleaners carpet cleaners ect. ---
**Author:** ![DetailWNY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@DetailWNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DetailWNY)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/14 "2008-10-12T23:37:40Z")
Give it a really good vac first, like get an old paint brush and just wisk all the dust into the hose, youll save your self alot of time once you introduce moisture with w/e cleaner you use ---
**Author:** ![hondaftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@hondaftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hondaftw)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/15 "2008-10-12T23:40:08Z")
Just Shampoo the carpets well, Vacuum them dry. Scrub the seats well, Vacuum dry. Scrub all of the hard plastic with some diluted cleaner and a firm bristled brush. Armorall all of the plastics. Vacuum headliner. Scrub seatbelts with diluted cleaner and a medium-firm brush. Car should be pretty damn clean after that if you do a good job. Be super anal about it, take your time. I’ve spent 4 hours cleaning my interior before and didn’t feel satisfied with the cleanliness of it so I feel your pain. Sad thing is my car is just about 2 years old now, LOL. Clean, dry microfiber towels will be your best friend with removing dust off of hard plastics such as the dash quickly and easily. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/16 "2008-10-12T23:46:00Z")
Baking soda is a good start. ---
**Author:** ![hondaftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@hondaftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hondaftw)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/17 "2008-10-12T23:48:34Z")
Also, Change the cabin air filter ASAP, and run your blower fan on high for a while before cleaning. Just leave all the doors open for an hour while you let it run through. You don’t want to be breathing in any of that nasty shit that’s been sitting in those vents. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/18 "2008-10-12T23:54:06Z")
> [@hondaftw](#): > > Just Shampoo the carpets well, Vacuum them dry. Scrub the seats well, Vacuum dry. Scrub all of the **hard** plastic with some diluted cleaner and a **firm** bristled brush. Armorall all of the plastics. Vacuum headliner. Scrub seatbelts with diluted cleaner and a medium-firm brush. > > Car should be pretty damn clean after that if you do a good job. Be super **_anal_** about it, take your time. I’ve spent 4 hours cleaning my interior before and didn’t feel **satisfied** with the cleanliness of it so **_I feel your pain_**. Sad thing is my car is just about 2 years old now, LOL. > > Clean, dry microfiber towels will be your best friend with removing dust off of **hard** plastics such as the dash **quick** ly and **easi** ly. fggt ---
**Author:** ![hondaftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@hondaftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hondaftw)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/19 "2008-10-12T23:55:21Z")
> [@95LS1t](#): > > fggt Only you would be able to pick out all of that. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305/20 "2008-10-13T00:05:26Z")
thanks, alot of good advice in here. I plan on going to town on it soon. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disinfect-a-car-interior/56305.md?page=2)