10 Genius Car Cleaning Hacks That Does The Job Well

A car is a lot like a partner, it gives you a smooth enjoyable ride for as long as you take care of it. Granted, being busy and having people in your car who tend to be messy is sometimes inevitable.

Being the neat freak that I am, there’s no way I can let this slide for too long without losing my marbles. From all that beating a car takes it deserves a bit of TLC every so often!

This is why today’s post is focusing on 10 genius car cleaning hacks that are cheap, quick to implement, and highly effective. Get that new car feel back to your old baby using these techniques. Let’s dig in.

10 Cheap & Easy Car Cleaning Tips You Won’t Get Over

1. Use Alcohol To Clean Wiper Blades

Tip found from: Krazy Coupon Lady

Nothing is as frustrating as wiper blades causing unexpected smudges to your windscreen during a rainy day.

Lucky for you, that won’t be a problem anymore.

Run some alcohol (no, not tequila people) on your blades every so often and it should keep them in pretty damn perfect condition.

2. DIY Slime To Clean Problem Areas

Tip found from: Little Things

Those grooves that are positioned in such awkward places are always the hardest places to clean.

They collect dust and grime and it just sits there even if you try to get in there and clean them up. I finally found a solution to this using slime.

If you’re looking for a ready-made putty that can be used immediately, this popular one is a must-have!

It’s weird but it works wonders at sucking up all that dust and dirt from tough-to-reach places with ease.

3. Use A Squeegee To Remove Pet Hair

Tip found from: Buzzfeed

Most of my loyal readers are aware of my love for cats. We have a lot of them and they’re the cutest pets in the whole world.

The only problem is that they shed fur (hair) like CRAZY. Can’t blame them though, I groom as much as they do (lol).

Simply spray some water over your car seats and use the squeegee to get rid of all that pet hair.

4. Q-Tips For Those Even Harder To Reach Places

Tip found from: Popular Mechanics

Lightly moisten a Q-tip and run it over those narrow but hard-to-reach places in your car, especially within the vents.

You may need a few but it gets the job done without any damage to your car or wallet.

5. Shine Up Your Rims Using This Cheap DIY Cleaner

Tips found from Popsugar

Relax, relax, I’m not going to force you to make soap from scratch.

Throw in some baking soda, warm water, and dishwashing liquid/soap, and mix them up.

It will melt the grime off your rims and leave it shiny and sexy!

6. Make This Non-Toxic Car Cleaner For Your Interior

Tips found from: Buzzfeed

My brother has nagged me to death about the horrible toxins found in cleaning agents and products.

After some persuasion, he managed to convince me to make something less harmful.

This combination of vinegar, lemon, club soda, and dishwashing liquid/soap makes for a perfect cleaner with half the toxins and chemicals in a traditional cleaner.

Just be sure to use a dish soap that lacks many harmful chemicals.

7. Remove Stains From Carpets Using This $1 Product

Tips found from: Kids Activities Blog

When you have kids in a car, there’s no way of preventing them from dropping something that ends up staining your beautiful interior.

As I said, it’s inevitable. But, rather than throwing away money on so-called professional products, just pick up a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and mix it in water to clean up those hard-to-remove stains.

Depending on the color of your carpets or material, be sure to dilute the mixture considerably to prevent any discoloration.

8. Remove Bumper Stickers With A Hairdryer

Tip found from: Cars

Believe it or not, to remove those old bumper stickers that have been on there for far too long, all you need to do is use a hairdryer to heat the adhesive liquid on the sticker enough for it to simply be pulled off. It’s as simple as that and won’t cost you a cent.

9. Clean Up Those Foggy Headlights With Toothpaste

Tip found from: How To Get Rid

Who would have thought that toothpaste would come in handy for more than our teeth, right? Nothing gives away the age of a car more than headlights that look foggy and cloudy.

The cleaning agents in toothpaste help clear that up so you can have those crystal-clear headlights back.

It also lasts quite some time before you need to clean it up again but it’s worth it.

Tip found from: Right At Home

Ah! Baking soda comes to the rescue again.

If you feel like there are some old lingering odors around your car, simply throw some baking soda onto those areas and allow it to work its magic for a few hours.

By the time you vacuum or dust it all off, those odors will be long gone.

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