Heisenberg
09-25-2014, 10:49 PM
I was contacted by this customer at 2pm yesterday at my day job. She had asked me for a quote earlier in the week and I gave her my normal "quick prep" quote for an interior and exterior @ 8 hours. She said I was too expensive and thanked me for my time - fast forward to yesterday and she told me she was going to use me after all but she needed it done by the weekend(!) and I told her I would see what I could do in the time I had between working 8-4 at my normal day job. She kept telling me she could have "done it cheaper" and I had to really sell myself hard on this one.
I was focused on making it look good for an auction and not protecting it long-term for the customer, so I was able to devote more attention to cleaning rather than protecting. I actually achieved very respectable levels of correction with D151 as my AIO on an orange pad. D151 is a no-brainer for doing these kinds of jobs where customers aren't paying for show car level shine.
Someone who had worked on the car previously had used touch up paint all over the car unfortunately, so some spots were looking rough but I think I could have made this thing look brand new given the budget and time. She was very happy and said it looked better than ever when she picked it up, and hopefully it sells high at an auction!
Products Used
Interior
McCulloch1275 Steamer
Duragloss 441 Leather Shampoo
Various Brushes
1z Cockpit Premium
Exterior
Pre soak with Foam cannon & CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
2bm hand wash with CG Wash & Gloss
Nanoskin Mitt
303 Fabric Cleaner
303 Fabric Guard
Meguiar's D151
Optimum Spray Wax
Zep 505 on tires
Zep Citrus on wheel wells
Eco Touch Tire Shine
Meguiars Hyper Dressing on wheel wells
Zep Professional(ammonia-free) glass cleaner w/ Rag Company Glass towels
Here is what we ended with. Now for the process....
http://i.imgur.com/eBJrUMF.jpg
Entire interior looked like this
http://i.imgur.com/bZrUVhb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8ZXjdiJ.jpg
Every bit of glass on the car looked like this
http://i.imgur.com/0jwsUTD.jpg
Typical Swirls under LED and Halogen
http://i.imgur.com/RoSEW68.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/60cE7xf.jpg
Found these lovelies running down the passenger side of the car
http://i.imgur.com/EtLATfz.jpg
Trunk was in worse condition
http://i.imgur.com/qUQ48AT.jpg
Not a bad improvement in this shot for an AIO
http://i.imgur.com/qqB3ZgH.jpg
More test spots
http://i.imgur.com/r8NBuzm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/teuNWNV.jpg
A marked improvement here.
http://i.imgur.com/g1trb0N.jpg
50/50 of clean, fresh leather and what was before...
http://i.imgur.com/55XqPIZ.jpg
Now some after shots...
http://i.imgur.com/ZiUEzZc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LffnMc4.jpg
+
http://i.imgur.com/JF0sdlP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hJUR1QD.jpg
Thank you for looking.
I was focused on making it look good for an auction and not protecting it long-term for the customer, so I was able to devote more attention to cleaning rather than protecting. I actually achieved very respectable levels of correction with D151 as my AIO on an orange pad. D151 is a no-brainer for doing these kinds of jobs where customers aren't paying for show car level shine.
Someone who had worked on the car previously had used touch up paint all over the car unfortunately, so some spots were looking rough but I think I could have made this thing look brand new given the budget and time. She was very happy and said it looked better than ever when she picked it up, and hopefully it sells high at an auction!
Products Used
Interior
McCulloch1275 Steamer
Duragloss 441 Leather Shampoo
Various Brushes
1z Cockpit Premium
Exterior
Pre soak with Foam cannon & CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
2bm hand wash with CG Wash & Gloss
Nanoskin Mitt
303 Fabric Cleaner
303 Fabric Guard
Meguiar's D151
Optimum Spray Wax
Zep 505 on tires
Zep Citrus on wheel wells
Eco Touch Tire Shine
Meguiars Hyper Dressing on wheel wells
Zep Professional(ammonia-free) glass cleaner w/ Rag Company Glass towels
Here is what we ended with. Now for the process....
http://i.imgur.com/eBJrUMF.jpg
Entire interior looked like this
http://i.imgur.com/bZrUVhb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8ZXjdiJ.jpg
Every bit of glass on the car looked like this
http://i.imgur.com/0jwsUTD.jpg
Typical Swirls under LED and Halogen
http://i.imgur.com/RoSEW68.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/60cE7xf.jpg
Found these lovelies running down the passenger side of the car
http://i.imgur.com/EtLATfz.jpg
Trunk was in worse condition
http://i.imgur.com/qUQ48AT.jpg
Not a bad improvement in this shot for an AIO
http://i.imgur.com/qqB3ZgH.jpg
More test spots
http://i.imgur.com/r8NBuzm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/teuNWNV.jpg
A marked improvement here.
http://i.imgur.com/g1trb0N.jpg
50/50 of clean, fresh leather and what was before...
http://i.imgur.com/55XqPIZ.jpg
Now some after shots...
http://i.imgur.com/ZiUEzZc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LffnMc4.jpg
+
http://i.imgur.com/JF0sdlP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hJUR1QD.jpg
Thank you for looking.