Thought I'd just pass on a brilliant motoring tip that is so simple and brilliantly effective.
I was a passenger in a mates car last night and I opened the glove box (like you do in a friends car). Inside was a 'unused paint' brush.
Apparently my friend uses this to clean the dashboard nooks and crannies, you know all those recesses around buttons, around the radio, in the centre console, difficult to reach places and in particular air vents. All that nasty dust and grime that builds up over time.
Now I tried this out this morning and it's sooo effective! Much better than a damp cloth or those awful fake shine sprays and only takes seconds.
Now why didn't I think of this before?
Like all good ideas.. cheap, simple, effective.
...and it actually works!
Tweak to subject line to clarify a little -PU
|
or one of those cheap £9.99 steam sprayers from netto,watch the etroset markings on dials though as it steams them off as well
;-(
|
|
|
I was taught this technique ten years ago when I learnt my trade, so its not anything new im afraid and the quality if the brush is quite important. Using it in conjunction with a hoover nozzle to collect the dust works best.
using cotton wool buds for the airvents is of similar usefullness.
A damp cloth is still useful for dirt that cannot be brushed off.
|
|
|
|
James May is constantly on the receiving end of a lot of ridicule by the other presenters for doing just this with the airvents on his Boxster.
|
I've used this method for many years - it also works well for cleaning out a computer system's fans that are getting clogged up with dust (small painting brush rather than paint brush).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
|
"works well for cleaning out a computer system's fans"
Very much so - was doing this only yesterday. I have to add that the very best thing for dusting a computer (and don't they get full of it?) is a garage air-line. Blasting clouds of the stuff out is very therapeutic and is also a good way to prevent overheating, as fan-assisted heatsinks do clog up over the years.
Computer fans are also worth replacing from time to time. New ones are invariably much quieter and usually work better. Very cheap from places like Ebuyer (my last one cost 42p).
Finally (and to bring back on topic) paint brushes are indeed excellent for cleaning crooks and nannies on dashboards, especially in conjunction with a hoover. Vents are also quite often removable, when a soak in hot water is even more effective...
|
One thread going on petrol tank filling technique.....another on tips for cleaning out the dust in your air vents.
Is this becoming some sort of Alan Partridge tribute forum?
I think I'll start another "what's the plural of Lexus?" threads.....
|
I think I'll start another "what's the plural of Lexus?" threads.....
Please don't. It is Lexuses, just as the plural of Lotus is Lotuses.
I quite liked LJK Setright as a writer sometimes, but he did lay it on a bit thick. Used to annoy me greatly by talking about 'Loti'.
|
|
|
|
I use a well worn and fairly stiff 1in paint brush to clean the wheel nut recesses on my Mazda. It works well.
Clk Sec
|
|
|
|
|
|
Even better when the paint brush bristles are atteached to a mini vacuum cleaner head like Frost sell - sucks away the dust you swirl up at the same time.
www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8976&fro...t
|
I use a paint brush for door shuts and around hinges, I also use a wallpaper paste brush from a pound shop to clean around window rubbers and external vents. Wrap plenty of gaffer tape around the metal binding that holds the bristles on to prevent scratching.
I've just been cleaning my latest aquesition and collected cornflakes, swollen smarties, chocolate raisins, nail clippings, hair, hair clips, broken earphones and various bit of broken plastic from under the back seat.
|
cornflakes swollen smarties chocolate raisins nail clippings hair hair clips broken earphones and various bit of broken plastic
I say, must you be so disgusting... we all know what landfill is made of (under Sainsbury's and your new houses by the way). But must we dwell on it?
|
|
Been cleaning dashboards in trucks with a paintbrush since God was a lad.
|
|
|
I say, must you be so disgusting...
No blasphemy please. blasphemy since removed
--
L'escargot.
|
I use bottle brushes of different sizes for cleaning my car ~ a fairly large one for the alloy wheels and a small one for cleaning around door hinges etc. I use a stiff (artists?) brush for cleaning the top of the engine cover around the spark plugs ~ it helps to stop dirt entering the cylinders when the plugs are changed. When I was working I used to use a compressed air gun for cleaning the engine bay in general.
--
L\'escargot.
|
another good dash cleaner is the big ball of Blutack (sp? it is called prestik here!) rolled around picking up the dust, dandruff and general scurve on the plastic, and can be 'squished' into hard-to-reach corners.
This ensures that all the dust doesn't just re-enter the air, and get redeposited somewhere else a few minutes later
BUT never use it on a hot day, as it tends to become stringy when it gets in touch with warm plastic.
Rolled across the keyboard keys, it also picks up a fair amount of gunk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
