pixelmonkey
12-31-2012, 09:28 PM
In an attempt to bring some life back, this truck was left with me for an extended stay.
209,000 miles
hasn't seen wax in at least 5 years
I was hoping to bring some life back, and give the owner some of the feeling he had when buying it new in 1996.
Upon delivery, I was told it had been cleaned out a bit. After opening the doors and collecting the papers, gloves, misc. and sticky change; I wanted to work to find a funky smell. I pulled the seats out and removed the carpet.
The metal pan below the carpet was vacuumed and washed with an enzyme cleaner as a bit of mold was present where the carpet had been saturated. After that dried, Optimum Power Clean at 3:1 was used to wash things again.
The carpet and pad glued to the back was pressure washed with only water at the start. I think a few gallons of coffee were removed. When the carpet began to rinse clean, OPC was used again for a few spot stains, scrubbed with a carpet brush by hand.
The seats were sprayed with 303, then Leatherique Rejuvinator oil was applied before wrapping each seat back and bottom with large garbage bags. The temperatures were low enough that I moved the seats inside. 48 hours later, the seats bags were removed and the seats were cleaned with Leatherique Pristine Clean.
Before Photos include
- The 4Runner
- Paint condition of the rear hatch
- paint on the door B pillar
- Passengers Leather seat bottom
- Drivers rear door jamb
- passengers front fender flare
Next post will include the afters and some more info.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D
209,000 miles
hasn't seen wax in at least 5 years
I was hoping to bring some life back, and give the owner some of the feeling he had when buying it new in 1996.
Upon delivery, I was told it had been cleaned out a bit. After opening the doors and collecting the papers, gloves, misc. and sticky change; I wanted to work to find a funky smell. I pulled the seats out and removed the carpet.
The metal pan below the carpet was vacuumed and washed with an enzyme cleaner as a bit of mold was present where the carpet had been saturated. After that dried, Optimum Power Clean at 3:1 was used to wash things again.
The carpet and pad glued to the back was pressure washed with only water at the start. I think a few gallons of coffee were removed. When the carpet began to rinse clean, OPC was used again for a few spot stains, scrubbed with a carpet brush by hand.
The seats were sprayed with 303, then Leatherique Rejuvinator oil was applied before wrapping each seat back and bottom with large garbage bags. The temperatures were low enough that I moved the seats inside. 48 hours later, the seats bags were removed and the seats were cleaned with Leatherique Pristine Clean.
Before Photos include
- The 4Runner
- Paint condition of the rear hatch
- paint on the door B pillar
- Passengers Leather seat bottom
- Drivers rear door jamb
- passengers front fender flare
Next post will include the afters and some more info.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D