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2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 years!
While we were working on the Black 997 we posted last week, a neighbor in the sub, while walking her dog, passed by. Literally amazed by the Porsche (what she said), she stopped to watch. I walked out to our truck to grab something, and stopped to talk to her. She asked what we were doing...
So after delivering the Porsche, we drove down the street for an estimate. The client needed a full interior deep clean and a nice wash & wax. We set the date for Monday morning.
Upon arrival on a beautiful day:
Interior befores:
Notice the shine on the leather. This is accumulated oils and soils clogging the leather's pores. Just like the paint, the smoother the surface the more gloss it has. Leather should sheen, but not gloss.
The carpets would need extraction:
Dash will need dusting before cleaning. If you wipe with just water on a MF towel before wiping with cleaner, the towel works better, and less grime gets entrapped in the vinyl texturing. It only take a few minutes more. For a dirty dash, we rinse with water after wiping/brushing with cleaner. Then finish off with protectant or 1Z Cockpit (I love this stuff!!) depending on desired finish and protection needs.
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
We started by dry-vacuuming the seats and carpet:
Tools for first round of leather cleaning:
working in the Woolite blend with a leather brush:
after one wipe to remove the brushed up slurry:
But the seats already look MUCH better. The gloss is nearly all gone. The leather brush really helps to open up the leather's pores and wrinkles.
We then applied Leatherique Penetrating Oil, and proceeded to work on the exterior, giving the oil time to do its magic. This stuff really works, on the right type of leather. I find I have to apply fairly heavy to get good "wetness". If you apply too little, you can get blotching soon after finishing up. Opposed to LSPs, a little more here goes a long way.
The engine had never been washed as far as we could tell:
We foamed the engine to get the light stuff of first:
Then proceeded with Megs Super Degreaser at 4:1 dilution, rinsed with the pressure washer, and dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing at 2:1. The plastic surfaces were wiped off to even out the dressing:
The client wanted a good waxing for the finish, not correction at this time since it would go over her budget. We decided to use Klasse AIO applied by the PC, to see if we could get any "bonus" correction. After claying with Meg's Clay, we used a white pad (Next time we may try an orange pad), and got slight correction. The AIO was applied very fast, barely working it in due to time running out. Still, the correction was pretty good! I must say, in person the difference is quite dramatic!
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
WOW that Red turned out very very nice!
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
AIO is a very impressive product, especially for how long ago it was designed (I've heard it hasn't MUCH changed since it was originally introduced???) The car looks great, those seats look 100x better too!
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
Exquisite job on the Ford inside and out the owner ought to be proud of the job the two of you did and seemed like she was.
Again very indeed
Last edited by m4bama; 08-09-2009 at 01:22 PM.
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
Exquisite job on the Ford inside and out the owner ought to be proud of the job the teo of you did and seemed like she was.
Again very good indeed
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
Didn't realize how dirty those seats were until you showed the before and after. Awesome stuff.
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Re: 2001 Lincoln Continental Keeper's Makeover - autoLavish rejuvenates vehicle 8 yea
WoW is all I have to say! You did a great job, I did not think the leather would come back so nice.
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