I performed this detail about 2 1/2 months back for a neighbor of mine. It is daily driven by a woman that has 2 kids and two dogs. The dogs are always in the car with her, so there was all kinds of fun sticky prizes from the kids (lolli-pops, Swedish fish, gum, Life Savers, etc..) and dog hair everywhere. It stunk pretty badly like wet dog. I knew as soon as I picked it up I was in for a long day! When I arrived at my shop I looked it over again and decided to call her to see how in-depth she wanted me to go before I started on it. She said "I want the works". I explained to her what "the works" was and how much it was going to cost. She said "Just go ahead and take as much time as you need. I just want it to look new again". I was actually hoping she was going to say not to go too nuts, but I was not so lucky! The before pictures barely show how bad this thing really was.
The Process:
Washed complete exterior and door jambs with car soap mixed with a little GP cleaner, rinsed off
Cleaned tires and wheel wells with GP cleaner
Cleaned wheels with Trans-Mate Sterling wheel cleaner
Cleaned complete engine compartment
Rewashed (left soapy)
Clayed with Kar Krafy clay bar, rinsed off
Vacuumed extensively for over 90 minutes to remove excessive dog hair, sand, candy, etc.
Cleaned all interior vinyl, leather, dash, etc using Kar Kraft Super-Kleen interior cleaner
Extracted carpets using Thermax extractor, spot treated bad spots and agitated by hand, extracted again
Dressed interior with Kar Kraft Hi-Lite dressing
Ran ozone machine over night to remove any lingering odors
Buffed complete exterior using Power Gloss using a
Meguiars burgundy heavy cutting pad
Buffed complete exterior with SIP X 2 using a yellow foam mild cutting pad
Buffed complete exterior with 106ff using a black foam finishing pad
Werkstatt's Prime by hand
Finish Kare's 1000P by hand
Z8 Wipedown
Super Blue dressing on tires and wheel wells
Opti-Seal on all exterior glass, door jambs and wheel wells
BEFORES
Linear Mode
