I Prefer interior detailing

[4u2nvinmtl]

I have a hard time getting the salt stains out of the carpet and cleaning around the seat mounting points (rusting up already and staining the carpet).

[trashmanssd]

I have a hard time getting the salt stains out of the carpet and cleaning around the seat mounting points (rusting up already and staining the carpet).

I think weather tech mats are a must for a daily driver in the SALT ZONE. I had Lund Catch-all`s in last 2 trucks the work nearly as well and look a lot better but don`t cover a lot vehicles only very popular ones.

[Oldfordisbetter]

I think weather tech mats are a must for a daily driver in the SALT ZONE. I had Lund Catch-all`s in last 2 trucks the work nearly as well and look a lot better but don`t cover a lot vehicles only very popular ones.

Weather tech are definitely sweet mats. They can save a lot headache trying to clean carpet. I just completed a detail on a construction truck that had weather tech mats that practically covered the whole floor. I thought it was going to be an easy detail but when i pulled them out it was a mess underneath. If only they would have had them in when the truck was new, would have saved a lot of time. Yeah well at least they have them in now.

[Envious Eric]

I spent 20 hours this weekend on the exterior of the wife`s car, on Saturday Wash Hyperwash and APC-ironx-clay towel Opti towel and Arnold speedy prep towel-dry/ then Sunday Polish D151 Paint reconditioning cream-Eraser-Wax Blackfire wet diamond-spray sealer Prima Hydromax-dress tires and wheel wells-dress exterior plastics-then pass out. All this to look like crap on Wednesday as it will rain again. Thats why I prefer interior at least it lasts a few weeks or months depending on how filthy you live.

How did this take you 20 hours? Thats 5 hours at most!

maybe thats why you dislike exterior jobs.

151 is a polish and wax in one. If you planned on doing eraser and then a sealant, you should have gone with a dedicated polish instead for better results. Then followed up with eraser and BFWD. A polish like Sonax perfect finish, Menzerna 2500, menzerna 106 all would have given you better results than 151

[trashmanssd]

How did this take you 20 hours? Thats 5 hours at most!

maybe that`s why you dislike exterior jobs.

You are correct for a pro or someone with real skill and a better set up exterior work can be a lot quicker and less stress full but for me as a weekend warrior it is painful. I may only do a whole car machine polishing 4 times a year I mess around with our work trucks panel by panel when I can hood here side there. so I dont have a set routine every time is a kind of an experiment in how to set up and where to put everything and it may take me a decade to try and learn a real routine that works with precision and speed. Also my technique is below avg and inconsistent as a noob, and even that level takes a while to get to each time as its been so long since last time usually that I need relearn the hand eye/motor skills. But I strive to be better each time and to learn every day I can here so I can make my car and my family`s cars look as good as possible.

[Accumulator]

I have a hard time getting the salt stains out of the carpet and cleaning around the seat mounting points (rusting up already and staining the carpet).

Rust stains from the seat mounting points would worry me enough to do something about it.

Some good "liner"-style floormats oughta keep the salt off the carpet, otherwise a bit of vinegar and hot-water extraction oughta get the salt out of the carpet (Accumulatorette uses the OE carpeted floormats even during the winter and they`re not all that tough to keep OK as long as I stay on top of it).

[Merlin]

I`ve never been a big fran of doing interiors...but that`s me.


I still have nightmares...

For windows...have you tried the Wolfstein’s Zap Cloth?