DG: Full Interior Detail

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

In Michigan we got hit with a wicked winter.. as can be told by the pictures



I have a hard time lately getting out of my rhythm to take pictures so there aren't a whole lot of them - hope these display the work



Process:



Remove Seats

Remove head rests

Vacuum

Agitate carpets & upholstery with meg’s interior brush

Vacuum

Treat carpets & upholstery with my mix of meg’s quick out/ 303 Aerospace cleaner/Surf City Dash Away & Chemical Guys lightning cleaner

Agitate carpets & upholstery with meg’s interior brush

Let dwell

Steam carpets, upholstery and interior trim

Steamer Ready:

In Process:

Extract carpets and upholstery with hot clean water (Sorry no more in process pics – I lost my photographer)

Interior wipe down with micro fiber hot water and APC

Vents cleaned with meg’s slide lock brush and APC dilution and q-tips

Seats tracks and mounts thoroughly cleaned tracks were lubed

Interior trim treated with a mix of 303 Aerospace Protectant & Surf City Dash Away

Carpets & upholstery fabric protected with scothgaurd



Some before and afters with the seats still out.

Install Seats

Only one with the seat in just to give you an idea of the clean re-install

Look what I found…

Head Rest Posts cleaned with Surf City Maximum Metal polish and 000 Steel Wool

A couple misc pics

 

[BlackElantraGT]

Looks very nice and clean. That's pretty clever to use your clothes steamer in the car. I would have never thought of that My clothes steamer runs out of water way too quick though and its circuit breaker seems to come on way too often so I couldn't imagine using it on the car.

 

[oneshare325]

Wow!! Very thorough!!

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Looks very nice and clean. That's pretty clever to use your clothes steamer in the car. I would have never thought of that My clothes steamer runs out of water way too quick though and its circuit breaker seems to come on way too often so I couldn't imagine using it on the car.

:2thumbs:Kind of the same thought process as using a leaf blower for drying the exterior panels....



This steamer has 2 hrs of steam with one fill-up

Wow!! Very thorough!!

:2thumbs:

 

[kwikrs]

What type of steamer is that. Nice job by the way

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

second the brand of steamer.



great job very nice job. how hard was it to remove the seats?



was there a big visual diff from using the steamer?

 

[Joshua312]

Jason,



Great job on the detail and the pics. I would also be interested in hearing more about the steamer...but more for personal use perhaps - I am getting sick of ironing every morning. :LOLOL

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Thats an awesome job!

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

second the brand of steamer.



great job very nice job. how hard was it to remove the seats?



was there a big visual diff from using the steamer?

Well the thing is, just because something looks clean does not make it so.. I stick to the same process regardless what the carpets looks like...I had someone with me that I am trianing this day and when we were done with the steaming he said "wow, it looks great" I told him to just wait until we extracted... as expected the recovered water showed a lot!



IMO the steaming action dislodges anything that may have latched onto the fibers.. it kind of emulsifies them - leaving the contaminants ready for extraction.

Jason,



Great job on the detail and the pics. I would also be interested in hearing more about the steamer...but more for personal use perhaps - I am getting sick of ironing every morning. :LOLOL

kwirks/Diesel/Joshua: Thanks fella's... the steamer is actually a clothes steamer MADE BY JIFFY



here's a link



Jiffy J-2000 New Style Residential Garment/Clothes/Fabric Steamer 1300 Watts 3/4 Gallon Capacity, J2000 Made in USA



And excerpt

The Jiffy® J-2000 garment steamer provides the most gentle, safest and most efficient method to remove wrinkles from fabrics. The powerful action of steam penetrates the fibers, relaxes them and causes the wrinkles to release.



Unlike ironing, the gentle method of steaming increases the life of clothing. Steaming breathes new life into fabrics; conversely, ironing crushes clothing fibers. Not to mention many people find that steaming is up to five times faster than conventional ironing.





1300 watt heating element die cast in solid brass. All brass couplings. Fusible link with automatic shut-off for safety. Color-coded high-temperature wiring



Over 1.5 hours of steam per filling



Steams Up In 2 Minutes



5 Times Faster Than Ironing



6" wide plastic steam head



Low profile, easy-to-handle water reservoir



New "no spill" check valve cap for easy filling



Steamer On Casters With Garment & Hose Hangers



High-impact LEXAN® outer housing



360-degree swivel casters for mobility



Some assembly required (wrench included)



UL, CSA, NOM, ANCE, TUV/GS and CE listed



Dimensions: 10.0" W x 14.5" L x 64.0" H



Weighs 18 Pounds



Made in USA



For product-related questions, call 1-800-525-4339

Thats an awesome job!

Huge compliment!!!! Thanks!

 

[BlackElantraGT]

MotorCity, I think if you found your garment steamer to be really useful, you're going to find that an actual steam cleaner will be even more handy. I could see myself using a garment steamer to emulsify the grime on carpet like you said, but I don't know how helpful it would be for let's say cleaning plastics, vinyl, crevices, etc.



What I like about a steam cleaner is that besides using heat to break down the grime, it also uses pressure (steam/air) to blow things out of crevices, sort of how an air compressor would come in handy for the interior. So with an actual steam cleaner, you have a myriad of attachments to choose from that will help you clean the car even more efficiently than what a clothes steamer can actually do.



One advantage that a garment cleaner does have like you mention is the fast start-up time it takes from adding water to getting steam. And when you run out, you can fill it up with water again right away. But, there's no way to turn the steam off while you're not working (besides shutting the unit off and waiting for a little bit). Also, I'd hate to risk the chance of me pulling and tipping over the garment steamer's pole and onto the car's paint.



