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Old 07-12-11, 12:13 AM
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Default dirty ceiling need advice

I have a IS350. The interior is in good condition, unfortunately the ceiling has been neglected. Believe it or not I actually JUST noticed that a couple of the girls I've been courting over th years have place make up by the sun shades and dirty hand marks on the pillar.

What do I do to clean it? It's an 06 I'm worried the interior will get all fuzzy if I hit it with anything hard. What do you all use?
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Mr. clean magic eraser will do the job perfectly. Just keep a warm bucket of water near by and rinse often. Keep it more on the damp side and not soaking wet. Just wipe lightly in the same direction and it will come out like new. I picked up used IS last year which needed a good cleaning. I highly recommend it.
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i hit all of my headliners with just steam and a terry towel. Not everyone has a steamer and in the wrong hands, could be scary and melt the glue causing a saggy headliner.

If you dont have a steamer try a woolite/water of 1:4 and a damp terry cloth.
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spray folex onto a terry cloth towel and wipe in one direction. You don't want to ever spray anything on the headliner or get it wet/hot or delamination could occur. Just like b**bies, saggy is not a good thing.

folex (get it at home depot or crappy tire) has no scent and works great. My headliner looked clean but the terry towel turned grey by the time I was done.
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use soft bristle brush to remove dust and soil.use mild or diluted solution. apply cleaning solution on a dry clean terry cloth towel but remember do not over wet the area. and continuously replace wet dry towel with dry clean ones.
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Awesome. Mr Clean took care of it. I did hit it with a soft brush to take care of debris. Thank You CL
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