Clean Floor Mats With Dishwasher

A car detailer told me this was the secret to sparkly hub caps.

Clean floor mats with dishwasher. Anyone who s ever worked in a restaurant knows that rubber floor mats can go through a dishwasher. Of course you don t want to run any dishes in the same wash. This will also help freshen the smell. Throw your floor mats in the dishwasher.

Floor mats get a damp musky smell if not dry. It s a pressure wash that requires no elbow action on your part. Leave them outside in the sun to dry. You can also sprinkle a cup of baking soda on the floor of an empty dishwasher and run a short cycle on the hottest setting to clean the interior and kill odors.

As with cleaning the dishwasher with vinegar skip the drying cycle and let the dishwasher air dry. Dry the floor mats thoroughly. Your vehicle s floor mats are no different. You ll be amazed how sparkling clean hubcaps can be after a hot water cycle.

If the cup holders are removable in your car give them a weekly cleaning on the top rack to get rid of sticky spills. Shake off excess soil and place mats on the bottom or top racks of the dishwasher. Bang the gunk off of your car mats and then lay them over the top rack of your dishwasher. You could also put cloth floor mats in the dryer.