2001 Ford Windstar. I was also supposed to detail their Cadillac STS but when the dealer was doing the inspection, the tech closed the door on something hanging from the ceiling and then backed up, damaging the door frame and busting out the window.
Anyway, they used to have a white Caravan that I had detailed last summer but it was getting up there mileage-wise so they bought a low mileage used Windstar from his parents. Other than regular washings, I was told the van had probably never been polished and rarely waxed. He also asked me to clean and protect the vinyl but not to spend too much time since they have a young kid.
The back of the van was the worst, just some general grime on the sides.
I used a
Meguiars Super Terry towel dampened with the regular car wash dilution of Optimum No Rinse and wiped the vinyl down-did a really good job if you ask me.
The exterior was a bit grimey from the non stop rain (more than 11 inches now in June) but otherwise not too bad in these before shots.
After an ONR wash and some light claying (Mothers again), I started polishing with Zaino Z-PC using green Edge Cyclo pads, bumping up to Optimum Compound and orange Edge Cyclo cutting pads on the hood (it looked like someone had set something on the hood then dragged it off). I hadn't anticipated the sun going away so quickly, so I used a light he had in the garage for these two shots. Not sure what caused the difference in color.
By the time I finished polishing and then sealing with Optimum's Opti-Seal, it was raining, which later turned into an all out deluge, making for a less than fun drive home. Anyway, I had to take the after pics in their garage under less than ideal lighting conditions.
The bumpers were dressed with Armor All, the rest of the plastic trim and mirrors with Opti-Seal.
