What products do garages use to clean car interiors to give it that ew car look and smell?
The ‘new car’ smell is generally just the combined smells of new vinyl, carpeting, upholstery etc. – kind of like a ‘new shoe’ smell. There are all kinds of cleaners/de-odorizers on the market, so just check around and find one that you like. The most important thing for keeping a car smelling good is to keep it cleaned out – try to avoid eating or smoking in it (I don’t smoke, but strangely enough I let people smoke in my car – so long as they roll their window down). Unless you can afford to take your car to a detail shop occasionally, you should probably get a caddy and fill it up with car cleaning products – a good car wash/wax, some spray wax (for the exterior), some tire shine, a few good clean cloths, maybe a shammy cloth – and then for the interior, get some upholstery cleaner, some windex, and some armor-all. It is amazing how a quick cleaning/vacuuming and a little time polishing and wiping down can make a car look much better – and even though there is no actual basis for it