How to Keep Car Clean at Beach: Prevention Is the Best Medicine
The best way to get sand out of your car? Don't let it get inside in the first place. Keep car sand at bay with these tips and tricks after a trip to the beach.
Check Your Feet…
To keep your shoes from collecting sand and immediately compounding it into your carpet and floor mats, keep a soft bristle brush easily accessible. Brush off the bottoms of your shoes and get sand out of any grooves in the soles before you and your passengers load up after a day at the beach. Or, take off your beach shoes and store them in plastic bags. Just be sure to keep another pair in the car for driving or riding.
…And Your Hands
The last thing you need is sand all over your steering wheel. Oddly enough, rubbing your hands together with a bit of baby powder can help get excess sand off your hands before you get in your INFINITI.
Choose Your Beach Bag Wisely.
That beach-themed canvas tote may be cute, but the sand it traps and dumps into your floorboards definitely won't be. When taking items to the beach, choose a mesh bag so you can easily shake it out and get sand off the items inside (if you have access to a water spigot, a waterproof bag will let you rinse things off, too, without having to unpack). When it's time to load up, toss your sandy beach items inside a cargo organizer for easy cleanup later.
Protect your interior.
All-weather floor mats are designed to stand up to dirt, grime, and — you guessed it — sand. As for your seats? Seat covers can help keep sand from seeping into your upholstery, too. Save yourself the headache of trying to get your car clean after a beach trip with custom-designed protective covers and mats for your INFINITI.
Sand In Car: How to Get It Out
Most days, you're careful about keeping sand out of your car interior. But sometimes, you're having too much fun to care! If you've tracked remnants of the beach into your INFINITI, here's a step-by-step guide on how to get sand out of your car.
- Shake and rake out as much loose sand as you can. Sweep your dash with a small broom to get any sand particles, and shake out your floor mats. If the sand has settled into the fibers of your floor mats, brushing them with a stiff-bristled brush (like a horsehair brush) can help you get a better clean.
- Get into the nooks and crannies. A trip to the office supply store can help you out with this one. Grab a can of compressed air — the kind you'd use to clean a computer keyboard — for help blasting sand out of cup holders, storage nooks, and other tight spaces before vacuuming.
- Vacuum. Grab a handheld vacuum from home, or head to the car wash to use the heavy-duty car vacuums there. If needed, you can alternate using your stiff-bristled attachment and your standard one.
- Rinse the outside. If the outside of your car is covered with sand, don't run through the car wash just yet. Before taking any kind of scrubbing tool to the outside (like a sponge or scrub pad), give your car a thorough rinse with a water hose. Why? With a bit of friction from scrubbing, even one tiny grain of sand can scratch your INFINITI's exterior paint. Once you've done this, then you can take your car through an automatic car wash or give it a good scrub at home.
- Take time for details. Whether you're returning from a day at the beach or a weeklong getaway, spending a few minutes maintaining your INFINITI's interior is always a good idea. Check out our favorite hacks for detailing your car the easy way to keep things fresh and tidy.
Don't Let Car Sand Ruin Your Beach Trip
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