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Excellent work Brandt! I bet the owner is thrilled with the results!

The interior reminds me of an Audi S7 I detailed a few times. He doesn`t keep it up and it is always extremely dirty like this one so I refuse to detail it anymore. I refuse to be someone`s maid. I hope the owner decides it looking good.

Stokdgs said:
Next time you get to do this, you have to clean every one of those perforations in the seats out - that will get your patience monitor going... :)
Ask me how I know.... :)
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I hate perforations! Especially when someone is really messy.
 
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512detail said:
1 pm to 645pm.

Took a few smoke breaks here and there

And I`m slow in general

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Unreal! I would have thought two days easy.
 
Thanks everyone. The owner was floored by the results. She said "I didn`t know what to expect, but THIS was not what I expected...I`m going to bring you all my vehicles from now on and just I should probably just have you maintain them"

I reluctantly said "sure, just let me know- but hopefully none are this bad"

That is when she told me that she was quite embarrassed and was debating whether or not to tow it to a detail shop.

She said she was now happy to be able to drive the car again.

I told her even I was getting some attention in her shiny red bug.

(mostly a few points and laughs from neighborhood children- guess it`s not too cool be be driving a beetle as a dude-lol)
 
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ShawnF350 said:
Brandt, great recovery as usual!!

I`ve never seem Poorboys Headlight restore
When did you buy that?
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It showed up in a box with an order
No charge

Guess if you order as much as a hoarder like myself that you`re bound to end up with a thing or two as a surprise

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Nice, nice, nice! Great job for a bug in that condition. I would have taken me 6 hours to stop laughing or crying when I first looked at the car.
 
Nice job. I had a job like that. Persian cat hair. 4 scrubbings and wet vacuums later it finally came clean. Hope you get more work from it
 
What an amazing turnaround! how much can you charge for a job of this caliber? Seems if I find people with cars that bad they are not interested in cleaning it up and don`t want to pay what it`s worth.
 
Mr. Slick said:
What an amazing turnaround! how much can you charge for a job of this caliber? Seems if I find people with cars that bad they are not interested in cleaning it up and don`t want to pay what it`s worth.
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Thanks

You can charge whatever they`re willing to pay. ;)

I charged her what I felt was fair. She tipped me 30% on top of that

Win win

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512detail:
Couple of questions/suggestions for you concerning this "extreme" detail of the VW Bug:
1) What manufacturer and model of steamer do you have that you used on the interior?
2) When you blew off the hair from the canvas top and brushed it with gloves, what kind of gloves were they? (I am assuming a grippy rubber or latex type, and not a cotton or canvas work glove). Could you have used a shop vacuum to suck up the hair instead??
3) To remove the PB Natty`s Black Wax, you let it sit for a while. What did you use to remove it, because I am not understanding the chilled part or the abbreviation/acronym of letters at the end of that literal last step.
4) What exactly is that brown spot on the Driver`s side door sill covering the black warning or information placard? Hard to tell from the photo, because it looks like rust, then an animal head, and then animal fecal material?


I suggest that in the future that if you run into animal hair again that you consider using a pumice stone designed for hair removal, BUT I do think the grippy rubber glove (I use Playtex-brand) and the brushing-and-lifting of the hair by said gloved hand in conjunction with a shop vac works pretty good. Very tedious process though. Not sure if that would have worked on the convertible top, as it looked REALLY scratched/shredded/swirled from the previous attempts by an incompetent "detailer`".

Also, you may what to consider using Permatex`s Spray Nine Multi-Cleaner and Disinfectant for cleaning interiors with animal fecal material or mold present. It`s a good APC with an anti-bacterial disinfectant to start with, BUT your steamer does the same thing, only better and quicker. It works well for spot cleaning. I found mine a Sherwin-Williams paint store , but I see my local home supply store (Menards) is now stocking it.

Thanks for posting ALL the pics of your details. They truly are representative of the axiom "A picture`s worth a thousand words." As I`ve stated before, you are one of my Autopian All-Stars.

Also nice to see your Rupe`s iBred Nano with the long neck in action. Quite an investment, but as you`ve found out, there is a right tool for every job.
 
