Anyone else have mud caked in their speaker grilles?

[benlaud87]

I went in water a little deeper than I should have a few times and because of that I've taken on some water before. Since the first time it's happened I had pretty much brown speaker grilles from the muddy water. I tried searching a while ago on google and people were suggesting Q tips or tooth picks to clean each hole individually. I didn't care that much so I left it. Got bored and decided to try something else today. I used some foaming vinyl cleaner and a stiff bristle brush and it came right out. The pic below of the dirt is actually the cleanest one there was, the rear ones were completely brown.Before

After

Supplies

So if you have this issue and want to clean it, this will work. Just mist the cleaner on so it doesn't damage anything. This may have been common sense to many people but if you're like me then here you go.

 

[06 H3]

Thanks! Im gonna try this...mine has been dirty for years...

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[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Thanks! I was wondering how to clean them out

 

[benlaud87]

after it dried I could see that there was still a little dirt but definitely not nearly as bad as it was. I'll probably go over it a few more times over the course of a week and it should be good by then

 

[alrock]

Looks much better

 

[Ron46]

Thanks! Ive had mud caked in my for a while now!

 

[cbetts]

I had been poking at mine with a detail brush. Your approach looks much easier.

Thanks!

 

[H3DONIST]

Awesome! I was wondering how I was going to clean my speaker grilles just the other day. Thanks for posting this. :thumbs:

 

[Hans3T]

I've found that using Armor All does about the same thing. Nice experiment though.

 

[benlaud87]

The reason I bought the tuff stuff is because armor all protectant claims to clean but doesnt clean anything that ive seen. I can spray it on the tan vinyl in he cargo area where its dirty, scrub, and repeat all day with no results. I dont think ive ever used anything armorall that worked particuarly well.

I guess it makes black plastic look shiny and covers up dirt by making it look wet.

 

[Hans3T]

I'm a fan of TurtleWax Ice interior cleaner. It does a great job and smells as close to "new car smell" as I've found in a chemical product other than real new car smell.

 

[benlaud87]

I know people who are really into detailing their car buy all kinds of stuff that they dont sell at autozone but I just buy everything Meguiars now. Ive had the best results with their products, especially the tire shine. I put armorall tire gel on my tires and theyre dull the next day. I spray Meguiars tire shine and it was still on there the next weekend when I went to hose the truck down.

 

[Hans3T]

...I buy the TurtleWax at Big Lots most of the time.

 

[Sierra H3]

Great tip on th brush and cleaner. I have been wasting my time with toothpicks. To protect rubber/ plastic parts exposed to UV, I use Aerospace Protectant. It is basically suntan lotion for your vehicle.

 

[DAGKANA]

Ben can you come over and do mine next time I go wheelin?

 

[cgalpha08]

Ben can you come over and do mine next time I go wheelin?

Dooooood!!!! All i gotta say is how? Haha

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[06 H3]

Wtf!!!!

 

[Pappibri]

Exactly:whaa:

 

[cbetts]

Wow, I don't feel bad about the leak I had in my sunroof now.

 

[Hans3T]

Ben can you come over and do mine next time I go wheelin?

:giggle: Duuude...that's why you put the windows UP before the mud puddle.

 

[DAGKANA]

Teaser pics guys! That's from when I blew apart my front diff... I tried going through what could only be described as a mud bog...

 

[benlaud87]

sure ill be right over. I did that before getting stuck in sand. luckily letting the sand dry and then just blowing or brushing it away worked pretty well. mud is another story