That nasty detail some of you know about...

**01WJLimited** · 05-29-2006, 09:38 AM

Well, as some of you know, yesterday I "detailed" (hardly...) my manager`s 12 year old car... that was never washed. Once I got it to my house and saw what I had to work with in only a few hours... It wasn`t going to be perfect. She worked from 10:00am to 2:00pm, I had to have it back there by 2. This gave me 4 hours, so I did all that I could. It was more of a cleaning than a detail, this was no where near a detail. Not enough time. Anyway, it`s a 1994 (?) Chevy Lumina.

Nasty details:
-I picked up five handfuls of gravel from under the driver`s side floormat.
-Infinite trash and things for her granddaughter
-DOG HAIR. She has 4 of them. Soon to be 5. They all get rides in the car quite often.
-There was a mud coating about 1/8" thick caked on the front bumper and hood where the bra was.
-The chrome trim had turned gold (stained) on the front bumper.
-There are black spots on my driveway from the brakedust. 12 years worth of brakedust.

Anyway. Materials.

Exterior:
-F21 Wash
-Meg`s Smooth Surface Clay Kit
-Mothers FX Spray Wax
-NuFinish Wax (x2) Laugh all you want, this car needed long term protection over looks.
-Meg`s High Endurance High Gloss Gel Tire dressing w/ foam swipe on tires and hood bra.
-Meg`s All Wheel Cleaner on Hubcaps.

Interior:
-Trash Removal
-Vacuum
-Undiluted APC on Armrests, Doorjambs, kick panels, everything.
-Meg`s QID
-Windex on windows (Again, laugh all you want, it works.)

Before:

After:

I would`ve gotten the steam cleaner out, but I was all out of time. She was thrilled regardless. Other than the carpets being stained, the car turned out alright, not to mention sanitary.

**SCDetail** · 05-29-2006, 09:50 AM

Very nice job, with the time you had!! I could not stand to have a car that dirty. It would drive me nuts. I have some at the hospital I work at that I just want to "help". Was there a difference between the paint under the bra and the hood?

SCDetail

**01WJLimited** · 05-29-2006, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by SCDetail

Very nice job, with the time you had!! I could not stand to have a car that dirty. It would drive me nuts. I have some at the hospital I work at that I just want to "help". Was there a difference between the paint under the bra and the hood?

SCDetail

Suprisingly, I didn`t notice a difference. I`m sure the paint was just as faded underneath due to the abrasion of dirt etc. being smashed on it.

By the way... I couldn`t take a car that dirty either.

**audiboy** · 05-29-2006, 10:44 AM

It looks like you did a great job with the limited time you had. I hope she takes better care of it now.

**Big Leegr** · 05-29-2006, 05:02 PM

Looks nice!

I`m surprised that she`d leave all the crap for you to pick up!

At least have the courtesy to pick up the bulk of the stuff (bottles, cig paks, etc.) before dropping it off, I think.

**01WJLimited** · 05-29-2006, 05:28 PM

I don`t have a problem with it. She`s going through hard times right now and working two jobs, so I think of it more as a favor.

**CBlakeNS** · 05-29-2006, 06:31 PM

Very nice with the time you had...looks 100% better!

**HyundaiLvr87** · 05-29-2006, 07:25 PM

It looks great, considering the time you had. I put a mask on my mom`s WHITE car and I want to take it off, and I am worried about how it will look underneath. There is a paint difference at the leading edge of it.

**01WJLimited** · 05-29-2006, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by HyundaiLvr87

It looks great, considering the time you had. I put a mask on my mom`s WHITE car and I want to take it off, and I am worried about how it will look underneath. There is a paint difference at the leading edge of it.

This is true, there was a band about an inch thick where the rear edge of the hood cover was that had rubbed the paint and got filled with dirt quite nicely. I`m sure it`s nothing a PC and some coarse polish couldn`t take off, but I lack both.

A side note: This car is mechanically sound. She has all of the maintenance done when it`s needed. The car ran great, and rode smooth. It was just cosmetically challenged.

**mblgjr** · 05-30-2006, 12:16 AM

Cosmetically Challenged? hahaha...

That interior is GROSS though, I couldn`t stand to drive it for fear of something jumping on me.

Great job, I know dog hair is hard work getting out.

**01WJLimited** · 05-30-2006, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by mblgjr

Cosmetically Challenged? hahaha...

That interior is GROSS though, I couldn`t stand to drive it for fear of something jumping on me.

Great job, I know dog hair is hard work getting out.

Yes it was. I couldn`t even get it all out of the mats. No biggie she said, she picked up her new puppy yesterday.

**JaredPointer** · 05-30-2006, 01:57 PM

Wow, that was nice of you to offer to clean it up for her. And a nice job as well. Sorry to hear that she`s falling on hard times as well. On the flip side, you`d think she might cut down on getting puppies for a while. Those things are expensive.