Trashed Crown Vic Revived by Autowerx

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A recent thread asking about the dirtiest car you’ve ever worked on reminded me of this Crown Vic…

I detailed this vehicle back in August of 2012. The owner had lost her husband earlier in the year and had not been able to keep up with the several cars they owned. She was in the process of selling some of the extra vehicles (mostly non-running, project hot rods) and needed the daily driver shined up. Needless to say it was in a neglected state when we arrived on the scene.

Product Used:
Megs Gold Class Shampoo
Meg’s All Wheel & Tire Cleaner
Meg’s Fine Clay
ONR diluted to Clay Lubricant
CarPro Iron-X
Meg’s D151
PC7424XP
LC CCS 5.5” & 4” Orange Pads
Meg’s APC+
Meg’s Hyper Dressing
Folex
Lexol Leather Cleaner & Conditioner
Sprayway Glass Cleaner

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To start off the wheels where thoroughly detailed using Meg’s All Wheel & Tire Cleaner and various brushes. The foam this product creates is great and you can see it lifting and emulsifying the dirt and brake dust off of the wheels and tires as it is agitated.

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Next was a 2 bucket method wash using two 5 gallon buckets, each with a Grit Guard. A lot of time was spent around the trim and emblems to wash away all the mold and grime that had overrun the paint. APC+ was used inside the gas filler door.

After the vehicle was cleaned the paint was decontaminated using a 3 step process. First Iron-X was sprayed onto all painted surfaces and left to dwell for approximately 5 minutes. This process dissolves any embedded ferrous iron particles out of the paint and converts them into a water soluble liquid that can be rinsed away. The Iron-X turns purple as it reacts with iron particles embedded in the paint.

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After allowing the Iron-X to dwell for a short period of time it was agitated with a soapy wash mitt and left to dwell for another 2-3 mins. Next the vehicle was thoroughly rinsed. Tar-X was used on the lower panels to dissolve road tar not otherwise removed during the wash process.

Next the vehicle was clayed to remove any remaining above surface contaminates present on the paint. Here is a picture of the used clay after working on the trunk deck lid. On a vehicle as dirty as this you would normally see extremely dirty clay after working just one section; however, with Iron-X the time spent claying is drastically reduced since most of the surface contaminates have already been dissolved away.

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After the paint was completely clean I moved to polishing and protecting. This customer did not pay for paint correction nor were they looking for it. They wanted a clean, shiny car with a coat of wax for protection. They drive it through the car wash to maintain the finish. It would have been pointless to fully correct this paint. With that being said I simply could not leave this thing in the state it was in without a little Autowerx love.

I opted for a 1-step process using D151 and my PC7424XP DA polisher. I worked the All-In-One polish/wax in 2 passes (1 heavy, 1 light) using orange CCS pads over the entire vehicle. I used a combination of speed 5 and 6 throughout the polishing process. The level of shine and gloss restored to the paint was fantastic for such a simple process.

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Before & Afters

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I didn’t get any after pics of the interior because we were pressed for time. I did; however, get a pic of the recovery tank for the carpet extractor…

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Questions, comments, feedback welcome. Thanks for looking!

[Meticulous-Detail]

Sweet! great job that thing was trashed! I love D151.

[AutowerxDetailing]

Sweet! great job that thing was trashed! I love D151.

Thanks! This one was rewarding to work on because the results were such a drastic turn around. D151 is awesome. :props:

[blongo804]

Wow that car was destroyed! Great turnaround. :)

[Andr3wilson]

That black water in the extractor tank is actually dissolved human slime..
Nice work!!

[Johny B]

Great work as usual.

[Bamafire]

Great work

[AutowerxDetailing]

Wow that car was destroyed! Great turnaround. :)

Thanks! The owner was quite pleased.


That black water in the extractor tank is actually dissolved human slime..
Nice work!!

LOL. Thanks.


Great work as usual.

Thanks!


Great work

Thanks!

[JSou]

That was amazing. Gives me faith that I can turnaround my own car. lol.

[Y2KSVT]

Nice work, Nick! What tools/chemicals did you use to get the mold/grime out of the emblems?

[RTexasF]

What I see here is that you went the extra mile for someone that was dealing with some very difficult problems at the time. The fact that you transformed a car that lived under a tree into a gleaming masterpiece shows that you have both heart and talent. Well done........
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[Kevin Cullen]

GREAT JOB!! Oregon put a beating on that car. The Duragloss product choice did awesome on the white paint. Bet you will see that car again as well as the referrals it will give.:awesome:

[AutowerxDetailing]

That was amazing. Gives me faith that I can turnaround my own car. lol.

Thank you. You can do it!


Nice work, Nick! What tools/chemicals did you use to get the mold/grime out of the emblems?

Thanks!!! IIRC I treated the really bad areas with some APC+ 10:1 before the wash. Then whatever remained I hit with a small boars hair brush and a little rubber detailing tool I have. It's sort of like a pen with a sharp rubber point like a flat head screwdriver made out of the same type of material as a water blade. It's very effective at getting all the grime out of trim and emblems without scratching the paint like a toothbrush would or something similar.


What I see here is that you went the extra mile for someone that was dealing with some very difficult problems at the time. The fact that you transformed a car that lived under a tree into a gleaming masterpiece shows that you have both heart and talent. Well done........
:applause:

Thank you very much. Handing over the keys on this one was especially rewarding. I also fixed her computer while I was there, lol.


GREAT JOB!! Oregon put a beating on that car. The Duragloss product choice did awesome on the white paint. Bet you will see that car again as well as the referrals it will give.:awesome:

Thanks!!! Oregon's climate is brutal to cars that live in the shade that are not maintained.

[Pureshine]

Wow! great save that car was hammered.