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So i was 1/2 way through typing this write up andddd my internet browser shut down
...and guess what...i had a virus! So 2 days later all is back to 'normal'...so i can try to do this again
So this was a detail we did a couple weeks back. Was just a simple wash/clay/wax on the outside...but the inside was all out...and man did it need it! The car was a 98'...and they told us they hadn't had it waxed since they bought it...
...so Mercedes gets props from me just because I was impressed that the paint wasn't falling off the car by now. I live in Az and the sun pounds the hell out of everything!
The interior was just bad...no other way to explain it. It was ALLEGEDLY light interior (after you see the pictures you will see why i say allegedly!), carpets and seats were in horrible shape. Nice soda and ground in dirt stains on the carpets...lovely stuff.
I'll start with a quick run down on what we used:
Exterior:
Washed with dawn soap (we were waxing after so it was all good)
Megs APC used on tired and bugs on front
Megs Mild Clay
Megs Gold Class paste wax (wanted to give it a shot, turned out nice
)
Megs (are you noticing a trend here?) Hyperdressing 1:1 used on tires
INTERIOR:
Megs AGAIN #39 & #40 for vinyl and rubber interior
Megs APC used on bad spots on seats (aka the WHOLE SEAT!)
Pinnacle Leather Conditioner
Megs APC+,Folex, and Oxyclean used on carpets/mats.
Brissell's Little Green extractor
Annnnnd the MVP award for the interior once again goes tooooo...the PC with brush attachment. I cant stress enough how much time and effort this thing saves us. Not to mention it just outright does a better job than by hand.
So lets start out with the exterior shall we? It was simplest part...but surely needed to be done. Here is a quick picture of the exterior before we started:
Yeah, it was uhm...'dry' to say the least...heres a close up of the front
Now, id like to take a second to note that this car is actually more on the GOLD side..its just that it is so dirty that it LOOKS more like dulled silver. Scary right? Well here she is when we were finished..all tucked in the garage.
See...i told you GOLD! I don't know if anyone still watches, or has ever watched the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas cartoon special...but if you have...then you'll know about the part where the snowman starts singing the Silver and Gold song..."Silver and Gold...Silver and Gold".....well me being the nut I am...was singing this song on and off throughout the detail....nearly pushing my sis to commit capital murder...so glad my sis loves me...
ANYWAY...lets get back to the photos....the silver and gold photos...
Ok...quick tire picture!
Rather dryyyy...but turned out nice:
Now since it was a simple exterior...i wont waste too much more time on it...and i'll get to the good stuff...the interior..but here are a few after shots of the exterior:
Ok...now for what you've all been waiting for...the interior. I'll just get right into it with a before picture of the steering wheel..its not like THAT gets touched a lot or anything...no no not at all :-\
Now i know what you're thinking...'thats not so bad for a gray steering wheel..just a little dirty'...and you'd be right...if it was a gray steering wheel...it was SUPPOSE to be beige!
I was over doing the floor mats..and all of the sudden i hear my sis say 'oh my God'...i asked her what was wrong...so she called me over to see the steering wheel...it was literally running off black just from her spraying #39 on it. You can imagine what came off when she started scrubbing it. It was rather scary..just a little bit..but here is how it looked when she was done :
The drivers side floor was no picnic either...the floor mats did a good job of covering the center...but unfortunately there was some spaces that it just couldnt keep clean...like the carpet on the side of the center console...you know..the part right below the CUP HOLDERS...which apparently didn't HOLD onto their soda too well, bottom of the seat was bad too:
Yup yup...coca cola was on the job with us that day. But hey we dont let little things like seriously ground in dirt...or a 2 liter of soda...or what looks like a BP oil spill in the car stop us! We hit it heavy with the APC+ and Folex (my lovely combo i came up with!) and then wet the carpet with hot water with Oxyclean in it...and then broke out the MVP PC! Here's how it turned out:
Isn't it beautiful. Like a new car...here is another picture of it...I dont want you to think we used the steering wheel in that picture to block off the oil spill that was there:
Magnifico!
The drivers seat....*takes deep breath*...the drivers seat was...special. I don't know HOW they managed to get the entire Az desert all onto that one little seat...but they did it..yes they did.
Now...is the word ALLEGED popping back in your head from earlier? I'm sure you understand now. I think it turned out ok..you know...nothin special..just ok
Hah, kidding...we kicked ***! Now i mentioned earlier the floor mats did a good job of shielding the poor carpet...but they took a good beating themselves. I'll tell you something though, these were good mats...super thick..thicker than whats in most peoples houses! Heres what we were dealing with:
I dont know how the soda spill actually transferred to the back mats, but it did lol. You can see the drops all over them (the bottom 2 mats)...crazy stuff. Here is the after:
Now lets take a glance over at the passenger side. It was noooooo better...not by a long shot.
