We were impressed with the Britemax Interior Cleaner. It’s easy to use, cleans well and leaves behind a really pleasant-but-unusual fragrance, which is hard to recognise but maybe there’s a hint of Ginger in there? It’s not an overpowering smell though, which some interior cleaners can be guilty of. The only problem we found was that the scent doesn’t hang around as much as we’d have liked.

The Interior Cleaner was very simple to use, and was a literal spray on, wipe away job with no fuss or arm-ache involved. Even only going over the plastics once and using a soft microfibre cloth to remove any excess, it still left a great finish.

When we used it on ingrained dirt patches on lighter-coloured plastics and where any muck was more obvious, we found that at least 80% of the grime was removed with just one ‘pass’ of the product. If you want to get right into the grain of the plastics and rubber trim parts though, we’d recommend spraying on the product and working it in with an old toothbrush or similar, and then removing the excess with a microfibre cloth.

That method should work well in removing most ingrained soiling.

After use, the plastic and rubber had a soft-sheen-look to it, and you could almost get away with it on its own without using a dressing. Almost.

As a bonus, you can also use the Britemax Interior Cleaner on other materials such as carpets and upholstery too where it seems to work pretty well, removing stains without adding more. Remember though, as with most products, over-saturate the area and spray on too much and you will make stains worse, even enlarging the area.

Overall score – 8/10 Simple to use and effective, Britemax Interior Cleaner leaves behind a classy soft-sheen finish.

+ We like the ease-of-use, fragrance and finish

- You can get through a bottle pretty quickly, making it a little pricy. The smell doesn’t linger as long as we’d like.

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Britemax Winter Prep and Maintain Samples Pack

Get ready for Winter with our Britemax samples pack - it is simply too good to miss at this price!! This brilliant kit features almost all of what you need to get prepare your vehicle for winter, and for maintaining it through the bad weather too. There are products for both the interior and exterior of your vehicle with nearly everything you need to make it shine brilliantly! Included in the pack are:

- 50ml Britemax Extreme Elements

A cream sealant which is easy to apply and remove, gives long lasting protection and adds a beautiful depth of shine and warmth to paintwork.

- 50ml Britemax Clean Max car shampoo

pH neutral and non-alkaline, this is a safe and highly effective shampoo, which leaves behind a slick finish and feel. Smells great too!

- 50ml Britemax Grime Out degreaser

This removes brake dust, engine grease bugs, road tar, water spots and much more, without containing acid.

- 50ml Britemax Spray and Shine (with free pump-sprayer)

When we tested this detail spray, we absolutely loved it! This is a non-silicone product, and is instead wax-based, giving an ultra deep shine and great protection too. Can also be used as a clay lube and drying aid.

-50ml Britemax Black Max

Another brilliant product that we really, really like - this ultra fine polishing glaze will remove up to 3000 grit sanding marks, and leaves an amazingly deep and rich depth to any colour of paintwork. It contains zero silicones or waxes and is dust-free. Use with a DA or by hand.

-50ml Britemax Interior Dressing

As the name states this is for car interiors, but can also be used on exterior trim and tyres too. Leaves a natural gloss-look behind, which is deep but still classy. Again, there are no silicones and it is body shop safe.

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Price: £5.80

Grimey car door before being cleaned with Britemax interior cleaner

And the results - looking fresh and spotless again

Several weeks worth of dirt left behind...

... Which cleaned up quickly and easily. Only a few ingrained bits were left behind.

Car Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: Valet PRO Interior Revived – 500 ml – £4.62

An aerosol spray. We found this stuff to be excellent and it really does do exactly what it says on the can. This isn’t a cleaner though, so make sure your door panels etc have any ingrained dirt removed first.

After lightly misting the product onto the car’s interior trim, we used a microfibre cloth to polish it up.

The finish on both flat and textured plastics looks very classy and gives a good shine without being overly glossy (which a lot of silicone sprays are guilty of). Any plastics that looked tired or even faded were refreshed and perked up again and a rich lustre was added to them.

The Interior Revived spray also neutralises bad smells well too.We used it on an interior that smelled strongly of dog and the bad odour was halved a couple of days later after the initial nice scent of the spray had gone.

When used again the bad odour all but disappeared. A small negative is the slightly overpowering scent when the spray is being used (we recommend opening all the car doors and and use it in a well ventilated area).

A huge plus with this product is that the shine will last for absolutely weeks and weeks. We couldn’t believe just how long it did last, and the shine just would not budge! Excellent.

9/10 Good price, leaves a very classy and crisp finish on interior trim and also revives it excellently too. Will last for weeks and weeks.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: Armor All Protectant (Semi-Matt and Gloss) 300 ml – £3.99 / 16oz – $6.49

We were highly impressed with these. They cleaned very well, removing the majority of stubborn stains from the car’s plastic surfaces and not much of the product is needed either. We still have over half a bottle of each left months later, and that’s after at least a dozen applications of the stuff!

They also left a good quality finish, with the Gloss not being overly-shiny and the Semi-Matt leaving a nice silky finish. They were non-greasy and worked well in restoring faded plastics. To get the best results, we used a decent quality microfibre cloth and where necessary we sprayed the product directly onto the cloth to save it getting onto glass and upholstery.

The shine from these two should last a good couple of weeks, and as application is easy, it’s not exactly hard to get your interior plastics and rubber looking first class again.

