1988 Chris Craft - Interior only. Yuck!

[warlockid]

This was a 1988 Chris Craft I was called to work on. Its getting the cushions re-upholstered once it leaves my place but the woman wanted the inside done anyway. The vinyl on the interior had a ton of rust stains and little cigarette burns so I can see why. She insisted in me not doing anything on the outside which was really hard for me, especially with how badly it needed someone to do some work to it.



I took all the cushions out, degreased, scrubbed, and pressure washed them off. Then my wife vacuumed the inside, followed by spraying MVP Vinyl shampoo over all the vinyl and seats we couldnt get out, plus the engine cover. Scrubbed those off, then took out the pressure washer and took to spraying the entire interior. All the water draining out the back was pretty gross. Once that was done I let it sit overnight to dry out a little. This morning I went back in and vacuumed again, then applied MVP Ultra Gloss to everything except the fiberglass and windows, let it dry for about 10 minutes, then wiped off and called it good. Id say it came out pretty good, considering what I was up against. Started out looking like a mini-van on water. Thanks for looking.



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Then my honey started gettin` busy!

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[imported_Sludge]

Unbelievable turn around. Looks like you have a hard working spouse there! I was awed by the after pictures. Good job.

[WordOfMouth]

Very impressive turnaround. I haven`t offered to do boats yet cuz they scare me. How long did it take?

[MITeggy17]

Looks amazing besides all the rips previously in the seats.



Awesome work :2thumbs:

[warlockid]

Very impressive turnaround. I haven`t offered to do boats yet cuz they scare me. How long did it take?



Really only took around 3.5 hours. That was only the inside, though.

[BlackElantraGT]

Wow, that`s a night and day difference. The owner must have been shocked to see it looking that new again.

[imported_GregCavi]

Great work1



Greg

[93AccordLXwhite]

Man you made the vinyl white again! I take it the boat is not stored under a canopy/cover/garage? What was your process on the glass? Nice job, I wouldn`t have even known where to start..

[Pats300zx]

Holy Crap...What a comeback....Incredible job...:shocked

[skitelluride531]

Absolutely Amazing. If I were to show up to a boat in that condition, I either would have turned the job away, or charged a lot of $$$.



You did an incredible job.

[CBlakeNS]

Great turn around, still needs lots of work though haha!!!

[warlockid]

Man you made the vinyl white again! I take it the boat is not stored under a canopy/cover/garage? What was your process on the glass? Nice job, I wouldn`t have even known where to start..



The glass was easy. Pressure washed everything, glass cleaner, blue microfiber towel.






Great turn around, still needs lots of work though haha!!!



Yea, the boat needs tons of work. It doesnt even run right now. Its leaving my house, then going to the upholstery shop, then the boat shop. My guess is it will be coming back to me after all that for touch up work on the inside from the mechanics being in and out, then probably do the outside. I think I`ll buy my next boat ready to go, not beat to crapola like this one.

[DreamersPersuit]

great job......i hate boats...i detailed them for a week and that was enough ...but i have no depth perception so getting on and off them on the docks became very hard for me

[Paulie Walnuts]

Yesh, nice turn around my man!

[Scottwax]

Really remarkable improvement! :)