As usual i've reached my picture limit for this post...soooo i'll continue below
...and guess what...i had a virus! So 2 days later all is back to 'normal'...so i can try to do this againSo this was a detail we did a couple weeks back. Was just a simple wash/clay/wax on the outside...but the inside was all out...and man did it need it! The car was a 98'...and they told us they hadn't had it waxed since they bought it...
...so Mercedes gets props from me just because I was impressed that the paint wasn't falling off the car by now. I live in Az and the sun pounds the hell out of everything! The interior was just bad...no other way to explain it. It was ALLEGEDLY light interior (after you see the pictures you will see why i say allegedly!), carpets and seats were in horrible shape. Nice soda and ground in dirt stains on the carpets...lovely stuff.
I'll start with a quick run down on what we used:
Exterior:
Washed with dawn soap (we were waxing after so it was all good)
Megs APC used on tired and bugs on front
Megs Mild Clay
Megs Gold Class paste wax (wanted to give it a shot, turned out nice
)Megs (are you noticing a trend here?) Hyperdressing 1:1 used on tires
INTERIOR:
Megs AGAIN #39 & #40 for vinyl and rubber interior
Megs APC used on bad spots on seats (aka the WHOLE SEAT!)
Pinnacle Leather Conditioner
Megs APC+,Folex, and Oxyclean used on carpets/mats.
Brissell's Little Green extractor
Annnnnd the MVP award for the interior once again goes tooooo...the PC with brush attachment. I cant stress enough how much time and effort this thing saves us. Not to mention it just outright does a better job than by hand.
So lets start out with the exterior shall we? It was simplest part...but surely needed to be done. Here is a quick picture of the exterior before we started:
Yeah, it was uhm...'dry' to say the least...heres a close up of the front
Now, id like to take a second to note that this car is actually more on the GOLD side..its just that it is so dirty that it LOOKS more like dulled silver. Scary right? Well here she is when we were finished..all tucked in the garage.
See...i told you GOLD! I don't know if anyone still watches, or has ever watched the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas cartoon special...but if you have...then you'll know about the part where the snowman starts singing the Silver and Gold song..."Silver and Gold...Silver and Gold".....well me being the nut I am...was singing this song on and off throughout the detail....nearly pushing my sis to commit capital murder
...so glad my sis loves me...ANYWAY...lets get back to the photos....the silver and gold photos...
Ok...quick tire picture!
Rather dryyyy...but turned out nice:
Now since it was a simple exterior...i wont waste too much more time on it...and i'll get to the good stuff...the interior..but here are a few after shots of the exterior:
Ok...now for what you've all been waiting for...the interior. I'll just get right into it with a before picture of the steering wheel..its not like THAT gets touched a lot or anything...no no not at all :-\
Now i know what you're thinking...'thats not so bad for a gray steering wheel..just a little dirty'...and you'd be right...if it was a gray steering wheel...it was SUPPOSE to be beige!
I was over doing the floor mats..and all of the sudden i hear my sis say 'oh my God'...i asked her what was wrong...so she called me over to see the steering wheel...it was literally running off black just from her spraying #39 on it. You can imagine what came off when she started scrubbing it. It was rather scary..just a little bit..but here is how it looked when she was done
:The drivers side floor was no picnic either...the floor mats did a good job of covering the center...but unfortunately there was some spaces that it just couldnt keep clean...like the carpet on the side of the center console...you know..the part right below the CUP HOLDERS...which apparently didn't HOLD onto their soda too well, bottom of the seat was bad too:
Yup yup...coca cola was on the job with us that day. But hey we dont let little things like seriously ground in dirt...or a 2 liter of soda...or what looks like a BP oil spill in the car stop us! We hit it heavy with the APC+ and Folex (my lovely combo i came up with!) and then wet the carpet with hot water with Oxyclean in it...and then broke out the MVP PC! Here's how it turned out:
Isn't it beautiful. Like a new car...here is another picture of it...I dont want you to think we used the steering wheel in that picture to block off the oil spill that was there:
Magnifico!
The drivers seat....*takes deep breath*...the drivers seat was...special. I don't know HOW they managed to get the entire Az desert all onto that one little seat...but they did it..yes they did.
Now...is the word ALLEGED popping back in your head from earlier? I'm sure you understand now
. I think it turned out ok..you know...nothin special..just okHah, kidding...we kicked ***! Now i mentioned earlier the floor mats did a good job of shielding the poor carpet...but they took a good beating themselves. I'll tell you something though, these were good mats...super thick..thicker than whats in most peoples houses! Heres what we were dealing with:
I dont know how the soda spill actually transferred to the back mats, but it did lol. You can see the drops all over them (the bottom 2 mats)...crazy stuff. Here is the after:
Now lets take a glance over at the passenger side. It was noooooo better...not by a long shot.
As usual i've reached my picture limit for this post...soooo i'll continue below
. Give it a try...its worth the $ in my opinion.
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