SeaJays
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This was my detail from Saturday. A friend of mine wanted to have his 2004 Mercury Mountaineer detailed inside and out. I went up to his shop and did the detail there.
The interior plastics and leather were pretty dirty and the interior needed an overall thorough cleaning.
Interior Process & Products
The exterior was equally as dirty.
Exterior Process & Products
Now the video I put together. Thanks for viewing!
Mercury Mountaineer - YouTube
The interior plastics and leather were pretty dirty and the interior needed an overall thorough cleaning.
Interior Process & Products
- Interior thoroughly vacuumed
- All plastics, vinyl, leather, etc was cleaned using Kleen APC diluted 8:1 (picked up at a local place, still testing it out) and race glaze detailing brush, and a vinyl & leather brush. Some of the hard plastics I used Kleen with a magic eraser.
- Cup Holders, Vents, and carpets received a quick steam cleaning with my Vapor Clean Gaia
- Plastics and leather were treated with 303 Aerospace
- Windows cleaned with 2 Window MFs and Megs Window Cleaner
- Gauge Cluster was cleaned with DP Plex-All
The exterior was equally as dirty.
Exterior Process & Products
- Wheels/Tires rinsed with Karcher 2000psi pressure washer
- Wheels sprayed with Iron-X - the drivers side rear wheel needed 4 cleaning with Iron-x and scrubbing to remove the heavy baked on brake dust.
- Wheels agitated with Race Glaze XL wheel brush, lug nut brush, and soft wheel brush
- Tires sprayed with Megs Super Degreaser dulited 4:1 and scrubbed with a stiff brush
- Wheel wells received Megs Super degreaser and a scrubb with a wheel well brush
- Exterior was pressure washed with the Karcher pressure washer then front and side mirrors were sprayed with Poorboy's Bug Squash diluted 3:1
- Two bucket wash method with DP Xtreme Foam and Dawn mix. Used Chenille wash mitt.
- Rinsed well, then sprayed with Iron-X left to dwell. I didn't include the Iron-x pics in the video, but here they are to show you the heavy contamination I was dealing with.



- Vehicle was rinsed well again
- De-tarred and adhesive from a sticker on the rear hatch removed using Stoner's Tarminator and a MF
- Clayed using the Speedy prep towel and ONR diluted to clay lube strength
- Dried with Cobra Waffle Weave towel
- Blackfire Wet Diamond paint sealant was applied via PC 7424 and LC Blue pad
- Tires dressed with Pinnacle Black Onyx
- Wheel wells dressed with Protect-All (another local pick up, similar to Megs 40)
- Exhaust tip cleaned with Optimum Metal Polish, 0000 steel wool, and MF
- Door jambs cleaned with ONR
Now the video I put together. Thanks for viewing!
Mercury Mountaineer - YouTube