long day! 15+ hours

Tex Star Detail

Tex Star Detail

Formerly TexasTB
2001(2) Toyota Highlander (Flooded)

Let me start off with a little story on how I came to do this job.
Got a call from an owner of a lube shop, a very well respected lube shop at that.
Seems an employee tried cleaning out an AC drain line with a hex head socket, and when he pulled the ratchet? back, the socket stayed in the line. Well, after a month, water was flooding the floor boards.

The owner of the vehicle is a marketing director (?) for Chik-fil-a in another town, about an hour or so away. I picked her vehicle up the other night and left mine with her to drive, since she could not get a rental. When I got home, I spent 3 -3.5 hours removing seats and trim pieces. I wanted to get a head start for the morning. I shut down about 11PM and went to bed. Got back up this morning and hit it again.
I spent 5-6 hours doing R&R.
All the floor boards were soaked, and under the mats, was mold.....:passout:
Bought new padding and cut to the proper shape.
Long day of shampooing, scrubbing, cleaning, etc...

I had to dismantle the vents and clean them out as well...

Edit...I deleted all but 2 pics:mad: :wall :mad: :wall :mad: :wall :passout:
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Just got back around 9PM delivering it.
 
All I can say is that you're more dedicated to detailing than I am. From the two pictures and what you said, it looks and sounds like this was one heck of a job. How long did the entire process take you?
 
WOW. When I first saw the pics I thought you were doing an interior swap :p well that is kinda what you're doing with the padding
 
The carpet was salvaged. I pressure washed it, then extracted twice. Came out like new. The padding on the other hand, was a loss. I bought a roll of padding, traced all the shapes out and cut out. that took an hour by itself.

How long? about 16 hours. That included driving time, picking up and dropping off, running to get the padding, etc.... Exterior was washed and waxed. I wanted to fully detail the exterior, but time ran out.

I wish I had my other pics, but they were deleted off the camera before I got to download them. I made a boo boo, and now I need a kick in my rear.
Total bill..... @ $700
 
I actually like doing jobs like these. It's good to get away from the everyday detailing hustle and mix it up a bit. if i could do a couple of these a month I would be happy.
 
I was going to say OMG, until I saw the $700 bill :)

J/K -It looks like you earned EVERY penny of it on that one. Great job!
 
TexasTB said:
I actually like doing jobs like these. It's good to get away from the everyday detailing hustle and mix it up a bit. if i could do a couple of these a month I would be happy.
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I don't have the ability to do that...not on a customers car...I know something would not go back on right
 
Shaun Carollo said:
Nice job Chris!

On those jobs do you bill the customer, or their insurance?
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I enjoy doing this type of stuff. I was the kid that tore apart all of the electronic toys I had to see how they worked. ;) Then put them back together, usually, with some extra screws and parts. lol

I took auto collision repair for a few years, and worked a few body shops here and there, so it is pretty easy for me.


As far as billing, I billed the owner of the lube shop. they have a separate account for things like this. figure they'd put so much into a separate account each month, and just draw from it instead of dealing with insurance and rate increases.
 
Well done chris 16hrs you must have ben stuffed by then.
It is good to mix things up a bit makes life more interesting.
Dave
 
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