Interior shampoo
Interior shampoo is the foam-based or extraction cleaning method used to deep-clean fabric car seats, door cards, and trim panels.
What it means
Fabric car seats and trim accumulate dirt that vacuuming alone cannot lift: spilled drinks, body oils, food residue, and dust embedded in the fibre weave. Interior shampoo solves this with one of two methods. Foam-based cleaning sprays a high-foam shampoo onto the surface, agitates with a brush, and the foam encapsulates the dirt as it dries; vacuuming after dry pulls the dried foam and dirt out. Extraction cleaning uses a machine that injects warm water-shampoo solution into the fabric and immediately vacuums it back out with the loosened dirt. Both methods can deep-clean fabric, but the risk is over-wetting: too much moisture pushes water past the upholstery into the foam padding underneath, where it can trigger mould growth before it dries (especially in Singapore humidity). Skilled detailers control wetting carefully and ensure proper drying with airflow, sometimes with a dehumidifier in the cabin.
Why it matters in Singapore
Singapore's humidity is the worst-case environment for over-wet upholstery. A workshop that does interior shampoo without controlling wetting and drying risks creating a longer-lasting mould smell than the original problem. Choosing a workshop that knows the local conditions and dries properly is the difference between a fresh interior and a worse one.
How Revol Carz handles this
Revol Carz uses controlled-wetting interior shampoo techniques with proper extraction and drying, and addresses any post-clean smells with ozone treatment if required.