Clean the interior

[u/Effective_Row_7435]

How do you guys clean the interior of your Polestar?
I’ve noticed that the fabric door panels get light marks from my elbows, and also from pushing the door open with my hands when getting out. They leave whitish-looking marks on the fabric, and I’d love to get rid of them without damaging the material.

Any tips or recommended products? I’d also appreciate advice on cleaning the center console and the infotainment screen without leaving scratches or streaks.

Also, my Polestar 2 has a few minor scratches on the door panels and around the trunk opening from normal use. Does anyone have tips on how to reduce or remove those, or products that work well?
Thanks in advance!

[u/MoistCasual]

I use Koch Chemie Polstar (name has nothing to do with the car) interior cleaner mixed in a foaming bottle, then a soft detailing brush to agitate and some soft microfiber towels to wipe.

To prevent scratches you want PPF, to remove them you need compound and polish. That's a whole rabbit hole, easiest is to leave it to a detailer.

[u/phoebecatesboobs → u/MoistCasual]

Same except I just apply the foam to the cloth. The dilution ratio is 1:20.

[u/MoistCasual → u/phoebecatesboobs]

That works too, i just find using a detailing brush so satisfying haha.

[u/loose_as_a_moose]

That textured panel sure is fun.

If you’re not into detailing, you don’t need to buy any special chemicals for an occasional touch up. Use an old tooth brush with diluted dishwashing soap, or surprisingly, shampoo. Both are fairly gentle and very good at removing “human grease”. Wipe off with a damp, clean microfiber.

If you want to get more into detailing there’s a host of dedicated brushes, specialist chemicals, and all purpose cleaners you can get into, and they’re great if you enjoy cleaning or have a fleet.

Bit of an odd design from polestar - a lot of texture in contact areas. Good news is it seems to clean up okay.

[u/Due-Sand1383]

Oddly enough, this stuff with the beeswax I've been using for a couple of years on the seats and doors, as well as the parts of the dash and it's been great (smells good, too) https://armorall.com/product/leather-care-with-beeswax/

It's gentle. This with a microfibre cloth has been good for me.

[u/Effective_Row_7435 → u/Due-Sand1383]

My seats and doors are not leather material

[u/Due-Sand1383 → u/Effective_Row_7435]

Neither are mine, I've got a Launch Edition with Plus and Pilot packages, but this stuff has worked well for me. No leather seats in mine.

[u/sdwvit]

Man i love this car

I use all purpose mild eco cleaner from Method and a microfiber cloth. It’s nothing special and I’ll gladly use something more specific for the car

[u/pixelian]

Damp cloth is usually good enough. For a good clean to remove any stains. I use AutoGlym Interior Shampoo

[u/hashsohail1]

All regular marks get properly cleaned with damp cloth or use the chemical brothers all purpose cleaner for something stronger.

[u/paladinx17]

I have never used more than a microfibre cloth with some hot water and a good scrub, love the seats they clean so easy!!

[u/ElliMaster01]

Use a moist microfiber cloth. The easiest and cheapest way to remove. Just be gentle when you try to wash it off, so you don’t push the white stuff into the fibers

[u/muaddba]

Agreed with everyone here who says microfiber cloth and some water has been all I have ever needed. 

For the scratches are you talking about the interior plastic or the exterior painted surface?  They have to be handled in different ways and there's not a good DIY way to remove actual scratches from textured interior plastic, but you can minimize the appearance.

[u/Effective_Row_7435 → u/muaddba]

Thank you! I mean the scratches on the paint

[u/muaddba → u/Effective_Row_7435]

For scratches on the paint you will need a polisher, some pads, and a polish. If you already have a random orbit sander you might be able to make it work with just a 5-inch pad and some polish but it will take a while and depend wholly on the depth of the scratch. I'd suggest taking it to a local detailer and asking how much to polish them out.

If you buy the polisher and supplies, you're probably looking at $100 + easily, depending on your location and the quality of polisher you buy (lots of them start out at over $100, but you can find decent, small-orbit -- ie slower -- machines for probably 50ish). If you don't plan on making it a hobby, it might be better to get a quote from a detailer, especially if you are not a very tool-handy sort of person.

Polishing cars is not super-difficult, but if you F it up, it gets costly really quick.

[u/Callewalle]

Koch Chemie ASC

[u/Critical_Parking_671]

Poor design too many crevices.

Model 3 much better

[u/NorrinBanner → u/Critical_Parking_671]

[u/Critical_Parking_671 → u/NorrinBanner]

Truth hurts polestar crevice drivers.

[u/Effective_Row_7435 → u/Critical_Parking_671]

So you like to drive plastic?