Disgusting interior cleaned up... first pics posted to autopia.

**PerfectFinish1** · 04-19-2005, 05:12 PM

Here is the interior on a Chevy Blazer... it is probalby one of the worst interiors I have had to deal with. The carpet was completely disgusting, the panels had probably 1/8" dust and dirt, and the whole interior looks like it has never been detailed since the car was new. This is especially poor condition seeing this SUV is a 2000 model! Anyway, here are the pics... process listed afterwards.

House paint successfully removed!

How can someone car so little about keeping their car... sanitary?

A decent amount of that same white paint was on this door panel... the rest is just dirt and grime.

The carpets were cleaned using an oxy mix, scrubbed with a medium bristle carpet brush, rinsed with hot water and extracted through a little green clean machine. The seats were also cleaned using this method... except for the paint on the drivers seat, which I decided to blot with a highly diluted mix of SG and scrub like crazy.

The door panels and dash were cleaned using a woolite/water mix, then topped with AA. (Had to use up the bottle sometime!) Door jambs were wiped with AA carwash wipes (the ONLY thing I will use them for.... that and possibly they are useful under the hood) and windows cleaned with Stoners IG.

There was a great improvement, but I am still not 100% pleased with the carpets. They are greatly worn, and I think I got about all the dirt out of them I could. The little green steam machine was full of the dirtiest water I had ever seen once I was done with this one. I noticed the crumbs under the back seat that were unable to be vacuumed up, those were taken care of right after I took these pictures.

Opinions?

**gav'spurplez** · 04-19-2005, 05:25 PM

awesome turn around, working at a dealer, i see interiors like that way too often

what is wrong with some people

**nsain** · 04-19-2005, 05:56 PM

Nice job turning that puppy around. It some times amazes me how people just don`t take care of their interiors. After cleaning motor homes for 2 years, I`ve seen my share of pretty disgusting stuff.

**imported_JellyBean** · 04-19-2005, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by gav`spurplez

awesome turn around, working at a dealer, i see interiors like that way too often

what is wrong with some people

Hey guys, once upon a time my poor car looked worse than that!

I was so super busy, juggling a business, a house, and a family, that how my car looked was one of my last priorities. And then all the effort started to pay off. Now I`m at a stage in my profession where, whether I like it or not, my car is a reflection of myself. And boy does it reflects.

Just be happy that people like that seek out people like you to help them out.

JellyBean

**Pats300zx** · 04-19-2005, 06:34 PM

Amazing turnaround...awesome work...

**imported_series1** · 04-19-2005, 07:14 PM

Amazing clean up. That was absolutely disgusting and the dust was crazy.

**imported_Sullybob** · 04-19-2005, 07:36 PM

Great job. How long did it take you to do? How many times did you get fresh rinse water for your LGCM?

**imported_Larry A** · 04-19-2005, 08:09 PM

Last year I did a 1998 Chevy Lumina that was like this .It clean up pretty good, but I seen the car a month ago and it is just as dirty as it was before. Some people just dont care.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 04-19-2005, 08:18 PM

That really, truly hurts me to look at. How can ANYONE be so uncaring?

**PerfectFinish1** · 04-19-2005, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the comments guys, it makes the work worth it! I only used one fillup of rinse water for the LGSM... think it should have taken more? It seemed to hold a lot. I worked on it at a slow pace since it`s at my house... took a lot of breaks in between. I probably spent about 30 mins just vacuuming it one day, 4 hours working on it yesterday, and one making everything look its best today.

I`ll be making anywhere from $1000-2000 on this one, so that makes it worth it too, lol. I bought the car at an auction cheap and cleaned it up... the exterior is pretty bad too... pics of that will be posted later this week when it`s done. Anyway, I agreed to sell it for a certain price to someone at school, then realized it was worth over $1000 more. If he buys it I told him I would sell it at the quoted price... but otherwise, I will hopefully sell it for about $1000 more. (2000 profit)

This one will possibly be entered in the detail of the month contest once the exterior is done. It probably won`t win, but hey, it will be entered! lol

**Ben Kenobi** · 04-19-2005, 11:59 PM

Big turn around Joe! I agree that hurt to look at an interior in such disgusting condition. I don`t have to look far to see a dirty interior, my wifes car gets like that regularly. I will clean it and full dress it and a month later it`s filthy. She just doesn`t care about it. I know I wasn`t raised to treat a vehicle that way. You invest too much money into them to treat it like crap.

Oh well, my 2 cents.

Paul