How To Clean The Grimiest Part Of Your Car In Seconds

cup holder cleaning hack

If a blog post that were working on requires a photo of the inside of a car, we often take it inside my daughter Brittas car. And thats simply because out of the three cars that are parked at the OGT Studio when we take photos, hers is usually the cleanest! (In fact, it was actually too clean to use for the photos in todays post.)

Britta takes after my husband Dave in that regard, whose personal standard for car cleanliness has always been extremely high. I, on the other hand, have remained firmly outside the influence of Daves neurotic car care tendencies, though I do suspect that her habits may be making more of an impression on me!

Ive been making more of an effort to keep my car clean lately, and experimenting with different methods. I recently discovered a great way to clean one of the grimiest parts of the car, and Ill be sharing that with you today! :-)

cup holder cleaning hack

A Solution For The Grimiest Part Of Your Car

If theres one part of my cars interior that Ive struggled to keep clean, its the cupholders! It seems like they always end up with a sticky, crumby mess at the bottom, and that mess always seemed to put up a fight!

It used to take me ages to wipe them completely clean, until I discovered a simple method that made it fast and easy! So heres the scoop on how its done, so you can use it to clean your cupholders in seconds!

cup holder cleaning hack

How To Clean Your Cupholders In Seconds

Youll need:

Directions:

Start by stretching a sock over the bottom of your cup. (Fuzzy socks work really well here, both because theyre great at grabbing onto gunk and because theyre easy to stretch over the base of a cup.)

cup holder cleaning hack

Once youve got the sock on the cup, spray the sock with your cleaning spray of choice. If your cupholders are really grimy, you may want to spray the cleaner directly into the cupholders and let it sit for a minute or two before moving on to the next step.

cup holder cleaning hack

Next, place the sock-covered cup into the cupholder, put some pressure on it, and give the cup a good twist.

cup holder cleaning hack

The sock will pick up the majority of the gunk in the cupholder, easy as that!

cup holder cleaning hack

If necessary, wipe off the remaining ledges and tight corners that the cup cant reach. You can do this by slipping the sock off the cup and onto your hand and wiping them clean.

cup holder cleaning hack

Then sit back and admire your squeaky clean cupholders! :-)

Do you have a favorite quick and easy car care tip?