[anoncoward]

What are you guys using to clean the interior mesh like material (like the outside of the glovebox for example)?

[drbluedevil]

Damp cloth, without much friction.

[Tigershark321]

Just random but would a lint roller work?

[deutsch100]

Non-linting microfiber towel, very lightly moistened with either water or a little heavily diluted Simple Green and very light pressure/friction.

[drbluedevil]

Originally Posted by deutsch100

Non-linting microfiber towel, very lightly moistened with either water or a little heavily diluted Simple Green and very light pressure/friction.

It's supposed to be made of reformulated ocean garbage, right? I bet it can take a beating.

Although you, Deutsch, appear to be responsible for about 12% of all American EV sales, so you can take a risk or two

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by drbluedevil

It's supposed to be made of reformulated ocean garbage, right? I bet it can take a beating.

Although you, Deutsch, appear to be responsible for about 12% of all American EV sales, so you can take a risk or two

[NomoTesla]

Originally Posted by anoncoward

What are you guys using to clean the interior mesh like material (like the outside of the glovebox for example)?

Slightly damp microfiber towel. Using only RO/distilled water as I don't want any buildup on that fabric attracting more dirt.

[hugo_nz]

I run over those surfaces with the leather cleaning wipes I use on the dashboard leather. It works a treat.

[anoncoward]

I have what looks like faint fingerprints (oils?)on the a pillar cloth. Distilled water not really removing. Should I try something like P and S express?

[Paladin1]

Very dilute Simple Green or Woolite as deutsch100 noted, on a damp, non-linting MF. Light circular pressure and don't overthink it. It's upholstery.

[NomoTesla]

My opinion is that you shouldn't use anything with surfactants, i.e., detergents, sprays, etc. All of those will leave a residue on the item that will attract more and more dirt over time. If you wipe it with a surfactant-based fluid, that surfactant will stay on the fabric as it dries.

If distilled water is not working, try adding a little bit of rubbing alcohol to the mix. Rubbing alcohol is a solvent and will break up dirt while evaporating cleanly and without leaving behind any residue.

[Paladin1]

Alcohol is indeed a solvent - a powerful organic polar solvent - and will remove plasticizers, cellulose, oils, binders, coloring, and anything else that is co-soluble in whatever witch's brew that this fabric is made from, the composition of which BMW has not divulged, but presumably an organic polymer.

Water is also a solvent, but much milder and not nearly as unpredictability destructive to organic materials. Surfactants are just surface tension-reducing organic hydrocarbons that improve water's ability to separate nonintegral materials from each other - as in debris from fabric. For which they have been used for several hundred years for a reason. The key is dilution - soap (a surfactant) rinses off your hands and other materials, like fabric, with its diluent, water. I would certainly trust this combination on an unknown substance like the "recycled" whatever is in this mesh before I would try something that might irreversibly alter its composition, texture or color.

[LVBMW]

Originally Posted by Paladin1

Alcohol is indeed a solvent - a powerful organic polar solvent - and will remove plasticizers, cellulose, oils, binders, coloring, and anything else that is co-soluble in whatever witch's brew that this fabric is made from, the composition of which BMW has not divulged, but presumably an organic polymer.

Water is also a solvent, but much milder and not nearly as unpredictability destructive to organic materials. Surfactants are just surface tension-reducing organic hydrocarbons that improve water's ability to separate nonintegral materials from each other - as in debris from fabric. For which they have been used for several hundred years for a reason. The key is dilution - soap (a surfactant) rinses off your hands and other materials, like fabric, with its diluent, water. I would certainly trust this combination on an unknown substance like the "recycled" whatever is in this mesh before I would try something that might irreversibly alter its composition, texture or color.

I feel like you have just taken me back to two semesters of organic chemistry.

[Paladin1]

Sometimes I dream in formulas and reactions....

"They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too."
O. Wilde