2011 Carbon Black Edition DB9 Correction

To remove dog hairs try ruber surgical gloves, put the glove on and rub over fabric dog hairs will ball up. As far as dirty interiors go I know a woman whose 1997 car was so bad that the dealer would only give her 500.00 as a trade in price.
 
F-150_91 said:
Good point, some people buy these $30K - $40K dollar cars and trucks, vans, SUV"s, etc... and trash them. I've had experiece with bad interiors. I see it because most people, now this is just my opinon, most people are just too lazy to pick up a vaccum, brush and some cleaner and get in there go to town. Now there are some people out there who are actually willing to get in there and do it, like us Autopians. I'm not a autopian, yet! If only people would get in there and do something,,,,,,,91
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I wouldn't really call them lazy. Not everyone has the same priorities we do. My wife is one of those people who somehow manages to turn her minivan into a garbage pit two days after I do a thorough detail on it. She is far from lazy, she is one of the hardest working people I have ever known. she just doesn't happen to give a rats @$$ about the car. To her it is just a means of getting from point A to point B and the fact that it is dirty doesn't prevent that from happening.
 
joed1228 said:
Scott, if it's not too much of a hassle, how do you clean carpets and seats without making the interior look frizzy.
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Frizzy? You mean like when the fabric begins to pull up?



I use Magnum Upholstry Shampoo that I get through my local Meguiars distributer and a small plastic bristle scrub brush for tight areas and a Black and Decker Scumbuster with the carpet cleaning attachment to scrub the carpets and seats.



The only type of carpeting I don't scrub is the loop pile type that GM and Ford used in the 60's and early 70's because that stuff fuzzes immediately.
 
I was to detail my car but the only way I feel I can effectivley do so is to scrub the seats. I just don't want that pilly look when you mess the fabric up.



I have a brush but I don't know how stiff you can go before it's going to hurt the fabric.



Polaris - Hey little buddy, you taking cheap shots at me again or something? ;)
 
Check out this brush, CMA sell's it... would this harm my cloth seats if I scrubbed them?



I know I can't apply all the force I can muster but within common sense of applied pressure, I should be safe right?
 
joed1228 said:
I was to detail my car but the only way I feel I can effectivley do so is to scrub the seats. I just don't want that pilly look when you mess the fabric up.



I have a brush but I don't know how stiff you can go before it's going to hurt the fabric.



Polaris - Hey little buddy, you taking cheap shots at me again or something? ;)
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lol, no... I opened the thread, and saw him mentioning a cold front coming through. I was thinking, "what the hell is this guy smoking that's making him think a cold front is coming to Texas in the middle of August?" And then I noticed the date. Like April '02 or whatever it was. That explained it. ;)



lmao, "cheap shots"... :wavey :D :wavey That's not very nice. :p
 
We had a client before that was complaining about this rotten smell with musky stale odor in the car, we checked it out and the carpet and even the vinyl inside the car smelled bad... We vacuumed and extracted the carpet and upholstery then APC'd the vinyl and the smell was gone...



A couple of hours later she came back, opened the trunk and told us to clean the trunk... The cardboard thing on the trunk floor was soaked in liquid previously since there are dark patches around it..



Turned out that she went to the wet market a few months back and some liquid from the fish and other meats must've spilled over...



I lifted the cardboard up and WHALA, there were approximately 2 cups of maggots underneath it...



Baygon, here we come!
 
theveed said:
I lifted the cardboard up and WHALA, there were approximately 2 cups of maggots underneath it...
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Oh my goodness thats gross man! I have a tough stomach but thats horrible, I just saw some show how the go into a cows skin and wait until they mature then eat their way out, UGH!



Polaris, good to see your still around. I know you love me, words arn't needed hehehe :p
 
ewwwwwww :D .



btw, what the hey do you do when you see the customer's horrible interior, which they claim is "clean", and your initial estimate and time has to go up considerably?

I can't do a seperate appointment for an inspection. Overestimate? Maybe ask them if they have any pets, kids, and if they smoke? Those questions may be kind of intrusive, though.
 
New client with a Aston martin DB9 Carbon Black Edition sought me out to have his car corrected so it would be finally "As new", many issues such as factory sand scratches and holograms along with those holograms compound in every crevice on the car.


I do not see many Aston's(Would like to as they are beautiful when corrected properly) and conversing with Richie in Orlando as he has done over 175 Aston martins in the last few years on some special tips on this or that.


Car as it arrived.


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Scratches on the wheels as well.

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Sand scratch haze over right rear fender well.


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More holograms.

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Roofline had quite a bit of sand scratches as well, on the edges and a wide strip through the middle which made the car look like it had a "Mohawk" lol.

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Correcting the haze.

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Sand scratches down the middle of the roof.

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After compounding step.

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More examples of sand scratches.

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Deep scratches on this "Brand new car" with only 584 miles on the speedo.......

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More sand scratch haze.

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A different angle of the trunk edge.

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Deep marring removed off of lower bumper.

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Guess this was missed @ The factory.

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Corrected.

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Edges of trunk corrected.

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Remember this is a fender of a "Brand new car"!!.

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Defects removed.

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More DA sand scratches.

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After correction.

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Tight areas with sand scratches..........time consuming to correct.

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Paint finish during medium polishing stage.

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Brought in Tony Ito again on this car.

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Marring on the spoke of the wheel.

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After polishing.

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During final polishing stage.

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Interior pics.

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Wow, that looks awesome, very nice job.

That paint looks very hard what type of polish did you use to correct it?
 
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