This is just my advice and opinion, but I don't want to see people rushing out and buying a garment cleaner just for the purpose of steaming their car. If you already have one and your wife won't kill you for using it, then I don't see it hurting anyone/anything if you gave it a try. But IMHO, you're better off buying an actual steam cleaner or using your previous method of cleaning using APC, Woolite, etc. Even on carpets, I don't see my garment steamer getting deep down into the fibers like how my steam cleaner can. Both products were designed to completely do different things.



But hats off to MotorCity for his ingenuity and using the garment steamer to his advantage.:bigups

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

MotorCity, I think if you found your garment steamer to be really useful, you're going to find that an actual steam cleaner will be even more handy. I could see myself using a garment steamer to emulsify the grime on carpet like you said, but I don't know how helpful it would be for let's say cleaning plastics, vinyl, crevices, etc.



What I like about a steam cleaner is that besides using heat to break down the grime, it also uses pressure (steam/air) to blow things out of crevices, sort of how an air compressor would come in handy for the interior. So with an actual steam cleaner, you have a myriad of attachments to choose from that will help you clean the car even more efficiently than what a clothes steamer can actually do.



One advantage that a garment cleaner does have like you mention is the fast start-up time it takes from adding water to getting steam. And when you run out, you can fill it up with water again right away. But, there's no way to turn the steam off while you're not working (besides shutting the unit off and waiting for a little bit). Also, I'd hate to risk the chance of me pulling and tipping over the garment steamer's pole and onto the car's paint.



This is just my advice and opinion, but I don't want to see people rushing out and buying a garment cleaner just for the purpose of steaming their car. If you already have one and your wife won't kill you for using it, then I don't see it hurting anyone/anything if you gave it a try. But IMHO, you're better off buying an actual steam cleaner or using your previous method of cleaning using APC, Woolite, etc. Even on carpets, I don't see my garment steamer getting deep down into the fibers like how my steam cleaner can. Both products were designed to completely do different things.



But hats off to MotorCity for his ingenuity and using the garment steamer to his advantage.:bigups

I agree with you 100%, this tool would not be ideal for blowing debris from cracks/crevices.:xyxthumbs



But for the purposes of carpets cleaning this really did do a great job..

 

[David Fermani]

Great work. It's about time someone did a Click N Brag on an interior! Dry brushing sure does help, especially on black carpets.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

I love it!

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

so motor u have an actual extractor?





if so which one?



do u think i should get a steamer or extractor first?

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Great work. It's about time someone did a Click N Brag on an interior! Dry brushing sure does help, especially on black carpets.

Senor Fermani thank you Sir. I agree, dry brushing works wonders and I highly advise all incorporate it into the normal procedure!

I love it!

Thanks!

so motor u have an actual extractor?





if so which one?



do u think i should get a steamer or extractor first?

I do I have a portable 1.5 gallon extractor made by sanitaire that I found on craigs list for a price I just could not pass up.



Considering I dont have a steamer with all the bells and whistles like blackelantra was referencing I dont know if I am best to answer that question...



If I were to choose between the steamer shown in this post or an extractor I would go say an extractor..

 

[David Fermani]

Senor Fermani thank you Sir. I agree, dry brushing works wonders and I highly advise all incorporate it into the normal procedure!

On *some* details, instead of doing a full blown clean/shampoo/extract, I'd bet alot of light dirt can be brushed out and cleaned with a saturated (water/glass cleaner) towel. Good stuff.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

On *some* details, instead of doing a full blown clean/shampoo/extract, I'd bet alot of light dirt can be brushed out and cleaned with a saturated (water/glass cleaner) towel. Good stuff.

Agreed again.. even when doing just a vac I am always surpised at how much debris get dislodged and come to the surface just from dry brushing

 

[imported_Denzil]

MotorCity, I think if you found your garment steamer to be really useful, you're going to find that an actual steam cleaner will be even more handy. I could see myself using a garment steamer to emulsify the grime on carpet like you said, but I don't know how helpful it would be for let's say cleaning plastics, vinyl, crevices, etc.



What I like about a steam cleaner is that besides using heat to break down the grime, it also uses pressure (steam/air) to blow things out of crevices, sort of how an air compressor would come in handy for the interior. So with an actual steam cleaner, you have a myriad of attachments to choose from that will help you clean the car even more efficiently than what a clothes steamer can actually do.



One advantage that a garment cleaner does have like you mention is the fast start-up time it takes from adding water to getting steam. And when you run out, you can fill it up with water again right away. But, there's no way to turn the steam off while you're not working (besides shutting the unit off and waiting for a little bit). Also, I'd hate to risk the chance of me pulling and tipping over the garment steamer's pole and onto the car's paint.



This is just my advice and opinion, but I don't want to see people rushing out and buying a garment cleaner just for the purpose of steaming their car. If you already have one and your wife won't kill you for using it, then I don't see it hurting anyone/anything if you gave it a try. But IMHO, you're better off buying an actual steam cleaner or using your previous method of cleaning using APC, Woolite, etc. Even on carpets, I don't see my garment steamer getting deep down into the fibers like how my steam cleaner can. Both products were designed to completely do different things.



But hats off to MotorCity for his ingenuity and using the garment steamer to his advantage.:bigups

Any suggestions for a steam cleaner?

 

[My93Civic]

Any suggestions for a steam cleaner?

bump for answer to question. want to know what steam cleaner blackelantra uses.



using a garment steamer is obviously cheaper in $$$ than a real steam cleaner no??

 

[imported_morarch]

Turned out very nice! :heelclick