Mercedes GLK350 nightmare interior

Scottwax

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2010 Mercedes GLK350. Owner was referred to me by a customer, she has a couple of kids so not only do they make a mess inside, but she has no time to take care of it herself. She did warn me in advance the interior was a mess, something I definitely appreciate. Usually I hear "oh, its pretty clean", like I won't notice the interior looks like a landfill when I actually get there. But she said it was trashed and she was correct:















Usually my son does the interior and I do the exterior but for some reason (I can't imagine what it was :lol ) he said he would do the wheels, wash and clay if I would work on the interior until it was ready for polishing. Apparently it had been a really long time since the exterior was washed because I was able to get a lot more done inside than I expected before he had the exterior ready for polishing. He typically can ONR a vehicle as fast as me but he said it had a lot of built up grime everywhere. But funny enough, due to the lack of washing, the paint didn't have any swirls! I guess if you just don't touch your paint, you don't put swirls in it. :wink1:



ONR wash, Opti-Raser Pink to clay

Optimum Power Clean @ 3:1 and ONR to clean wheels and wheel wells

Optimum G-P-S using an Optimum MF polishing pad and my Rupes 21 DA

ONR wash and wax @ 32:1 to clean glass

Armor All on tires/wheel wells

Dealer emblem removed from back of vehicle



Vacuum for about 40 minutes...

3D Carpet Shampoo @ 16:1 to clean carpets and mats, then re-vacuumed

Woolite/water @ 20:1 to clean the vinyl (seats were MBtech, not leather)

Meguiars Interior QD on dash, console and door panels

Optimum Protectant Plus on seats

ONR wash and wax @ 32:1 on wood trim



















Sorry, hadn't cleaned the steering wheel when I took this...trying to finish up, get everything done, never got another shot



















 
Great work as usual Scott. Not all of us are Autopian's, but it never ceases to amaze me how people treat their cars. I drove company cars for years and they never looked like this--wonder how the inside of the house looks?
 
Nice save guys! Your son is a smart man! Nasty interiors are always good for the wow factor! Sad thing is days after the wow, there back to "Composting" in back seat again! Most people that I quote on jobs like this won't pony up to get it cleaned. I wouldn't say to loud about keeping perfect paint is better not wash it at all...lol! We'll all be out of business!
 
pwaug said:
Great work as usual Scott. Not all of us are Autopian's, but it never ceases to amaze me how people treat their cars. I drove company cars for years and they never looked like this--wonder how the inside of the house looks?



House looked clean from what I could see.



maxepr1 said:
Nice save guys! Your son is a smart man! Nasty interiors are always good for the wow factor! Sad thing is days after the wow, there back to "Composting" in back seat again! Most people that I quote on jobs like this won't pony up to get it cleaned. I wouldn't say to loud about keeping perfect paint is better not wash it at all...lol! We'll all be out of business!



She had no problem with the quote (University Park address... ;) ) and tipped us $75. :)



Honestly, I didn't mind swapping jobs, the wheels were pretty bad, knew it would take some time to wash. Plus its nice to change the routine up every once in a while.



dorkiedoode said:
wow that thing is trashed. Great job.



Thanks!
 
Nice turn around. This is the condition 75% of the cars I work on are in when I get to them. Fortunately Mercedes-Benz uses quality, high thread count carpet. That job would've been 3 times as hard had it had Geo Tracker carpet



I like the part about how ppl say "it's not in that bad of shape" thinking they will jedi mind-trick you on your pricing
 
jimmie jam said:
WOW Scott! Did I say WOW? :drum: :hail:



DaGonz said:
I second that! :drum: :hail: :drum: :hail:



thanks!



Flash Gordon said:
Nice turn around. This is the condition 75% of the cars I work on are in when I get to them. Fortunately Mercedes-Benz uses quality, high thread count carpet. That job would've been 3 times as hard had it had Geo Tracker carpet



I like the part about how ppl say "it's not in that bad of shape" thinking they will jedi mind-trick you on your pricing



Yeah, quality carpets make cleaning up stuff like that easier. I still haven't posted the disgusting CRV we did that looks like the interior was used as a full time dog kennel. Take about crap carpets and interior materials.
 
hamza7 said:
I love how simply your product and tool process is. Great work on it.



Always try to keep the process as simple and repeatable as possible. :)



ww2717 said:
Scott do you have a hot water extractor and steamer to use when doing your details.



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Shampoo and wet vac.



Nanolex US said:
Wait, did you say 2 kids or 2 animals!!!

This has to be one of the dirtiest cars I've seen in a while.



Didn't see any pets, just kids. :lol
 
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