9/10 Worked excellently and both leave a quality finish. Priced well as only a little is needed for a decent job.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: Armor All Dashboard Wipes (Matt and Gloss) 15 wipes – £2.99/25 wipes – £3.99

Armor All (U.S) 25 wipes Combo Pack – $13.99

After seeing the Armor All wipes around in the shops for a while now, we were eager to see how they performed. We were happy with the results as they picked up dust and grime well, and didn’t just push it around. They have plenty of moisture in them and you could get at least a full dash and a door card wiped over with just one wipe. They did leave some slight streak marks on some of the flat plastics, but the streaks weren’t overly obvious. The Matt and Gloss finishes were very obviously different visually, especially the day after using them.

The one slight negative we found is that you get a slightly better product and far more wipes for just £1.00 more from Big Wipes.

7/10 Cleaned well, left a nice finish and smell. More expensive than the competition but handy for keeping in your glove box.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: CarPlan EcoCar Dash Cleaner 500 ml – £4.99

A pump action spray. We were highly impressed with this as a cleaner. It doesn’t leave any shine behind, but rather does what it says on the bottle and cleans. It cleans very well too as it happens. It will cut through dust and grime easily and removed any marks that were present on the door panels. It left a neutral and non-sticky finish which we liked, and brought up plastics and rubber trim up superbly and also smelt really good too (Ginger and Lime scents we thought). It’s also eco-friendly so any of you that worry about environmental issues can rest as it ‘contains coconut derived detergents; vegetable based glossing agents and natural fragrances’. A slight negative is that the spray came out too fast and covered too much of a large area, getting onto the glass and upholstery.

9/10 An excellent interior cleaner. It is well priced, smells great and is eco-friendly too.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: CarPlan Flash Dash Wipes (Matt & Glossy) 15 Wipes – £1.49/25 Wipes £2.99

We weren’t impressed with either the Glossy or Matt versions of these wipes. Although they had plenty of moisture, they didn’t pick up dirt very well, and tended to push it around instead. They also left a lot of streaking on both textured and flat surfaces, and even after using a soft cloth afterwards to buff them out, they were quite stubborn to remove.

The whole point of interior wipes is to be able to do it all in one go, and these just didn’t come up to standard. They are available in several different scents including Citrus Orange and Apple.

You are far better off using CarPlan’s Flash Dash Dashboard Shine.

4/10 These wipes failed to impress. They didn’t pick up dirt well enough and left behind a lot of streaks.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: CarPlan Flash Dash Citrus Dashboard Shine 500 ml – £3.99

An aerosol spray. If you like a nice shine to your cars plastic, then this product should be rather suitable for you. It can be sprayed directly onto the surface or applied onto a cloth first, preventing overspray onto glass or car seats etc. It worked well and is easy to apply on both flat and textures surfaces, leaving a shiny but non-greasy finish. The finish wasn’t overly ‘rich’ and has a nice silky look to it. At 500 ml, the can should last a while as not too much is needed to cover large areas. It smells nice too and also comes in 4 other scents (Wild Fruit, Vanilla, Orange, Apple). The only slight negative is that when spraying it can be slightly overpowering and chemically, but fine once the excess is wiped off and the product has dried.

The shine should last around 2 weeks, although the scent wears off after about 3 days depending on how often the car is used.

Note: Make sure you apply this product in a well ventilated area. Keep your car doors and windows open, and if using in a garage leave the garage door open too.

8/10 Does a good job at a budget price, leaves a nice silky finish and smells pretty good too.

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Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: BIG WIPES Automotive Interior Protectant Wipes 40 wipes – £4.99

We found these to work as well as the Interior Wipes on the dash, doors and centre console. They went a long way and have plenty of moisture packed into them and getting into the more annoying dusty gaps was easy work. They picked up all the dust well and didn’t just spread it around the surfaces.

They leave a nice Matt finish and have UV protectants in them which will protect your interior plastics in the long run. However, we found that their Interior Wipes did just as good a job and did many more jobs than these wipes so were better value for money overall.

8/10 Good at what they do, and well priced, but the Interior Wipes do more. Buy them if you want to UV protect your car’s plastics.

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BIG WIPES

Upholstery Cleaner Test: BIG WIPES Automotive Interior Wipes 40 wipes – £4.99

Now these were pleasantly surprising to us. They worked excellently and did far more than we expected they would. They promise to remove not only dust from the dash and doors, but also grime from carpets and upholstery too. And they did. Very well. They cleared up an extremely dusty dash with no fuss at all, and left no lint behind either. We liked the fact they got into all the little gaps where dust gathers, like around the gear-gaiter holder. They also cleaned up some rather bad stains from the seats and head-lining with ease. One wipe goes a long way and will clean up all the dash, the front doors and centre console.

These wipes leave a natural Matt finish. One slight negative – they left a slightly streaky finish to ‘flat’ plastics. However, we found that once the wipe is dry you can use it to polish off the streaks. The wipes leave no stickiness on hands either, in fact you can use them to keep you hands clean as they are dermatologically tested – cool!

9/10 Superb product. Great value for money and handy to keep in the car too.

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ProShine

Interior Plastic and Trim Products Test: ProShine Tyre and Trim Shine 8 fl oz (240ml) – £7.95

If shine is a must on your car’s interior, than this is a good product to use. Not much is needed, and you can simply spray it straight onto a cloth, rather than your plastics, to save mess. It does give a really high shine to exterior and interior plastics with no effort at all, even if they are faded. To us, it has a bit too much silicone in for our liking, and left the interior a little bit too slippery, even when we used another cloth to take off some of the shine.

A plus is that it’s great for plastic (non-painted) bumpers and wing mirrors, and restored old and faded parts instantly. Just make sure you fully remove any excess, otherwise this stuff will streak as soon as the exterior trim gets wet.

It can also be used on tyres. See our Tyre Shine review.

7/10 Works well on exterior trim and gives a deep shine, but did leave the interior plastics a little slippery and doesn’t last too well.

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