Grossest, most disgusting job you've cleaned up?

[jankerson]

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The reason why I hardly ever did interior detailing beyond wiping down and maybe vacuuming back when I used to do it, I stuck to exterior and paint correction.

Any more than that they would have to pay some big bucks to get ME to do it.

Seen some really nasty cars and SUV's, vans etc over the years, some I wouldn't even want to open the doors on....

[russelldetailing]

Worst for me was a Honda CRV that an elderly man had been driving. Aside from him becoming senile, he was feeding his dog in there, so I found dog mess on the carpets, more plastic spoons from Dairy Queen than I could count, and because of all this, mice had arrived tearing a box of new tissues up that was stored in the glove box, and empty cans of the old dog food were jammed in every orfice of the interior. To make matters worse, this all had to be done by hand, as I hadn't progressed enough to purchase my vapor steamer at that point.

Probably one of the most disgusting smelling and unsightly things I had ever seen up to this point. Had I had my trusty steamer at that point in my career I might have said it was semi-tolerable, but regardless it was absolutely ridiculous!

Thankfully the client tipped me well, but you better believe that if I ever come across something like that again? I will be charging MUCH more if it involves health risk. Lol

[HEMI1500]

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now That is nasty!!

Clam chowder vomit that had sat in 90 degree heat for a couple days...

[Superior Shine]

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Wow, I couldn't imagine. Do French fries under the seat count for gross? Or white dog hairs on a black upholstery? lol I know, you're all thinking, you wish you had my easy ones. Those are the worst I've had.

I did a car once that hadn't been washed for almost two weeks!! LOL!

Early in my career I paid my dues and cleaned lots of nasty cars. Now most of my work is either hardcore paint correction, new car prep or maintenance detailing.

[Detailing by M]

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^^^^ YOU DUCK (with a S) lol. FF, I wish that was the only thing I've seen.

[Show 'N' Shine Car Detailing]

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Wow, I couldn't imagine. Do French fries under the seat count for gross? Or white dog hairs on a black upholstery? lol I know, you're all thinking, you wish you had my easy ones. Those are the worst I've had.

[jhhodges]

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Maybe incidents like this should be included on disclosure statements when ownership changes. Stuff like this is maybe worse than accidents; well you know what I mean. "Show me the CARFAX"!!!!!!!!!!!

[Detailing by M]

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I thought the clam chowder was the winner but Suhi wins!!! lol.

[FFP10]

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Fresh vomit that included generous portions of not so digested sushi, add a little vodka cranberry for color, mix in chicken strips chunks and french fries, the outcome? ALL over the floor mat seat belt and my girlfriend. As the DD of the night i took responsibility in cleaning it up at 230am which is one of the last things you want to smell before going to bed. That incident has haunted the cars interior scent to like new, to what died in here!?!?!?

[Detailing by M]

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just got a call for a vomit clean up. I told him $150 he said no, thank god!!!!!

just googed vomit cleanup hazard and found this.

Please remember, you may not know everything about a family member or friend’s medical status. They may not even know, so it’s up to you to protect yourself. You can potentially be exposed to Hepatitis B or C, HIV or other blood-borne pathogens. If handling feces, you could end up with Hepatitis A or parasites. Vomit can contain any number of components, including blood

[Jastal]

I work for a used dealership, and we repo a lot of cars. Now the CLientel of thus company is terrible.. I had to clean a vehicle (well lots actually) that had puke through out the car, old moldy pizza, thick sticky **** in every compartment, hair every where, and the smell made the mechanics get very sick... They do not pay me enough!

[Detailing by M]

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Clam chowder vomit that had sat in 90 degree heat for a couple days...

that's a good one.
After reading these I think I'm going to refuse/charge double for messes like these.

[Michael Stoops]

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WARNING: THE IMAGE BELOW IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART OR WEAK OF STOMACH























A few months ago one of our dogs needed to have surgery to repair a torn ligament in a knee, and during one of his many trips to the vet during that time he had a bit of an accident in the back of my wife's car. Unfortunately for her, she was alone with him at the time and couldn't do much of anything to fix the issue. Unfortunately for me, I had to clean up the mess. And what a mess it was. When my wife called to tell me what happened I thought she was exaggerating the situation a bit. But when I got home that evening and saw her car parked in the driveway with the windows open, instead of in the garage with the windows closed, I got a sick feeling in my stomach. Then I looked inside the car and almost lost it. She hadn't exaggerated one little bit; she had actually under stated the situation. The image below only tells half the story as the other side was just as bad.



I was really worried that this was going to be a lost cause. It was pretty well ground in and mostly dried up. I brushed up as much of the dried material as I could, which wasn't much, and vacuumed what little loose material the brushing created. I then liberally sprayed with APC+, let it dwell for a bit, then brushed some more. I did this a few times, which started to create a truly disgusting "paste" that I could sort of mop up with a terry cloth towel. After a few rounds of this I got a bit more aggressive with the brush and then pulled out our big upright hot water carpet cleaner with the hand attachment. Using a solution of APC+ 10:1 in the soap reservoir and plain, hot water in the rinse reservoir, I went at it. To my great relief it was pulling out the horrendous mess pretty easily at this point. My wife was stunned that it worked so well. The carpet cleaner we have offers great suction power (using it on the carpets at home, also with APC+ at 10:1, the carpets are completely dry in no time) so it did a great job of pulling moisture out of the seats in this situation. Several rounds of rinsing just to be sure I'd gotten all the APC+ out and this was the end result:



Needless to say, everyone was happy with the outcome. A little Odor Eliminator to finish off and you can't tell that the dog ever had a problem that day. Oh, and three months later our little pooch is fully recovered from surgery. And we have a large blanket to lay across the back seat for future road trips even though in his 12 years this was the only such incident. I'm just not going through this again if I can avoid it!

[DrdetailNashville]

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I have had some dog urine and vomit to clean up. That was pretty gross. The thing I always remember though was rear cupholders in a minivan with about 2 inches of melted crayon and gummy bears that I had to chisel out with a screwdriver. It took me about 2 hours to get the dang cupholders clean, I wish I had taken a picture.

[Showmob]

Clam chowder vomit that had sat in 90 degree heat for a couple days...