View Full Version : cleaning dirty door jams
richy
03-29-2007, 10:03 PM
I did a search and did not find the answer to this basic question: How do you clean really dirty door jams, especially at the bottom where you step in and out? Do you wash it with the wash mitt 1st and then the car, or last or what? I am afraid of scratching the paint.
Thomas Dekany
03-29-2007, 10:31 PM
i steam clean it.
paul34
03-29-2007, 10:47 PM
If you`re talking about the painted portion, yea, washing it along with the rest of the car is fine... I usually just wipe it down with ONR and a MF towel unless its particularly dirty.
Now if you`re talking about the area where the hinges and such are... I`m still looking for a solution myself. It`s pretty ugly back there with some old mud spots :(
Envious Eric
03-29-2007, 10:56 PM
brushes, old MF towels, safe degreaser/APC, go to town!!!!, then wash with ONR, then spray wax
dmxsoulja3
03-29-2007, 10:57 PM
Steam clean that area near the hinges, and the sills I spray them down with a good cleaning QD..so ONR would work too and soak them up....wash the car and usually by the time I have sprayed water from the hose all over the car and side skirts the water/QD mixed has knocked most of it off, and a damp MF after I`m done washing cleans up the rest. My Suby gets dirt in there really easily I don`t know why but more so than any car, and I try to touch it as little as possible so a QD soak to lift particles and my normal wash gets 98% of it out
Monte78Carlo2k1
03-29-2007, 11:02 PM
Also to add the the hinges...After cleaning them grease them back up lightly or your door can and most likely will start to talk to you if you catch my drift.
My method is Omikron OC 120 non alkaline mint scented degreaser
Spray it all in there then a high pressure and low pressure rinse.
Give the tight spots a going over with a brush and that`s it
Sometimes I polish all the jambs as well and aquawax them
imported_Denzil
03-30-2007, 02:03 AM
If your door jambs are particularly dirty, you could hit those up before giving the car a wash by presoaking and cleaning them.
optimusp517
03-30-2007, 02:21 AM
Hands down just steam clean it. Steam and wipe :)
imported_Denzil
03-30-2007, 02:23 AM
I`m curious but what do you all steam clean with?
optimusp517
03-30-2007, 02:31 AM
Bed Bath & Beyond Product (Shark Steamer)
It`s small, but it does the job for a lot of things, I use it for interior and doorjams.
I wish we had enough funds for a commercial steamer.
imported_Denzil
03-30-2007, 02:43 AM
Didn`t realize it was that much. :hmph:
optimusp517
03-30-2007, 02:46 AM
99.99 isn`t much :) just pick up the 20% coupon and you`re set for 80+tax.
If you`re talking about commercial steamers they`re at least 1500
imported_smprince1
03-30-2007, 05:53 AM
Steam cleaning is the way to go for door jambs IMO.
And, you`ll find dozens of other uses for the steamer.
kleraudio
03-30-2007, 06:21 AM
I just clean my Jambs with QD and microfiber, I dont worry too much about swirls and such in my door jambs. if they are dirty just be prepared to sacrifice a towel or two in the process, the vroom towels from target are perfect for this, you dont mind throwing a couple away.
hope that helps
Jim