Seam Cleaning

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  1. Dwight

    Dwight Racing with the Gods
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    I've been trying to figure out how to clean all the seams, nooks and crannies on my interior and engine bay. You know, the ones you can see, but can't get at. Had a brain belch this AM when I remembered my computer/electronics vacuum cleaner. It works, especially the small attachments with the brush on the end. No more high-lighted upholstery or dash seams! Vacuum filter's probably a goner, but I don't care. :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    Dwight, do you often lie awake at night worrying about the nooks and crannies of your MINI interior, or other inane conundrum's. There's probably a treatment for that. You're a pretty resourceful guy, perhaps theres a DIY lobotamy online if you start Googling ;)
     
  3. Friskie

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    Surgery won't fix it, it's kinda like an infection.

    Griot's Garage has some dandy tools designed to reach into those hard to get to nooks and crannies.
     
  4. Nathan

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    I have a selection of these...

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    That I get from Aaron at Outmotoring. Makes life really easy when trying to detail the inside of vents and things such as that.
     
  5. Dwight

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    AH, HA! More goodies to play with. Thanks Nathan, I think. LOL :D
     
  6. WildThang

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    Ya know that one attachment for vacuum hoses that is long and narrow...well they make this bottle brush attachment that slides into the end of the long and narrow nozzle. So as you drag it along the corners it loosens the crap that gets stuck there that ya can't get out with a normal hose attachment.

    It's called a crevice tool.

    I also keep a very stiff cheap artist's brush in my cleaning kit.
     

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