I missed the deadline on last month's entry, so here I go again. This time I'm going to enter the GMC Envoy I did last week...here goes: This vehicle was a challenge, both inside and out. Typical hard, hard GM clear. I used the same X3/foamed wool combo to remove scratches although a nasty one on the hood got wet sanded. The inside had a stain that was at least 5 years old..out it came with 303 cleaner at 100%. I'm proud of this one! The Process: Wheels/Wells/Barrels/Tires: Wheels and Barrels cleaned with DG wheel cleaner Wells cleaned with APC Tires cleaned with ARO Wheels polished with XMT 360 Wheels sealed with DG 105 Tires treated with DP gel Wells treated with Adams Wash: Bugs pre-treated with DG bug cleaner then bug sponge 2 bucket method WW mf dry Headlights: Compounded with rotary using orange pad and X3 Polished with rotary using DG plastic polish and small blue pad Sealed with DG 105 Paint: Clay with Clay Magic blue Spot wet sanding Compounded with rotary using purple foamed wool and X3 Polished with rotary using white pad and Menz Micro polish Cleaned with UDM and blue pad using DG 501 Sealed using DG 601/105 combo AW after curing time Note: Plastic bumpers got UDM with black pad and XMT 360 followed by DG 105 Grille was cleaned with same procedure as bumpers Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with AW Exterior Trim: Treated with Black Wow Interior: Mats were vacuumed, power washed, APC applied, power washed again, vacuumed, treated with Folex where necessary, steam cleaned Glass cleaned with IG Plastic treated with 303 Aerospace Door panels steam cleaned and woolite;water mixture Carpet was vacuumed completely Carpet stains were treated with 303 cleaner at 100%, blotted with white terry towel, steam cleaned (Bye, bye sonfabitch 5 year old stain! Carpeting was all steam cleaned BEFORES: NASTY SCRATCH: CLOUDY LIGHTS: STAINED DOOR HANDLES: STATE OF THE INTERIOR: ALL DOOR JAMS LIKE THIS: NASTY 5 YEAR OLD STAIN: AFTERS: SCRATCH GONE: CLEAR LIGHTS: BLACK WOW TO THE RESCUE: BYE BYE STAIN: 5 YEAR OLD STAIN PRETTY MUCH GONE (AND CLOSEUP)
D@mn, never ceases to amaze me the condition some folks keep the interior of their car in. Nice work!!!
Any pros out there have a b*tchslap clause? Something like, "Here is your nice, pristinely detailed, both inside and out, car. As I pocket your payment let me remind you that should you return the vehicle in a state similar to or worse than the one when you first entrusted it to my care, my colleague Ivan, he's in that gimp cage in the back of the garage, will promptly backhand you before my work begins." Seriously though, many of the interiors displayed in show & shines are such 180s that I would be so immensely disappointed if a customer brought it back and it was in bad shape or worse again. I guess that'd make it a 360. It's my aversion to interior detailing somone ELSE'S car that I think is really holding me back from wanting to make some $$$ on the side. So, bravo and kudos to you richy for peeling away the layer of mung that covered that interior; I've not forgotten the exterior. :thumb: The same goes to all you other detailers that do such a stellar job on the interior. I'd have to like you a whole lot, be an immediate family member, or be compensated immensely to even consider cleaning an interior other than my own.
With carting around 2 kids, I completely understand how interiors get to the stage they are. I just won't do puke or anything like that!
Yes, kids can do a number on a vehicle, I agree. But great turn around richy, good luck on the competition :cheerl:
