Vehicle: My Pastor's 2000 Chrysler Concorde
Since the day was nice in Chicago, I figured I would take advantage by giving Maxine a much needed bath. I was going to do my father's Navigator but the truck didn't sit still long enough for me to wash it.
At any rate, I promised my pastor I would wash her 2000 Concorde (silver) and use a few autopian tricks on it.
Let me give you a rundown. The vehicle is kpet outdoors with trees in close proximity to it. Also, her car goes through a construction zone (One that rivals my construction zone on I-294 in length) and is parked in the vicinity of railroad tracks. She also would take her car to the automatic car wash and/or the nearest Blast-O-Matic to clean it. The inside windows were pretty dirty due to cookie crumblers.
This was the plan of attack.
a) Went over car with EF Tar Remover. I got rid of tar and tree sap.
b) Washed car with Dawn to remove waxes. I also used EF HI for the wheels and tires. I bought a Viking tire brush
D) as well as a Viking Chenille Wash Mitt D) and an Absorber (). I also used my California Water Blade.
c) Clayed the car with my Mother's Clay Bar. I might have to buy some Pinnacle Poly Clay for the navigator as the Mother's bar has almost been rendered useless.
d) I managed to get 1/2 of the car treated with Meguiar's #9, AIO, and KSG before dark. I wanted to get in before it got too dark because we heard gunshots around my neck of the woods the night before.
e) Since she has a wood dash, I decided against using my diluted HI and just wiped it down with water. However, the windows were the real bear. I used my alcohol-20/20 mixture 2x on the front Windshield and it still was not clean to my satisfaction.
The rear window.....let's not go there. But I spent 30 minutes on the rear window and it was STILL streaky. I did not treat the dash with Vinylex. I treated the tires and brought the car back to her. I also vacuumed the interior with my Shop Vac (Writing this post reminded me that I need to clean out my vacuum and check the filter.)
Did I charge her? No. She did offer to pay, though. All of the work I did took me more than 3 hrs. The next time I get my hands on that car(maybe Thursday), I am going to AIO and KSG it .
I would do it this Saturday but yours truly will be at a U of I football game.
Since the day was nice in Chicago, I figured I would take advantage by giving Maxine a much needed bath. I was going to do my father's Navigator but the truck didn't sit still long enough for me to wash it.
At any rate, I promised my pastor I would wash her 2000 Concorde (silver) and use a few autopian tricks on it.
Let me give you a rundown. The vehicle is kpet outdoors with trees in close proximity to it. Also, her car goes through a construction zone (One that rivals my construction zone on I-294 in length) and is parked in the vicinity of railroad tracks. She also would take her car to the automatic car wash and/or the nearest Blast-O-Matic to clean it. The inside windows were pretty dirty due to cookie crumblers.
This was the plan of attack.
a) Went over car with EF Tar Remover. I got rid of tar and tree sap.
b) Washed car with Dawn to remove waxes. I also used EF HI for the wheels and tires. I bought a Viking tire brush
D) as well as a Viking Chenille Wash Mitt D) and an Absorber (). I also used my California Water Blade.c) Clayed the car with my Mother's Clay Bar. I might have to buy some Pinnacle Poly Clay for the navigator as the Mother's bar has almost been rendered useless.
d) I managed to get 1/2 of the car treated with Meguiar's #9, AIO, and KSG before dark. I wanted to get in before it got too dark because we heard gunshots around my neck of the woods the night before.
e) Since she has a wood dash, I decided against using my diluted HI and just wiped it down with water. However, the windows were the real bear. I used my alcohol-20/20 mixture 2x on the front Windshield and it still was not clean to my satisfaction.
The rear window.....let's not go there. But I spent 30 minutes on the rear window and it was STILL streaky.
I did not treat the dash with Vinylex. I treated the tires and brought the car back to her. I also vacuumed the interior with my Shop Vac (Writing this post reminded me that I need to clean out my vacuum and check the filter.)Did I charge her? No. She did offer to pay, though. All of the work I did took me more than 3 hrs. The next time I get my hands on that car(maybe Thursday), I am going to AIO and KSG it .
I would do it this Saturday but yours truly will be at a U of I football game.
