imported_Lightman
11-11-2006, 07:03 PM
This camry belongs to one of my cousins, who is 16. It was in pretty rough shape inside and out, and of course stuffed with more bags of clothes, shoes, and cd`s than I think I own :chuckle: Anyway since last night I`ve been working on bringing it back to life. Unfortunately I don`t have many good before pics because I picked it up at night and had to wash it in the dark/low lighting. Here was the process:
Exterior: had ````` heavy contamination but very little swirling visible even under the halogen, for the most part only on the roof and trunk lid. I am really loving the use and look of this new CG 5050 wax.
- dawn wash
- griot`s wheel cleaner on wheels/tires
- dry with ww mf
- clay with griot`s clay
- menzerna powergloss @1500 orange lc vc pad on hood/roof/trunk
- optimum polish via pc speed 5 orange pad
- klasse sealant glaze x2
- cg 5050 concours wax x1
- megs hot shine tire dressing
- 303 on plastics and door/window trim
- rain-x on glass
Interior: Pretty dirty with lots of crumbs/food pieces, mini m&m`s, etc. The mats were pretty stained/dirty, as were the seats. I also discovered something pretty interesting, a clue to the car`s history at least.. When I started to do the carpet/seats, I discovered that someone in the past must have used some sort of cleaning products on the fabric, because without even using any of my premade solution from the bucket, the hot water extractor was sucking majorly soapy/foamy water out. There was so much left over solution that I pretty much abandoned my entire bucket and brush, the soaps left in the seats/carpet were plenty, and took some good rinsing.
- vaccum w/shop vac
- damp mf wipedown
- stoners on glass
- mats, carpet, and seats scrubbed and hot water extracted
- trim treated with 303
Before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriverMat2.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriverMatAfter.jpg
Before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/drivermat1.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriversAfter.jpg
Passenger seat before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/PassSeatBefore.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/PassAfter.jpg
Exterior: had ````` heavy contamination but very little swirling visible even under the halogen, for the most part only on the roof and trunk lid. I am really loving the use and look of this new CG 5050 wax.
- dawn wash
- griot`s wheel cleaner on wheels/tires
- dry with ww mf
- clay with griot`s clay
- menzerna powergloss @1500 orange lc vc pad on hood/roof/trunk
- optimum polish via pc speed 5 orange pad
- klasse sealant glaze x2
- cg 5050 concours wax x1
- megs hot shine tire dressing
- 303 on plastics and door/window trim
- rain-x on glass
Interior: Pretty dirty with lots of crumbs/food pieces, mini m&m`s, etc. The mats were pretty stained/dirty, as were the seats. I also discovered something pretty interesting, a clue to the car`s history at least.. When I started to do the carpet/seats, I discovered that someone in the past must have used some sort of cleaning products on the fabric, because without even using any of my premade solution from the bucket, the hot water extractor was sucking majorly soapy/foamy water out. There was so much left over solution that I pretty much abandoned my entire bucket and brush, the soaps left in the seats/carpet were plenty, and took some good rinsing.
- vaccum w/shop vac
- damp mf wipedown
- stoners on glass
- mats, carpet, and seats scrubbed and hot water extracted
- trim treated with 303
Before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriverMat2.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriverMatAfter.jpg
Before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/drivermat1.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/DriversAfter.jpg
Passenger seat before
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/PassSeatBefore.jpg
After
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/LightmanE300/Camry/PassAfter.jpg