BADNBLK (a member on here) has a posting on here where he used Barbasol Shaving Cream as a cleaner for his interior.
I could not believe the results he got, so I wanted to test it on my 23 year old interior of which I'm replacing.

I used one of my rear seat bottoms as a test subject that is really bad off as you can see in the photo.
Vacuumed first, then took a damp rag and wiped the seat.
Applied the Barbasol and scrubbed with a nylon brush then let it sit for 5 minutes.
Vacuumed again.
Came back with warm water and dish detergent and scrubbed the seat again.
Vacuumed.
Then did a final wipe with a damp rag and clean water and vacuumed again.
The whole process took me about 20 minutes.

In the before picture, the brown spots are RUST that has been on there at least 3yrs and the rest is 23yrs of dirt.
Take a good look at the stitching in the vinyl strip in the center of the seat bottom.
Forget overpriced commercial interior cleaners and just grab a can of Barbasol for $1.39!
I used unscented Barbasol, I would suggest getting the scented because your interior will smell like shaving cream.
Great stuff! Thank You BADNBLK!!!!!!!

 

Great to hear. I wonder if the Gillette shave foam would work any differently because it's typically not as thick. Maybe it'd absorb into the material better.

Who wouldn't want their third gen to smell like Brut? Talk about a lady killer.

 

On my way to the store !

 

Haha. I can't believe I just read this, and that it works! I want the back story for how this was initially tried.

 

I would have believed the dirt part, nothing feels cleaner on your face than a fresh shave. But rust stains? Insane. Definitely will try this.

 

Wow, I'd have never thought it. Definitely going to try now!

 

Your so welcome! It would be a shame if I kept this little gem all to myself

It works on every fabric I have tried it on so far with no adverse effects, and I prefer the scented as well.

 

That is friggen nuts! I am going to do this to my cloth 4th gen seats. I will get a hold of the guy who has my old seats and try it on his.

 

Badnblk and I just recently gave this advice to a fellow member of a group we both belong to

its amazing how a simple household item cleans so well


not sure who tipped Badnblk off to the Barbasol, but I learned it from my father, when we first got my RS and i was in high school, we tackled the interior, pulled all the seats, we went to the store and i was trying to carefully select an interior cleaner, when my dad walks up and hands me two cans of Barbasol, i looked at him puzzled and he said "just trust me" i found out why i should trust my dad later that day when my interior was minty fresh

you would also be amazed at what the cleaner "soft scrub" can do for old paint at a fraction of the cost for auto brand cutting compounds

 

If Barbasol cleans that nasty stuff off of seats, I wonder what it's doing when it's on your face?

Nice tip and thanks for passing it on.

A quick search and it seems like shaving cream is good for a lot of stuff other than shaving.

 

Any reason this wouldn't work on carpet?

 

Cost? I found a can so going to try it on the car seats.

 

This little tip is an example of why the forum is so great-people sharing ideas to get great free results.

 

Should work beautifully

 

hot dang! going and buying a few cans tonight. Big morning of carpet cleaning tomorrow

 

It works better on carpet than anything I have ever used! Post pics of your carpet project!

 

Ha! I started this morning, and my carpet was nasty, the dirt was so compacted you could not even see the threads of the carpet in spots.

I put the shaving cream on, worked it in and let it soak in, and was going to use my steam vac to get it out. And then realized I loaned it to my dad, 35 miles away. I got up what I could using resolve and towels, but before I post "after" shots I want to do a treatment with the steam vac.

 

My before and afters:

 

Mine was a little farther gone than that. Here's the before pic. I'll post an after tomorrow. That spot on the left side is 28 years of grime built up and compacted flat