stilez
11-30-2004, 01:38 PM
I did this detail at the beginning of September but felt I needed to enter it :)
I did this 1998 Nissan Maxima for one of my fraternity brothers. He purchased the car from his mom for a really nice deal. The car drivetrain wise was mechanically sound, but I couldn`t speak the same for the exterior :(
The interior was heavily soiled and being light beige didn`t help it either. I knew I had my work cut out for me so I went right at it. My final interior processes were:
-Oxy Mix (2 scoops:2gals water) on upholstery, mats, and rugs - pretreated with APC+ 10:1 in a sprayer and extracted with a ShopVac
-APC+ (10:1) on all plastic, vinyl, rubber...I really couldn`t believe the level of dirt embedded...I felt like I changed the color of the interior
-AA to protect all plastic, vinyl, rubber
-Gliptone Glass Cleaner for the glass
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail1.jpg
After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail9.jpg
The car had a boat load of bonded contaminants that really filled up my claybar. Once QEW`d, clayed, and dried, I almost curled over when I looked at the hood in the sun :scared :scared :scared :scared :scared
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail2.jpg
It literally looked as though the car was washed with a Scotchbrite Scour Pad. If it wasn`t, then it was washed with Comet and a Sponge...Something dramatically scoured this paint and I knew I had my work cut out for me.
I did this 1998 Nissan Maxima for one of my fraternity brothers. He purchased the car from his mom for a really nice deal. The car drivetrain wise was mechanically sound, but I couldn`t speak the same for the exterior :(
The interior was heavily soiled and being light beige didn`t help it either. I knew I had my work cut out for me so I went right at it. My final interior processes were:
-Oxy Mix (2 scoops:2gals water) on upholstery, mats, and rugs - pretreated with APC+ 10:1 in a sprayer and extracted with a ShopVac
-APC+ (10:1) on all plastic, vinyl, rubber...I really couldn`t believe the level of dirt embedded...I felt like I changed the color of the interior
-AA to protect all plastic, vinyl, rubber
-Gliptone Glass Cleaner for the glass
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail1.jpg
After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail9.jpg
The car had a boat load of bonded contaminants that really filled up my claybar. Once QEW`d, clayed, and dried, I almost curled over when I looked at the hood in the sun :scared :scared :scared :scared :scared
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/xdetail2.jpg
It literally looked as though the car was washed with a Scotchbrite Scour Pad. If it wasn`t, then it was washed with Comet and a Sponge...Something dramatically scoured this paint and I knew I had my work cut out for me.