dmw2692004
New member
The owner brought his wifes mariner to me to because she decided to not vacuum, wash, wax ect.. the car ever since they bought it (about a year ago). He wanted me to focus more on the interior and removing a few small scuff marks on the exterior surfaces rather than full correction. He also asked for paint protection. And this car was a mess.
On to my process:
Interior:
-Vacuum everything.
-Shampoo carpets with APC and 303.
-Hot water extract with shop vac.
-leave to dry out, then scotchgaurd.
-Magic erase all plastics, vinyl and some rubber parts.
-Clean leather with Sonus Leather Cleaner.
-Condition Leather with Sonus Leather Conditioner.
-Protect Plastics and vinyl with Sonus Plastic/Vinyl cote.
-Windows cleaned with Sonus Window and Clear plastic cleaner.
Exterior:
-Wash with Sonus High-Gloss Shampoo.
-Clay ( the paint was not bad at all as far as contaminants go, only the lower body panels/ behind the wheels.)
-Spot polish minor surface defects with SFX-1 and orange DAS Pad.
-Seal all surfaces with KAIO, then P21s.
-Tires and black plastic treated with Sonus Rubber/ Plastic treatment.
Some comments:
-I should have quickly given the car a once over with SFX-3 to give the paint a little more gloss and depth.
-The sonus leather combo worked great.
-I NEED a steam and/ or carpet extractor- i spent a good 3 hours on just the carpets and still couldent get out some tough stains.. ( they were a mess.)
-A foam gun would be nice to speed up my washing process.
-My well water left horrible spotting on the windows, thank god KAIO took them off.
Now on to the pictures:
Befores:
Carpets During:
Carpets After:
Washed: ( cant really tell the difference, because most of the contaminants were road tar.)
enjoy.Let me know what you think.
On to my process:
Interior:
-Vacuum everything.
-Shampoo carpets with APC and 303.
-Hot water extract with shop vac.
-leave to dry out, then scotchgaurd.
-Magic erase all plastics, vinyl and some rubber parts.
-Clean leather with Sonus Leather Cleaner.
-Condition Leather with Sonus Leather Conditioner.
-Protect Plastics and vinyl with Sonus Plastic/Vinyl cote.
-Windows cleaned with Sonus Window and Clear plastic cleaner.
Exterior:
-Wash with Sonus High-Gloss Shampoo.
-Clay ( the paint was not bad at all as far as contaminants go, only the lower body panels/ behind the wheels.)
-Spot polish minor surface defects with SFX-1 and orange DAS Pad.
-Seal all surfaces with KAIO, then P21s.
-Tires and black plastic treated with Sonus Rubber/ Plastic treatment.
Some comments:
-I should have quickly given the car a once over with SFX-3 to give the paint a little more gloss and depth.
-The sonus leather combo worked great.
-I NEED a steam and/ or carpet extractor- i spent a good 3 hours on just the carpets and still couldent get out some tough stains.. ( they were a mess.)
-A foam gun would be nice to speed up my washing process.
-My well water left horrible spotting on the windows, thank god KAIO took them off.
Now on to the pictures:
Befores:
Carpets During:
Carpets After:
Washed: ( cant really tell the difference, because most of the contaminants were road tar.)
enjoy.Let me know what you think.
