Interior Detailing; Why is it So Important?!

Now that we know why detailing the exterior of your vehicle is so important, let’s take a look inside. Just like the exterior, detailing the interior of your vehicle preserves and protects the fabrics and vinyls inside your vehicle from regular wear and tear. This then maintains and increases your resale value, nothing kills a vehicles resale value than dirty, faded beat up fabrics and vinyls.

However there are even more important reasons to detail the interior of your vehicle regularly!

Let’s start with allergens and bacteria! Regularly detailing the interior of your vehicle seasonally will help keep you and your family healthy and happy. Pollen, dust, pet dander, skin cells and bacteria can build up and become heavy in the vents. This means every time you use the air conditioning or heat the allergens can blow out! Food, pets, people and things you regularly find in your vehicle all carry germs and bacteria. Everyone has different germs and bacteria that they carry and transfer to the surfaces they touch in your vehicle. This bacteria builds up over time, areas that have the most air flow collect the most bacteria. Dirty dashes, cup holders etc are more likely to catch and hold on to airborne bacteria in your vehicle. Not only the hard surfaces can trap these pesky germs, carpets trap anything you may have stepped in outside and any of your personal belongings placed on the carpets get contaminated as well. The fabrics and leathers can catch and transfer germs, bacteria, pollen, dust, dandruff etc from your clothing and personal items and vice versa. You and your belongings are constantly touching and shifting in your vehicle without realizing how many contaminants are actually inside your vehicle. If you have allergies, detailing your vehicle seasonally will keep you feeling healthier longer.

Attention pet owners!! When Fido gets to go on a car ride with the family or the regular trip to the vets he’s leaving behind a little extra in your vehicle each time! Oils, odors, dirt, grime etc in his fur and paws get transferred into the seats. Over time these contaminants build up leaving a funky smell and funny feel to the interior fabrics in your vehicle! YES EVEN IN LEATHER! Not to mention the MASSIVE amount of fur our little brothers and sisters leave behind each time they ride! Pet hair is hard to remove and can allow germs, bacteria and pollen to thrive in your vehicle. It gets matted into the fabrics and wears them down.

SMOKERS! Detailing the interior of your vehicle is especially important! Even if you are smoking with the windows down the smoke will get into the fabrics and leave a layer of grime on all the hard surfaces in your vehicle. If left untreated the smoke smell and damage will be IRREVERSIBLE, which will greatly diminish the value of your vehicle. Getting your interior professionally detailed seasonally will help keep your family members healthy and your vehicle in better condition.

Regular benefits of a detailed interior!

Regularly detailing your vehicle helps protect your interiors from scuffs, scratches, premature fading from UV exposure, odors, and more! When a vehicle is professionally detailed the hard surfaces are meticulously cleaned with brushes and cleaners to remove all impurities, Then all these surfaces are treated with protectants that create an invisible barrier minimizing damage from regular wear and tear from scratches to UV radiation. These protectants also keep the rubbers and vinyls from drying out and cracking, maintaining the original condition of your vehicle. Leathers and fabrics are also cleaned and treated with protectants that reduce staining, fading and dirt/dust/odor absorption and build up. Leather surfaces are treated with conditioners to help maintain their original form and keep them from cracking and fading. The leathers and fabrics are also UV protected to reduce sun fading/bleaching. Regular interior car keeps the fabrics clean and strong minimizing wear down and tears, the more contaminated the fabric the weaker it is. These protectants naturally give the hard surfaces in your vehicle a nice deep glossy look, making your vehicle look and feel like new again!

Last but certainly not least!! A clean car is a great first impression for business people and ride share customers!! A regularly detailed car makes people instantly think you are more professional than other services. A customer riding around in your organized, sparkling clean car makes them feel more important. It also helps on those most unfortunate occasions where accidents happen, a professional detailer will be able to remove bodily fluids and odors far better than you would be able to yourself. Most ride share companies offer reimbursements on professional detailings for accidents such as those.

A clean car is like an organized work space. You are more clear minded when there is no clutter/dirt surrounding you. This means you can make your time in the car more productive. Whether it’s listening to a podcast, audiobook, collecting your thoughts for a meeting at work or getting down with it with the family you will naturally be in a much happier and less stressed out state.

With all of that in mind here at Hawkeye Detailing we do not stop at just your vehicle’s interior, we clean and detail infant and children’s car seats as well!!