Learn How To Clean Car Floor Mats

Your car floor mats can take a beating between picking up dirt, mud, snow, and rain water as you get in and out of your car in South Florida. As such, it’s important to clean the interior of your car and your car floor mats every once in a while to ensure your vehicle stays clean for any South Miami carpooling or just for your own satisfaction. You can always have your floor mats cleaned at a local Homestead car wash, but if you want to save money you can easily wash them at home too! Learn how to clean rubber floor mats and cloth floor mats with HGreg Nissan Kendall below, or contact us if you have any questions about the proper way to clean your car!

Required Supplies

Before you get started, search your home or visit a Pinecrest store to gather the following supplies:

• Rubber Floor Mats: Vacuum, rubber floor mat cleanser, stiff bristle brush, hose or bucket of water, microfiber towel or a place to hang your mats
• Carpet Floor Mats: Vacuum, carpet floor mat cleaner, brush, hose or bucket of water, wet vac if available, or a place to hang your mats

How to Clean Rubber Floor Mats

If you have rubber floor mats they require different care than cloth mats. Follow the instructions below to learn how to clean your rubber floor mats.

1. Remove the rubber floor mats from your Nissan and shake out any debris.
2. Rinse the mats with clean water.
3. Apply a cleanser designed for your Nissan rubber mats and gently scrub them with a stiff-bristle brush to remove any stuck-on grime and debris.
4. Rinse the mats clean with water.
5. Hang the mats up to dry or dry them with a microfiber towel.
6. Replace the mats in your Nissan only after they’ve dried completely.

How to Clean Carpet Floor Mats

Carpet floor mats are the most common type of floor mat in cars, however they require a couple extra steps to ensure they’re clean. Follow the instruction below to learn how to clean your car floor mats:

• Remove the floor mats from your Nissan.
• Use a vacuum to remove excess dirt and debris from the fabric.
• Shake and/or whack the floor mats against a hard surface to rid them of dust and smaller dirt particles.
• Use a cleaner designed for Nissan carpet floor mats and apply it to your floor mats, then apply water.
• Scrub the mats with a stiff-bristle brush to remove any stains and ground in debris.
• Rinse the mats thoroughly with water.
• You can use a wet vac to remove any additional dirt and cut the drying time down, but if you don’t have access to one this is not a necessary step.
• Hang your mats to dry on a line or lay them on a clean surface.
• Make sure your mats are completely dry before placing back in your Nissan.

Get Your Nissan Service at HGreg Nissan Kendall!

Cleaning your floor mats is an easy job, and now that you know how to clean your car floor mats, you can rest easy knowing that your Nissan is clean and ready for your next South Florida trip. When it’s time to have your Nissan maintenance performed, count on the service team at HGreg Nissan Kendall for unparalleled service and excellent service specials to help you save!