Attack of the Starbuck Coffee!

[MDetail]

This ought to teach people not to drink and drive (coffee style).
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/6712/dcinterior0003copykp8.jpg
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/45/dcinterior0005copyyw9.jpg
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/8885/dcinterior0006nm6.jpg
After
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9368/dcinterior0023gd3.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1945/dcinterior0018vx4.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5507/dcinterior0020oh3.jpg
Before and after next to eachother for optimal viewing.
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/45/dcinterior0005copyyw9.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3576/dcinterior0001an2.jpg

Any suggestions on how to keep stains from rising to the top when seats are drying? That is where I have the most problems. TIA!

[MDetail]

Pre treat coffee stains w/ Folex 2:1
1 bucket HOT water + Hoover citrus carpet clear
1 bucket HOT water only
Meguiars interior brush
Bissell LCGM w/Hot water only.

I "cut" the car into 4 sections, driver front, driver rear, pass front, pass rear.
Pre-treat stains for the seaction you will be working on next while you are working on a sepeate section. Starting with pass front. Get bucket of hot water + cleaner "scoop out combo onto carpet. Once that section is fully wet in your solution scrub the carpet. Use LGM to suck out the begining of the water to see where you are at in terms of "clean carpetness." If it isnt to your liking put more solution on teh carpet let is set for about 30 secs - 1min, and then scrub again. suck up the water/solution again. Once you are about satiusfied with your results, pour HOT water on the carpet, push the water around so that it touches all of the section you are working on. Suck up the majority of the water, and repeat again about 3 times. Then go over it about 2 times spraying more rinse water through your LCGM. Go over it as long as may times as you need to to get the remaining loose water out of the carpet. Once you don't see much water coming up through the hose, stop and go to your next section, let the rest air dry.

[abrcrombe]

Nice work, I have a couple questions for you.

1. How much did you charge if you dont mind.
2. I assume those seats weren't powered because I don't see any wires. Do they have airbags? Do you know if there is danger removing seats with power or airbags?

Nice work again, hope you like the Little Green, I didn't. :(

[MDetail]

1 ) $60 and I traveled. I did it for a friend. Once I realized how much work it was, I probably would have charged about $100. Total time was 4hrs.

2) The seats were manual, with no Airbags in the seats. I honestly don't know if there is a danger in removing those seats. The customer removed them when I got there. Took less than 5 minutes, but made such a difference in ease of cleaning.

[abrcrombe]

Thanks, you did good work on a tough job!

[Nuke33]

Great job....

[supercharged]

Great job!:applause:

[justin_murphy]

1 ) $60 and I traveled. I did it for a friend. Once I realized how much work it was, I probably would have charged about $100. Total time was 4hrs.

2) The seats were manual, with no Airbags in the seats. I honestly don't know if there is a danger in removing those seats. The customer removed them when I got there. Took less than 5 minutes, but made such a difference in ease of cleaning.


You did not charge enough for the amazing job you did! Should have been 150-200.00.

Just a complete turn around.

Try to get 50.00 an hour once you start going. With results like that, you'll get referrals in no time!

[Excessive Detail]

I didn't think anybody else was that ocd to clean carpet, I have done a few friends cars that way and my parents.

[Surfer]

Nice job! Makes me hungry, I need to go run and grab myself a Caramel Frap now:awesome:

[Tex Star Detail]

Ditto what Justin said.

I would have charged more.....and you pulled the seats out too. I pulled the seats out of a car maybe 3 times in the past year.

You gotta pay for my services.
I try not to make less than 25 an hour. If I do, I am losing money.

[abrcrombe]

He said it was for a friend. I usually try to give deals to friends/family if it isn't too much work. I think the owner removed the seats IIRC.

[Tex Star Detail]

Ahhhh....I musta skipped over the part about the seats being removed.
I agree...so much easier to do.

I try to give deals to friends, but they tend to leak the price to their friends, and that's the end of that...... I got sick of, my friend, telling his friend, telling his friend, that I will do it for X amount......
Not anymore.....

[MDetail]

Yeah, well I'm in my begining stages. Did it for a friend, and he removed the seats himself. Overall I think it was a good experience. I learned the number of hours needed to complete this job. I also learned what it takes, and am now learning how to keep stains from rising while drying. All in all I see it as a paid learning experience. Kind of like a paid internship :)

[Tex Star Detail]

Yeah, well I'm in my begining stages. Did it for a friend, and he removed the seats himself. Overall I think it was a good experience. I learned the number of hours needed to complete this job. I also learned what it takes, and am now learning how to keep stains from rising while drying. All in all I see it as a paid learning experience. Kind of like a paid internship :)

You'll get faster. Soon you'll cut that time in half