Mistreated Pathfinder done by TPGSR and myself...

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Corey Bit Spank

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No interior pictures. I took before and not after. This took 7 hours. I work slow. I'm sleepy. And here's something good for you all (the effect of clay magic!):



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Paint was already washed, and that is only claying that little bit of an area. This was a '93 Pathfinder, 111k miles. :)[/QUOTE]





Oh. Mike used a rotary, yellow cut pad with DACP. Then I went over with the PC, white pad, and Wolfgang pre-polish, then finished off with Wolfgang sealant. I like Wolfgang. Easier to use then blackfire, but Blackfire still offers that something, it's so wet, slick, and deep. I don't know, if I had time I'd use blackfire. But I could imagine doing WG and topping it with a good carnauba would take the same time as doing one pass of Blackfire--it is that difficult to take off sometimes.



Tires have Poorboys uhm...tire spray I think? It smells good. Mike did that, and the wheels, and the trim, and the windows, and a lot. I did the interior and the aftermentioned...stuff.
 
looks great.. I hope they are replacing those rusted foot things and the front bumper guard. :)



Is that 2 liter bottle part of what you use for cleaning carpet?
 
dcswd said:
looks great.. I hope they are replacing those rusted foot things and the front bumper guard. :)



Is that 2 liter bottle part of what you use for cleaning carpet?
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That's my rinse water next to me there! :cool:



I found out that if you're cleaning carpet floor mats, using a hose and then shop vaccing the water up works very well to rinse. :xyxthumbs The things you learn when you have 15 minutes to get a job done.



Oh, the grill guard and side steps. He's taking them off, sanding, and painting them. Said not to worry about them. I just said ok. :o
 
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Wolfgang looks amazing on there. My girlfriend has a 95 Pathfinder, same color, in a ton better condition that I must use WG on.



Excellent work though. It looks like a new truck. They should sand and repaint the step and brush bars for the 'new' look.
 
Hey guys....some really nice work.....but good gawd.....that thing needs some help....the footstep is a trip to the ER just waiting to happen:shocked



Anthony
 
GoodnClean said:
Not a lot more you could have done for that thing!



Great work!
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Actually, there was. I spent too much time on the seats which where dirty, but not as noticible as other parts (dark blue and lighter blue, they were not stained, but dirty). Spent a lot of time on the carpets as well. All this time but I neglected the door jams and other small parts. It left an unhappy customer. I'm not afraid to admit I did not do my best job that I could have on those parts. Given more time, I would have been able to. Mike is going to work something out to make him a happy customer and fix it. I felt bad. I was bummed until the owner pulled the Jetta out of the garage on Sunday and regained my confidence.



He did say the exterior was good, which was all Mike. So it fell on me, but I'll learn in the future how to balance everything.



Lesson: When given a time contrainst, it is more important to do a good job on the whole interior, then a great job on parts and only okay on others. If time allows, you can go back and do a great job on everything. :)



I hope Mike isn't mad at me posting this, but I don't know if I would be doing the detailing world justice by saying the customer was 100% happy. Mike is a good guy and will fix my mistakes, and hopefully the customer will be happy with our work. :)
 
No, Perfectly allright to post that Corey. You did an amazing job on the jetta, and the GTP, so dont lose faith in yourself, you have the skill, it just gets hard when a customer rushes you
 
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