Street Dreams Detail - Infiniti G coupe Megs DA system correction

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I need to detail a 2000 ford f150. The vehicle is used by a painting company. There is paint all over the vehicle and the inside of the vehicle, along with the moldings & trim panels.

I will be able to get the paint of the exterior paint but any one have any ideas on the trim panels, dash, moldings, rear step pad, box cover(vinyl).

I dont want to discolor anything or use to harsh of a chemical.

I have never seen a car this bac before. It looks like he took the gallon of paint and just spread it around his car and then the inside as well.

sorry no pix of it, no camera around.
 
For water based use some warm water and soap (Dawn, or fabic cleaner, depending on surface) and agitate with a medium to stiff brush.



For oil based use Dentaured Alcohol. Make sure to clean the areas after use of the Alcohol to reduce the smell. If on leather, clean with leather cleaner and re-condition if necessary. :up
 
I have more painting experience than I would like, and have to say that oil clean-ups are a bit#@!!! Latex, no prob, water alone will clean it up most of the time. It is probably latex, but if oil good luck!! Alcohol sounds like a good plan to me, and/or a vinyl cleaner. Not too familiar w/ current F-150 interiors but if it is grained vinyl you're in for it. Still have paint in a couple cars that I can't get out because of the texture. :scared Best of luck to you, and why would they have a truck that new for a work truck?? Beaters are for painting, not $20k+ trucks!

P.S. Paint thinner is probably your last resort, but I don't know how colorfast? it is. Use it on my skin sometimes, not the best idea I know.
 
I think i am going to end up trying everyone's suggestion. I can tell that this will be one long day when he brings me the truck.

i will take before & after pix and post them on this forum. I told the owner i am a detailer and not a miracle worker. he laughed but then said he wants it all out, so i laughed back.
 
i would use a little bit of gas mixed with tide thats what we use to get all the driveway sealer off our trucks and we use a oil base sealer it take it off after a little buffing
 
I would not recommend using gas on anything. For one thing gas should never be used as a cleaner. Not to menion the saftey issue, but gas can remove coloring from many plastics and fabrics. There are much better and safer ways to correct the problem.
 
showroom, thanks for the info, inever used gas as a cleaner, but this car is a mess. in your reply you said there are better ways to clean the car, but you didn't say how. got any ideas. i am not the worried about the outside of the car, i know the paint will come off, but what about the dash & trim panels, they are covered in paint.
 
For latex some warm water and a bit of dawn soap with a good stiff brush will do the trick. For oil based Denatured Alcohol is your best bet. It's a solvent (so it will remove the paint) but it's much more safe to work with than gas, and it won't remove the color from most fabrics or plastics. :up
 
Don't forget Showroom said "most" in his good advice -- it can remove color from plastic and may have done it to some of my plastic, but not to most. Test in inconspicuous area first!
 
you use tide and gas on the out side and theres some stuff called topjob or something like that that will take the paint off the door panels on the inside and i just use carpet cleaner on the fabrics
 
G35 Coupe in for a 3 day complete detail in preparation for a possible sale.

Basic outline of problems:

-Lack of gloss
-Improper detailing/buffing from previous detailer
-Heavy contaminants
-Greasy leather/dried out trim

No wash process pics, right onto paint correction.

-D300 compound + Cutting disc x2
-Menzerna Powerfinish + LC hydro tech tangerine
-Menzerna 85rd + Black DD finishing pad

I started off with a "test spot" to find the right combo, the doors on this car were hammered so I figured I would start there and see what kind of damage I could do... after some toying around I landed on the above combo which yielded the folllowing results.

The middle section wash polished...

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Very pleased with these results I moved my way around the rest of the car...

Hood

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Reverse angle of that

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Lower body panels were shot, in these areas 4" pads were used. You see the difference in color and clarity before and after polishing.

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Trunk area under halogens

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LED Fenix TK40

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Closeup before and after

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4" pads used again here and on the tailights

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Closeup (Japanese paint is fantastic to work with)

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Again difference in color and clarity before and after polishing...

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After correction the interior was done. I spent a few hours in here getting everything restored to a factory natural look.

Leather was treated with the leatherique twins. As usual I used a heat gun on a low setting to pre-heat the leather (soften it up) before applying the Rejuv. oil and again after I applied it I used the heat gun again to bake it into the pores.

This process was repeated 3-4 times over the next 24hours to help remove as much grime as possible from the leather.

Massaging in RO by hand

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Re-heating with heat gun

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Steering wheel received same application

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The next morning before another round with the heat gun before removal with Pristine clean

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A hot damp MF pad was used (with no cleaner) to remove the Rejuv. Oil from the seats , this is where you see all the grime get taken off....

After just the lower portion of the drivers seat

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Buffing off pristine clean, which leaves behind a very nice natural finish once done

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Results:

Before

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After:

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After:

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After:

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Finished shots

LSP: Menzerna Powerlock + Lusso Oro wax

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Total time: 20hours

Thanks for looking!
 
David,
Another awesome job. I really appreciate the detail of your photos and your step by step write up. I am going to use the leatherique twins on my winter truck a 2002 qx4 that needs some love. I am going to wait for the summer heat.

I got the winter off my dd and my wife's. The bred and ultimate held up very well. Cars cleaned up well. I need to hit my wheels again, I ran out of steam. Getting old sucks:smile:

I always look forward to posts,

Thanks,
Jeff
 
Dave - bring those cars down here as we just had 94-degree temps on Sunday (no heat gun required). I do like the L-twins so far, but the cleaner goes way too quickly...
 
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