Automotive Interior Repair with The Interior Guy

Sounds like I’m campaigning for an abortion rights rally or something, but no, really all I’m saying is the choice in paint guns is your key to a good or a bad repair. There are so many choices though, you have airbrushes, gravity feed guns, siphon feed guns, HVLP guns (and for those of you that don’t know what this is, it stands for high volume low pressure, meaning it takes less air to push more paint which cuts down on the over spray),the non hvlp guns, prevals, atomizers. Where do you start. Read the rest of this entry »

Paint prep is the key to success in any paint project. Whether your painting the outside or inside of your car you need to have a good grease and particle free area for your job to be a success, and success is what it’s about when your trying to make money at what you do. Here a few tips for you to use in the interior of your vehicle, where most of your “slime” is located. The “slime” as I call it is all the silicone dressing that has been put on your cars interior to make it look new, and I use the word “new” very loosely too, to me if your car is clean you don’t need all that slime juice sprayed all over. Besides some of the new dressings are ruining the interiors, thats a whole other article. Read the rest of this entry »

It is inevitably going to happen. The trip to the store for bleach, and the surprise when you get home. The @#$$ bleach has spilled in your new car and what do you do?

The first thing is to neutralize it.

Bleach has a ph level of 10 or higher in some cases, and you need to bring the ph level down. There are a few things you can use which can be found right in your kitchen. Vinegar, water, and baking soda. All have a low ph level which when mixed with bleach, neutralizes it and keeps it from eating your carpet. Read the rest of this entry »

You just bought you a new car with a leather steering wheel and are wanting to keep it in tip top shape, so you go to your local automotive store and go shopping. You look for a cool looking steering wheel cover, find one, take it home, put it on and think you’ve done a good thing by saving you’re steering wheel from major abuse for the next few years. Wrong…really what you’ve done is more harm then good. Steering wheel covers and leather don’t mix, the oils in the leather grab any little piece of dust, dirt or grime and keeps it there tucked nicely between your steering wheel covers backing and your nice leather wrapped steering wheel. The grime is now stuck which eats into the dye of the leather and creates a sticky goo that is almost Read the rest of this entry »