Park Ave interior

Well since we don't get a whole lot of interior work on here lately I figured what the heck. I had this come in today. Lot's of dirt to take care of. The leather was in very sad shape as well. My pic's don't do it justice. (bad lighting on the before pics) It's a 2000 buick Park ave and I don't think it's ever been professionally cleaned. Apparently I came highly recommended to the client by another client I had at the old shop. He had his doubts he said because the leather was in such sad shape but wanted me to do whatever I could.



Basic process was simple enough



Products used was

Jet clean Emulsifier (phenominal product if you can ever find it)

Folex spot remover

Auto Gem Leather cleaner

Surf City Garage Vodoo leather treatment

Meg's Hyper dressing deluted to interior shine specs

Spray away Glass cleaner.



Machines used:



Wagner Steamer

Mytee Grand Prix Hp 100 Hot water extractor

6.5 Shop vac

A nylon brush and a lot of friggin scrubbing



Before:



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Well when it came in it was obviously dirty. The build up of dirt and grime was insane. Over all it wasn't garbage filled or anything which I was more than thankful for. It looked more like a car that has seen it's share of dirt roads.



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the layer of dirt that covered just about every surface.



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Again the leather on the befores.



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First up was to get the leather back in shape. I started with the jet clean to loosen the built up grime. and then took the steamer to it to get the deep clean it needed.



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After the leather was back in shape which took a few hours on it's own. I gave it the vodoo treatment to give it some much needed conditioners.



The carpet was simple enough really. I started with blowing everything up to the front compartment with the air hose.



Blew out all the crevices and cupholders and such.Worked from top to bottom and then from the back to the front. Once it was all settled up front I took the shop vac and vacuumed it all up. Then I took the nylon brush and dry aggitated it to loosen up even more dirt (since there was so much of it just built up in the nap) and re-vacuumed. Then it was time to wet it down and stain removal. The Folex and carpet shampoo got to work here. A light misting with the HWE and scrubbing until clean. Followed up by a total rinse system with the HWE. The mats were striped and the carpet was brushed in one direction for a nice clean look



And then once it was all clean it was shined with the meg's HD to give a nice satin finish that looks new.



The afters.



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When the client showed up to pick the car up the first words out of his mouth we're " Holy crap you do good work" LOL and he saw why I came highly recommended. Always like hearing things like that. He took a bunch of business cards and said he would hand them out to anyone looking to get a detail in the area.



Anyways guys thanks for looking.. As always comments/questions are always wecome.
 
Nice job, Jake. I get the occassional interior only job. It's nice to see the interior turn around to!



Andy
 
Well most of my details have some sort of interior work with them. This one just happened to be an interior only LOL. And I figured what the heck let's make a write up and see what happens. Hopefully the process came through well enough to understand.



Thanks for the comments guys.
 
Very nice work Jake (except the lines in the floormats :D) - I think it came out way better and more naturally looking than the black Mercedes you did a while back. I'd love to get a steamer one of these days. I bet it would rock on dirty seatbelts.
 
Man, for $100, you can't go wrong!! I'll be ordering one ASAP. Thanks for the link. Are they heavy duty enough to withstand regular use, or do you think these are a throw away unit like those cheap $125 powerwashers at Cosco?
 
Nice work Jake!



Jakerooni said:
Yea the customer actually requested the stripes in his mats. The steamer has proved to be a very valuable tool in my stable. It's just a cheap one I got off of amazon but it works great. FOr a hundred bucks I can't complain a bit about it.



Amazon.com: Wagner 905 1,500-Watt On-Demand Power Steamer: Home Improvement



I have one similar to this, a McCholloch Steamer. And your right, for ~$100 you can't go wrong!
 
I've used mine quite regular since I got it dave and I haven't had any issues at all with it. The downside to it over the more expensive models is it's a 12 minute heat up time. and not continious fill. But I haven't had a probelm getting through an entire detail on one container full. On the escelade I did it ran out right at the very end. I'll see how long this last. But right now I have to go through at least 6 of these before I reach the cost of the commercial models. That might take a few years ;)
 
LOl I must just be getting better at them or something. I just whipped them out really. Didn't even pay attention at the time. I like that :D Thanks for the kudo's guy's I've notice I get alot of calls/emails from local people viewing these threads and it really means alot when everyone see's some of you top notch guys complementing. I'm going to have to start writing endorsement checks here soon LOL.
 
Great job. That interior looks like most of the ones i get. I only clean interiors. You do good work! Steam and leather are a great combination ( I have the vx 5000). Thanks for the pictures.
 
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