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Best way to clean Moab dust??

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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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Default Best way to clean Moab dust??

I just got back from Moab and getting ready to do the clean up...man there is a lot of red dirt in every crevass!! lol
Does anybody have any tips or tricks to get it clean? Generally I shop vac with a brush attachment then just wet rags(water only). If anybody has a great way to get the dusty dirt off of everything let me know.

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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 09:53 AM
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Air hose and shop vac
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 07:01 PM
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Moab will never leave you.
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by xerofall
Moab will never leave you.
hahahahaha
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by xerofall
Moab will never leave you.
So true! I'm still finding red dust after more then 6 months home.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 06:35 AM
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The red dirt and dust will stay with your jeep until you sell. It will sometimes show itself on your clothing or other items. IT'S EVERYWHERE!
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 07:40 AM
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And a month later you turn on the A.C. and then you have a new coating of red dust. Takes about a year to get rid of and then your back again for a Red Dust fill up.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 07:55 AM
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Gotta agree with Xerofall on this. I'm still fighting to get my interior cleaned. Here's what I'm going to try to do this weekend. I'm going to only pull the carpet from middle and back area if possible. I'm trying to tell myself that I do not need to pull all the seats out to do this.

Step 1. Pull top/doors off, remove floor mats. Do a few miles on the highway. (crap it's raining today and supposed to this weekend also).
Step 2. Buy new filter for shop vac, old one is molded
Step 3. Pull interior carpeting out
Step 4. Vacuum carpet, wash carpet on the driveway (in the rain if I have to) with hot soapy water and the garden hose, hang on swing set to dry?
Step 5. Wipe down interior/ Use air compressor air nozzle along seams
Step 6. Curse at carpet for being too wet to go back into Jeep
Step 7. Consider installing carpet and doing some high speed driving to dry out interior?
Hey look! There's more Moab dust all over! Grrrrrrr!
See Step 1.

Seriously getting all the dust out of a Jeep from Moab is almost impossible. Especially if you went doorless/topless down a few dusty trails like myself.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 08:34 AM
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It's like getting kissed by the cutest girl in Grade 7 and not wanting to wash your face. I didn't want to wash my jeep after I got back from Moab.
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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 07:19 PM
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We have identical dirt here. It's ALL OVER the interior of my JK. It's impossible to get rid of....
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