Plumber`s van: mud and possible feces cleanup

**AppliedColors** · 10-20-2007, 06:30 PM

Price: $135 to clean the cabin only (no exterior detailing, no cleaning the cargo area)

Hours: 2 detailers working for 3 hours (6 man hours)

Materials: APC, Vapor Steamer, painters brushes, Meguiar`s Hyper Dressing, lots of steel wool, toothbrushes, maybe 100 rags.

This had not been cleaned in a very long time and there was likely feces on the floor of the van (multiple plumbers share this van). When materials and labor are tallied, this was a money LOSER. I thought that the steamer could finish this job in 3 hours. Lesson learned.

**imported_smprince1** · 10-20-2007, 06:34 PM

That was pretty nasty ... nice work cleaning it up.:goodjob

**imported_bigfoot** · 10-20-2007, 06:46 PM

I do not envy you doing that thing, but I admit the turnaround was awesome!

**quantim0** · 10-20-2007, 08:45 PM

Do plumbers routinely poop in their vans?

**imageautodetail** · 10-20-2007, 08:54 PM

nothing worse than a misquote, I know if I think 5 hours and it runs over to 7, I am cussing myself for 2 hours and would do anything just to get it finished. Nice Work on the doo-doo!

**BlackElantraGT** · 10-20-2007, 09:38 PM

Awesome turnaround, that`s one of the biggest night and day differences I`ve seen on here. I`m curious to see more photos now to see this transformation.

**BlueLibby04** · 10-20-2007, 09:54 PM

Did you put a new steering wheel on it? that old one was peeling.

**Brian_Brice** · 10-20-2007, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by quantim0

Do plumbers routinely poop in their vans?

:faint: Great cleanup.

**BlueZero** · 10-20-2007, 10:42 PM

Wow, that was nasty.

I`m with BlueLibby04... How did you fix the steering wheel?

**Brian_Brice** · 10-20-2007, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by BlueZero

Wow, that was nasty.

I`m with BlueLibby04... How did you fix the steering wheel?

I`m with you two, that don`t look right.

**supercharged** · 10-21-2007, 02:19 AM

I know plumbers truck can be dirty, but that was really dirty....Great job!

**AppliedColors** · 10-21-2007, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by BlueZero

Wow, that was nasty.

I`m with BlueLibby04... How did you fix the steering wheel?

Drench with all purpose cleaner (Simple Green would work fine here). Let sit for 3 minutes. Remove gently with very fine (0000) steel wool. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Some spots of the floor were so beat down with dirt that we had to spray black spray paint over them. The pedals would not come out perfect--we sprayed them black too.