HD Speed and a neglected Honda Pilot

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 08:33 AM

HD Speed to the rescue again. I just love that stuff.

Customer brought me their Honda Pilot family hauler with the warning "my wife doesn`t take very good care of it". Well....he wasn`t joking. I was later informed by an friend of the customer that it`s never been waxed or polished since they`ve owned it, and it showed. The interior was pretty awful, so I had my work cut out for me there. The customer chose to pay for a one step AIO on the exterior and an interior cleanup, so that`s how we proceeded.

Process:

2 Bucket wash with Four Star Ultimate Car Wash
Tires cleaned with Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel (I liked this stuff)
Decon with a Nanoskin fine grade prep towel using UWW+
Polished with HD Speed on a yellow Rupes microfiber polishing pads using the Rupes 21

Leather was cleaned up with Four Star Ultimate Leather Cleaner Gel
Hard surfaces were wiped down with OPC @3:1 and then treated with Four Star Star Ultimate Vinyl Protectant
Windows cleaned with Stoners

Here`s what we started with:

A couple quick progress pics:

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 08:34 AM

Results:

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 09:00 AM

**Pats300zx** · 10-05-2015, 09:22 AM

Awesome job !!!! You gotta love HD Speed. I have a detail coming up this weekend and plan on using a Speed/Proxy combo.

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 09:28 AM

Thanks!

It really is an awesome product. It`s a joy to use, very effective for its intended purpose, and looks great

**pwaug** · 10-05-2015, 10:37 AM

Great turn around!!! Speed is amazing--even cuts well on hard VW clear.

You know I do understand that most people don`t take care of their cars in the Autopian way, but give me a break. Can`t you even drag out the vacum once a month to clean the interior--you have to ride in it probably every day. Would you keep your house in this condition?

I golf with a group of guys on a weekly basis and we rotate driving and most of the autos are in a condition similar to this Honda. There`s one that I swear he cleans his windows with butter. When I drive they always comment about the condition of my car and have in the past asked how I keep it so "new" looking--when I explain what I do and the few (minimal) things they could do to keep their cars looking good they all just get a non interested look on their face and usually say something like "Oh that`s too much work." Go figure!!

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 10:43 AM

Thanks man.

Yeah, I really don`t get it. I had to drag my wife out to check this one out. The interiors of SUV`s and minivans that haul families around and arent taken care of just suck the life out of me on a detail.

I don`t understand how a person can spend the amount of money they do on a car and then spend the time they do driving in it every day and let it get so filthy. Take a little pride in your processions. My every day job takes me in a lot of people`s houses, and a lot of those are as bad if not worse which is even more mind boggling.

**edb** · 10-05-2015, 10:54 AM

Looks great! How do you go about cleaning the really dirty door jambs and the inside of the doors, the painted areas?

**Oldfordisbetter** · 10-05-2015, 10:59 AM

Speed for the win!

**House of Wax** · 10-05-2015, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by edb

Looks great! How do you go about cleaning the really dirty door jambs and the inside of the doors, the painted areas?

I use the mist or shower setting on my garden hose nozzle. Rinse all the painted areas and then use a small microfiber towel with whatever wash solution I`m using. Rinse it all off again and then go over it with a quick spray wax.