Today's detail v. dirty mats, lots of pics

[gav'spurplez]

hey guys,

this mountaineer belongs to my girlfriend's uncle's son. did you get that ?? He does not really wash his truck, and his dad owns a fast food place. he works there and does not have rubber mats for his carpeting and drags all of the grease onto them. i spent alot of time on the wheels as well, front ones were caked with brake dust. here's the process



Exterior:

-Wash meg's GC

-Megs Clay

-IP with cma yellow

-NXT with cma gray

-wheels with sonus rim brite, AIO once cleaned



Interior

-Megs trim and dash foam for trim and dash

-carpet cleaner concentrate with a dash of woolite

-leather cleaned with woolite and conditioned with blue magic conditioner

 

[gav'spurplez]

that is my little green, recovery tank, man, that water was thick and dirty

 

[gav'spurplez]

 

[klnyc]

Umm any After shots? :nixweiss



edit: "never Mind"

 

[gav'spurplez]

enjoy, comments welcome :xyxthumbs

 

[gav'spurplez]

take it easy, let a guy upload man

 

[SilverLexus]

Nice work. :bow

 

[imported_themightytimmah]

You might want to try 2 things - #1, an acid wheel cleaner like PB's S+R, and #2 a quality carpet prespotter. Hi-Temp makes a great one. It'll save you some effort and the results iwill be a lil better.

 

[randomman84]

where can you get the high temp stuff?

 

[imported_Adamah1]

Nice improvement but a bit of advice. If you're going to take the time to make your little stripes in the carpet at least get them straight and even.

 

[6']['9]

i guess when you post your work now, you get nothing but criticism.... good job over all.



I think that being an autopian generally gets you to think everythings going to come out perfect. When in reality theres just some things that wont come out..

 

[J.J.]

I couldn't tell those rims were chrome until the after shots. Nice job!



JJ

 

[Spilchy]

Nice after shots, especially on the rims. You should try some metal polish or the Mother's Power Ball on them.



I'd tell him to get new floor mats and stick with the rubber, all season ones that you just have to hose off.



Great work :xyxthumbs

 

[GoodnClean]

6'- Yeah how about that. Constructive criticism and suggestions are great but whats with the edgy tones?



Great work. I too have a couple suggestions. I've found when working with the LGCM you need to do some heavy pre-treating of soiled mats and pre-scrubbing. In my experience the LGCM is only good as a clean water extraction tool and isn't so useful in removing stains on its own as its not powerful enough. With some scrubbing and the right cleaners though I bet you could have gotten those mats a whole lot cleaner.



The running boards on Explorers are also difficult, I always wipe them down with a good non-slippery dressing, PB's NL or something like that. Helps them pop and look less dingy. I also scrub those sill plates on the interior with a good APC and hit the ones inside the door jambs with the dressing as well.

 

[imported_Adamah1]

How is he...or anyone for that matter supposed to improve without constructive criticism? I guess if you just want a fluffy feel good world we can just sit around and pat each other on the back whenever we make something shiny. :down

 

[gav'spurplez]

How is he...or anyone for that matter supposed to improve without constructive criticism? I guess if you just want a fluffy feel good world we can just sit around and pat each other on the back whenever we make something shiny. :down

my "customer" was pleasantly pleased with the work i did. he understood that 4-5 years of grease was not going to come out.



let me post pics of other carpets that i have cleaned that were "clean" to begin with.



constructive criticism is ok, i do not mind, i am not going to take anything that you guys say to heart. :sosad



and yes i did make it shiney and got rid of the swirls

 

[gav'spurplez]

here are other carpet shots

no before shots, but once again, a pleased customer. if someone was not happy with something that i did, i would be more than willing to make it right. but so far soo good :argue

 

[Ben Kenobi]

Gav, great job! Very impressive, the Mercury looks new again. I would tell him also to get some rubber mats. The attitude is something that is getting to be the norm around here. I know some people that are very hesitant to post here due to the tone of replies you get.



One last thing, the extracted water made me want to chuck.



You da man!



:wavey

 

[GoodnClean]

How is he...or anyone for that matter supposed to improve without constructive criticism? I guess if you just want a fluffy feel good world we can just sit around and pat each other on the back whenever we make something shiny. :down

Constructive:

You might want to try 2 things - #1, an acid wheel cleaner like PB's S+R, and #2 a quality carpet prespotter. Hi-Temp makes a great one. It'll save you some effort and the results iwill be a lil better.

Not constructive:

Nice improvement but a bit of advice. If you're going to take the time to make your little stripes in the carpet at least get them straight and even.

Its all in the tone.

 

[JaCkaL829]

Huge improvement, all around nice job :xyxthumbs



How long did it take you to complete the detail? If I did that it would definately take me at least 2 full days. Honestly at the end of detailing that, i'm sure my lines would be a little off too. My only "pet peeve" would be the 2nd after shot of the wheel. Maybe a E1 Tire swipe or a dish sponge would help even out the tire shine and make it look a little more uniform. Other then that I think you did a really good job, i'd probably run if somebody wanted me to detail that car :shocked