4
CleaningtheVehicleInteriorBODYANDTRIM
CLEANINGTHEVEHICLEINTERIOR
CAUTION
•Moisturewillcauseelectricalcomponentdamage.Donotuseapressurewasherorsteamcleaner
tocleanthevehicle.
•Topreventdamagetothevehiclewhenremovingdifcultstainsorheavysoiling,removetheseat
bottomfromthevehiclerst.
Topreserveseatappearance,cleanregularlywithmildsoapordetergentappliedwithaspongeorsoftcloth.Usea
softbristlebrushtocleanareasthatareespeciallysoiled.Usethefollowingguidelines:
LightSoiling:Asolutionof10%liquiddishsoapandwarmwaterappliedwithasoft,dampclothisrecommended.
Asoftbristlebrushmaybeusedifnecessary.Wipeoffanyresiduewithawaterdampenedcloth.
DifcultStains:Dampenasoft,whiteclothwithasolutionof10%householdbleach(sodiumhypochlorite)and
90%water.Rubgentlytoremovestain,thenrinsewithawaterdampenedclothtoremovebleachconcentration.
MoreDifcultStains:Performpreviousprocedureusingfull-strengthbleach,orallowbleachtopuddleon
affectedareaforapproximately30minutes.Rinsewithawaterdampenedclothtoremoveanyremainingbleach
concentration.
BODYREPAIR
STRESSLINESORSTREAKS
RepeatedlyexingtheSurlyn
®
bodycancausewhitestresslinesorstreaksinthenish.T oremovethem:
1.Holdaheatgun12inches(30cm)awayfromtheaffectedarea,withthegunonitslowestheatsetting.
2.Slowlywavetheheatgunbackandforthovertheaffectedareauntilthestreakfades.
CAUTION
•Holdingtheheatguntooclosetothebodycouldmeltthebodyordamagethenish.Donotholdthe
heatguncloserthan6inches(15cm)tothebody.
3.Itmaybenecessarytomovethegunclosertothebodytofadethestreak.Donotholdtheguncloserthan
6inches(15cm)tothebody.
MINORIMPACTDAMAGE/DEFORMATIONS
MinorimpactdamagetoaSurlyn
®
bodycanberepairedusingaproceduresimilartotheoneusedtoremovestress
lines.Toremovedeformationsresultingfromminorimpactdamage:
1.Holdaheatgun12inches(30cm)awayfromtheaffectedarea,withthegunonitslowestheatsetting.
2.Periodicallyremovetheheatgunandbendthebody,usingapushblock,intheoppositedirectionofthe
deformation.
Page4-22020Precedent,Villager2and4MaintenanceandServiceManual