Just a quickie

[DRT BRD]

I'm sure everyone loves the sound of that. But recently was contacted by a fellow who is a media designer for a pretty big firm. He needed his car cleaned up as soon as possible to have ready before a commercial shoot that was taking place this morning. Arrived late last night around 6ish and finished up around 10:30ish pm.

It had been sitting underneath a pine tree for over a year. The firm needed a car and they knew he had this 35th Anniversary SS. Ironically the shoot was for a new car care product (Nature Shield or something like that...oh the irony right? lol) but it hadn't been moved due to bald front tires and a few other things. Working with a tight budget the main area focused was simply removing all the debris (there was a 3 gallon bucket full of debris), baked on dirt and fall out and then trying to bring back some kind of luster. It turned out pretty decent for the time spent. The dirt was so baked on to the edge of the stripes that an APC cleaner was used with the wash and it still was very stubborn. It needed this. The car can be saved though. We discussed a few different options to bring it back up to par which includes a new stripe kit.

Exterior:


Dawn wash w/APC 10:1 pre-soak
Dawn wash again
Meguiars Super Soap (yes three washes)
Speedy Prep towel - medium
Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel Gel on wheels/barrels
APC 4:1 on wells/tires
Wells dressed with Bare Bones
All glass treated w/Perfect Clarity
Optimum Power Clean on all the jambs & shuts
Engine bay received APC 5:1 & underhood receive OPC
Plastic grill coated with Meguiars trim coating (love this stuff)
Waxed with D301 MF Polishing disk

Interior was vacuumed, dry brushed, vacuumed again & all surfaces cleaned/treated with Meguiars QID.



Sorry for the lack of pics since there was a time crunch. I was able to manage a few befores so you get the idea. The trunk jambs and under hood was atrocious. You guys would faint.



http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/milf165/E1EB5F10-1133-4CCF-92DE-3DFD046F5230-7977-0000053BB8037832.jpg

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/milf165/11E539D9-6B7C-4E16-82F1-2A8C3C7B5467-7977-0000053BC08B93C1.jpg

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/milf165/01F8360C-4F26-4A00-A72C-5348E1A72070-7977-0000053BC7197CCC.jpg

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/milf165/B63225AE-4313-40A1-876B-F7359F287EB1-7977-0000053BCFC83DDF.jpg

And all finished up.

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/milf165/A2A1C863-3550-4D07-85B1-BBCD5620FB1F-7977-0000053F189ED276.jpg

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Great work in such a short amount of time.

How in the world do you let a car like this go out to the pasture?

[KillaCam]

Looks good for 4 hours! What lsp was used?

[Mike Phillips]

Nice work! Way to get with it...

I actually kind of like doing what I call a "Quickie Detail" because as long as you've educated the customer on what they're getting for their money, (so they don't expect a 100% swirl free or even defect-free job), you can still make a customer pleasing, dramatic difference in a few short hours


:)

[DRT BRD]

Great work in such a short amount of time.

How in the world do you let a car like this go out to the pasture?

Thanks, Smack! He's a car guy at heart but his work consumes a lot of his time. Couple that along with a few things wearing out/down like tires, battery, alternator etc and it was just parked. He had another car to drive and no room in his Garage for his baby.


Looks good for 4 hours! What lsp was used?

Thanks sir! D301


Nice work! Way to get with it...

I actually kind of like doing what I call a "Quickie Detail" because as long as you've educated the customer on what they're getting for their money, (so they don't expect a 100% swirl free or even defect-free job), you can still make a customer pleasing, dramatic difference in a few short hours


:)



Thanks, Mike. I've really revamped a lot of the services I offer and this being one of them. Many times previously I was so set in the mind frame that "I can't let a car like this go out on the road with my name behind it" So I would do more and go above which was awesome for the fact of getting started out the 6 or 7ish years ago. But now, it's a business and as you have educated us many times before... folks really just care about a nice clean, shiny car. That's exactly what was talked about prior to taking the job. I laid out a few different packages but at the end of the day this was being paid for by his work and they already had a dollar figure in mind. It worked out and he was very please considering.

BTW, this is a photo he sent me this morning.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/156282_385025421590261_1273732274_n.jpg


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[Mike Phillips]

Thanks, Mike. I've really revamped a lot of the services I offer and this being one of them.

Many times previously I was so set in the mind frame that "I can't let a car like this go out on the road with my name behind it" So I would do more and go above which was awesome for the fact of getting started out the 6 or 7ish years ago.

But now, it's a business and as you have educated us many times before... folks really just care about a nice clean, shiny car.




Exactly.

Most people just want a clean, shiny car, they don't' even know what swirls are and if you do remove them unless they hire you to wash and maintain the car the swirls will just come back.







BTW, this is a photo he sent me this morning.




Very cool.


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[Ryry11]

Good work. Glad to see you cleaned her up a bit. I'd cry if mine ever looked half as bad as that one came to you looking

[FASTFRED]

Nice job on that Camaro :xyxthumbs:

[BobbyG]

WOW, talk about resurrected from the ashes!! :props:

[david11g35]

Great Job! this was my dream car when i was in high school. i had a 1995 Camaro Z28 T tops

[cartman57]

Final results look great, might be a motivater to get it back into driving condition now for him. No pine tree sap to remove?

[Johny B]

Great job.

[dpscoupe]

I'm a Ford guy, but seeing this made me sad. Way to cool of a car to let sit & deteriorate like that.

[DRT BRD]

Final results look great, might be a motivater to get it back into driving condition now for him. No pine tree sap to remove?

Not that I could see or feel. If there was it was removed during the decon stage



I'm a Ford guy, but seeing this made me sad. Way to cool of a car to let sit & deteriorate like that.

Totally agree. Even more so since I own an fbody.