Archived Blog Posts for Interior Detailing

Car Care Spotlight: Bio-Zyme Enzyme Automotive Interior Cleaner

August 29, 2012|Category: Auto Detailing Products, Car Care Spotlight, Interior Detailing, Product Reviews|2 Comments
Bio-Zyme Enzyme Automotive Interior Cleaner

Bio-Zyme Enzyme Automotive Interior Cleaner

From blind spot monitoring and parking assist systems to telescoping steering wheels and adjustable pedals, there’s no lack of innovation in today’s automobiles. Still, one of the disadvantages of owning an automobile is not having a clue as to when a passenger, pet or even yourself might inadvertently foul the interior of your ride. We’re talking about coffee spills, erupting soda cans, hamburger sauce leaks and worse yet, the surprise release of bodily fluids onto your customers seats or floors.

Urine, feces, blood, and vomit are among the distasteful results of an “accident” in a client’s automobile, and as you know, if these liquid bombshells are not removed immediately, they can leave permanent stains. Worse yet, they can create foul odors and even mold — adding insult to this interior injustice.

When such a disruption occurs in an automobile, most of your customers will immediately reach for a simple carpet shampoo product. This may clean up the area temporarily, but what these well-intentioned folks don’t realize is carpet shampoos often fail to rid the interior of harmful bacteria, which prompts an odor to unpack its luggage and stick around.

Here at Detail King, we sell Bio-Zyme Enzyme Automotive Interior Cleaner — a synergistic blend of bacterial enzymes that breaks down organic stains, grease and oils, thus eliminating odors naturally. This highly concentrated solution contains between 150 and 200 billion  Continue reading…

Car Care Spotlight: The Benefits of Using an Ozone Generator in Your Auto Detailing Business

May 31, 2012|Category: Car Care Spotlight, Interior Detailing|3 Comments

One of the saddest sights a professional auto detailer can witness is the results of hapless car owners in their failed attempt to clean food spills, pet stains or vomit from the interior of their treasured mode of transportation. They spray, they rub, they scrub, and all they accomplish is to force the fluids — and accompanying odors — deeper into the upholstery and carpet.

Like a visiting distant relative, you just can’t get rid of it!

That’s because merely mopping up the odor source does little to make the odor go away. By the time the customer has done his or her best to clean up, the bacteria causing the odor has reproduced and has worked its way into all of the porous interior components. These include the headliner, seating surfaces, dashboard and even the ductwork.

And you can’t really blame these folks for trying. It’s just that they don’t know any better. They aren’t the professionals. Just like you don’t know how to sell insurance, run a restaurant, or whatever else it is that your customers do for a living. The point is, as a professionally trained auto detailer, you should always be the go-to guy (or gal) when it comes to odors in an automobile.

But if your mobile or fixed-location detailing business has an ozone machine or two, you’re in like Flynn when it comes to providing a solution to this odorous malady. Ozone has been found to be the second most effective way to permanently eliminate odors caused by mold, mildew, smoke, body odor and pet odors. (Chlorine is the No. 1 solution, but we’ll get to that later on in this post.)

Ozone absolutely resolves nasal nuisances brought about by spills, including milk, vomit, urine, feces, body odor and other foul substances containing bacteria molecules that causes odor in the first place. We here at Detail King have been touting the benefits of ozone machines to our auto detailing professionals for well over a decade. And while these machines work wonders, the source of foul odors must be dealt with first. This involves  Continue reading…

Solution To Having A Glossy Or Matte Interior Finish!

March 29, 2012|Category: Interior Detailing|1 Comment

This is one of those things that many detailers go back and forth on. There is really no wrong way in how you make your interiors shine or look clean. It honestly comes down to personal preference in what you believe looks better, but there are a few things to determine when deciding whether or not if you should leave a glossy or matte finished looked.

When using a high gloss dressing or treatment for the interiors sometimes this can cause a few slight issues. One of the biggest issues that we find are when doing the dashboards. Ways this can be a problem is it may cause the driver to be blinded by the sun while driving. When the sunlight reflects off some dashboards it will reflect onto the windshield causing a mirrored image which can make it difficult to see while driving. Also when the sun light hits the dashboard the light may reflect into the eyes of the driver.

Another issue about leaving a glossy finish is that it may be greasy. Most glossy interior dressings will leave a grease behind which can be slippery on the steering wheel, shifter or even other components of the vehicle. This can be dangerous for drivers.

One of the only bad things about a matte finish and which can be one of the worst is a new customer that likes a shiny look seeing their interior and complaining about it not looking finished. Now we all know how bad it can be coming across a complaining customer ha. Again it really comes down to whether or not you or your customers prefer a glossy or matte look.

The best way to get around this is asking your customers what type of look they prefer. This saves from having to have that customer complain about something that they didn’t want. If you only offer one of the other then you need the right product to help you do either a shiny or matte finish. Pearl Gloss is a interior dressing that will help solve this solution without having to have 2-3 different products which will only cost you more money anyways.

The Pearl Gloss will give you that nice glossy look OR can be reduced to a semi glossy and a matte finish. This will save you money, time and will allow you to offer any interior look to all your customers. So get the right look for your interior details and make all your customers happy and coming back!

Your Solution to Pet Hair Removal!

March 12, 2012|Category: Auto Detailing Challenges, Interior Detailing|1 Comment

One of those things that can tend to be a pain when coming across an interior detail is pet hair. I’m sure many of you detailers have come across this and notice how annoying this can sometimes be depending on how much hair, the thickness and material of the seat or carpet. A shop vac can sometimes take a long time to suck the hair out or may just take you so much longer then you intended or need to take. Well here are a few
tools you can use that will help you to grab those hairs and pull it out a lot faster and easier!

This first tool is one of our more popular pet hair removal tools.
The Detail King FurzOff Pet Hair Removal Tool. This tool is especially great for those thick carpet materials, if you need something more aggressive to where it seems almost impossible to get with a vacuum.
Click here to view more on this tool.  

Another great tool is the Magic Pet Hair Remover Sponge!
One of the biggest features of this tool is the flexibility. This sponge is nice and sensitive and is safer to use if you’re using around plastics or anything that something to aggressive can scratch.
For more info on this tool click here

The last tool that we suggest is the Rubber Pet Hair Removal Brush!
Because of this tools design and shape this tool allows you to reach those harder to reach areas where other bulkier tools can’t get fit. Also because this being rubber it is also safe to use around the plastic parts in vehicles.
Click here for more info on this tool

Each one of these tools are great with removing pet hair but they also can serve a different purpose with either being more aggressive to being able to reach in between hard to reach areas safer. If you still have questions on figuring out which one is best for you to use give us a call at 1-888-314-0874 or post a question on our facebook wall! View Detail King’s line up of pet hair removal tools at our Details Super Mall.