Cleaning tips!!!

[Han In The Van]

OMG first effort trying to clean new van today, several hours and a whole tube of chrome cleaner later I honestly don't know if it looks much better!! Any general cleaning tips would be very much appreciated.....in particular the mosie grills and vented window slats - how on earth can you clean these???!! I only got through 20yrs worth of fermented crusty midges, still got another 20yrs to get through tho?

Also any tips for:
cleaning / maintaining the seals
cleaning black scuff marks off interior cupboard and table edges

Have also got a few areas of worn ply bits, does anyone know how I can fix these up a bit better? I don't really want to replace unless really have to as its only in a couple of places. Also got some sticker residue I wanted to get off the ply but not sure how best to do it?

Apologises for being so useless, any tips would really be a massive help!

 

[who?1]

Use wet wipes on the black scuffs - they work!

 

[Marriedblonde]

They are also very good at removing the black soot marks from your rear bumper.

J.

 

[cotswoldiver]

Use this on your seals - great stuff and a good price from Amazon but the postage can be a deal killer so do a search on ebay for einszett gummi pflege and sometimes you can find exactly the same product with cheaper postage. Will protect your seals like no other product

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Einszett-Gu..._1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1361282920&sr=1-1

 

[RichardAlexander]

Autoglym and halfords do something called a magic sponge great for removing scuffs etc it also buffs up dashboards

 

[vwvanman0]

If all else fails I usually try wd40 and a rag,

Works wonders on all sorts.

 

[RichardAlexander]

oh and a good quality wax from most diy will help the plywood

 

[cotswoldiver]

I always have some of Autosmart G101 in the cleaning product pile. It's amazing what that cleans up. You don't have to buy it from Autosmart traders, many of the specialist detailing traders will sell it from their website