Nightmare of a Detail PIC

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I had to use all of tricks on this diaster, including Q-Tips and plastic razor blades. This made my top 3 worst condition vehicles I ever had to detail. Man hours involved 10. Gary

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Boy! what a transformation! That's the type of job you first look at and wonder "do I really want to tackle this mess?" Obviously, you've got something to be proud of.



Congrat's on that job...now rest!
 
daamn great job gary, that would be just too much for me...but then again for the right price....everybody has their price haha....
 
That's nothing try a F250 double cab ranch truck travels 10 miles a day on a dusty dirt road or better yet a family van that is feeding grounds for the kids. Hey like Deuce said but then again for the right price....everybody has their price haha....



If you ever have to do a detail like the above best to have a Pressure cleaner, A landscape backpack blower, 12 gal 6.5 hp vacuum and best to let a soap soak a while, a gal of citus cleaner and energy bars, Red dog energy drinks and when you bid the job bid high!
 
Cringe... How do people let their cars get like that. I guess some people really just get in and turn the key until one day the damn thing doesn't start. Crazy...
 
Quite honestly, I'm not even sure I would have accepted that job!



Amazing turnaround, that Sport Trac was absolutely nasty!
 
Scottwax said:
Quite honestly, I'm not even sure I would have accepted that job!



Amazing turnaround, that Sport Trac was absolutely nasty!
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While I'd be inclined to agree, I must say that sometimes these sort of things aren't as difficult to clean up as they seem. It all comes down to investing in the right equipment. For interiors like that, I don't know WHAT I would do without my steamer. Take for example this '92 Grand Am I did a while back:



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And after the use of a mixture of #00, APC+, and OxiClean to wipe up the worst of it, I hit everything with the steamer. This is what I came out with:



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Any of the areas you see that are still "dirty" looking, are because they were worn so far gone, that nothing I tried brought them back. Keep in mind, this was a '92 car, with 90K miles, that had NEVER had ANYTHING done to it in its life until I got to it in early 2005.



My total working time for the interior? 3 hours.



I also did some light rust repair to the outside -- I'll try to find a pic (or pics) and make my own thread on it.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
While I'd be inclined to agree, I must say that sometimes these sort of things aren't as difficult to clean up as they seem. It all comes down to investing in the right equipment. For interiors like that, I don't know WHAT I would do without my steamer. Take for example this '92 Grand Am I did a while back:



GrandAm_Before1.JPG




GrandAm_Before2.JPG




And after the use of a mixture of #00, APC+, and OxiClean to wipe up the worst of it, I hit everything with the steamer. This is what I came out with:



GrandAm_After1.JPG




GrandAm_After2.JPG




Any of the areas you see that are still "dirty" looking, are because they were worn so far gone, that nothing I tried brought them back. Keep in mind, this was a '92 car, with 90K miles, that had NEVER had ANYTHING done to it in its life until I got to it in early 2005.



My total working time for the interior? 3 hours.



I also did some light rust repair to the outside -- I'll try to find a pic (or pics) and make my own thread on it.
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do you have pics of the steamer...sounds interesting :idea
 
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