Lonnie said:
512detail:
Couple of questions/suggestions for you concerning this "extreme" detail of the VW Bug:
1) What manufacturer and model of steamer do you have that you used on the interior?
2) When you blew off the hair from the canvas top and brushed it with gloves, what kind of gloves were they? (I am assuming a grippy rubber or latex type, and not a cotton or canvas work glove). Could you have used a shop vacuum to suck up the hair instead??
3) To remove the PB Natty`s Black Wax, you let it sit for a while. What did you use to remove it, because I am not understanding the chilled part or the abbreviation/acronym of letters at the end of that literal last step.
4) What exactly is that brown spot on the Driver`s side door sill covering the black warning or information placard? Hard to tell from the photo, because it looks like rust, then an animal head, and then animal fecal material?


I suggest that in the future that if you run into animal hair again that you consider using a pumice stone designed for hair removal, BUT I do think the grippy rubber glove (I use Playtex-brand) and the brushing-and-lifting of the hair by said gloved hand in conjunction with a shop vac works pretty good. Very tedious process though. Not sure if that would have worked on the convertible top, as it looked REALLY scratched/shredded/swirled from the previous attempts by an incompetent "detailer`".

Also, you may what to consider using Permatex`s Spray Nine Multi-Cleaner and Disinfectant for cleaning interiors with animal fecal material or mold present. It`s a good APC with an anti-bacterial disinfectant to start with, BUT your steamer does the same thing, only better and quicker. It works well for spot cleaning. I found mine a Sherwin-Williams paint store , but I see my local home supply store (Menards) is now stocking it.

Thanks for posting ALL the pics of your details. They truly are representative of the axiom "A picture`s worth a thousand words." As I`ve stated before, you are one of my Autopian All-Stars.

Also nice to see your Rupe`s iBred Nano with the long neck in action. Quite an investment, but as you`ve found out, there is a right tool for every job.
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1) What manufacturer and model of steamer do you have that you used on the interior?
McCulloch MC1375 Canister Steam System

2) When you blew off the hair from the canvas top and brushed it with gloves, what kind of gloves were they? (I am assuming a grippy rubber or latex type, and not a cotton or canvas work glove). Could you have used a shop vacuum to suck up the hair instead??
those thick nitrilite or similar type gloves from lowes, (smooth and slick when they`re new but these were a little worn) they`re like $5 a pair...I started with the thin blue nitrilite gloves but they kept tearing from the heat/friction of agitating the top.

I have a couple pumice stones but due to the condition of the top I was afraid to use it. The air actually worked quite well coupled with agitating the surface. I was actually kind of surprised. It was just a `hey let`s give this a shot first` kind of thing.


3) To remove the PB Natty`s Black Wax, you let it sit for a while. What did you use to remove it, because I am not understanding the chilled part or the abbreviation/acronym of letters at the end of that literal last step.

step 1- place poorboys spray and gloss in the fridge
step 2- put a layer of poorboys black hole on the paint
(do not remove it)
step 3- apply a nice layer of poorboys nattys black
(do not remove it)
step 4- apply the (now) chilled poorboys Spray and Gloss to the double layer you have created and wipe it off
most likely will need two or three micros (preferably a darker shade in color)

4) What exactly is that brown spot on the Driver`s side door sill covering the black warning or information placard? Hard to tell from the photo, because it looks like rust, then an animal head, and then animal fecal material?

I don`t know what its called...but it was like a dirt hive/home for these long bugs. kind of similar to what ive seen mud dobbers make but this was with nice bright brown dirt bugs were about half the size of a cigarette (that`s the only reference I could think of at the time).
 
The pumice stone would be too coarse to use on a cloth top..
It does work wonders on most carpets though..
Also those rubber long bristle brushes work great too.
I have to use all these tools on hair infested vehicles many times - along with a lot of deep vacuuming with my killer Metrovac...

If had that dead beetle I would have washed as much off and then while it was still wet from rinsing, use my stainless steel upholstery/carpet tool and rinse and extract the top again.. This always gets everything out of the cloth fibers and leaves it perfectly ready for some good spray conditioner to restore the color and water shedding ability..

Im still in awe of that save, Brandt !! :)
Dan F
 
OH NO !! I could smell it from here :passout:

We`ll have to change your name to MagicMan ! Just amazing :yourrock
 
You made that Beetle look fantastic, it looked like it was smiling it was so happy! Went from beyond filthy to "wow" in just a few hours.

Really well done, fantastic job!
 
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