Spring Clean Your Car in 3 Easy Steps

It’s that time of year again! Spring is just around the corner, and you’re starting to notice all the dirt and grime and junk that has built up inside your car. Whether it was the salt from the icy roads, food from pit stops at your local McDonalds, or just general dusty grossness, it’s about time you cleaned it up. If you follow our advice, you can get your car cleaned up and looking great in no time at all. Just imagine driving to work tomorrow in a car that looks as nice as new! Keep reading to see how to spring clean your car in 3 easy steps.  

What is the Origin of Spring Cleaning?

Let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on why we feel the need to clean things up every spring. There is some logic involved in the idea of spring cleaning. We clean after a long dark and cold winter because we finally have the motivation, with the additional sunlight and warmer weather, to take out the trash.

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However, other traditions from cultures around the world encourage spring cleaning for a variety of reasons. For example, the Jewish custom of Passover is a time to clean the house. To mark the arrival of the Jewish new year, people clean their houses in remembrance of the story of their people’s exodus from Egypt. In China, the new year celebration also involves cleaning the home to rid their living space of any bad luck and grime that may have accumulated over the previous year.

3 Steps to Spring Clean Your Car 

• Step 1: Take out the garbage and clean up “grab-able” items from the floors and storage areas of your vehicle. Whether this is fast-food bags, tissues, or papers, it’s important to start your vehicle’s cleaning process by getting rid of the extra stuff. Once you have an uncluttered area to work with, you can begin to focus on the specifics.
• Step 2: Take out the car floor mats and vacuum all of the carpeted areas and seats. This is important to get rid of all the small pebbles and dirt you have undoubtedly dragged into your car. Make sure to get under all the seats and inside the cup holders. You want to make sure that all of the junk is off the floor and all small debris is out of the nooks and crannies.
• Step 3: Clean all the surfaces of your vehicle with the appropriate cleaning solution. This means you get the fabric cleaner out for your seats, the glass cleaner for your windows, and the all-purpose cleaner for your console. Start with the windows and seats. While those are drying, work your way through all the storage compartments and your center console. Items like cotton swabs and microfiber cloths come in handy during this part!