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Old 08-21-2008 | 03:03 PM
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This was a maint. wash I did for a customer who's car was really bad . I've already detailed it before, and they were back again for the interior, and exterior to be cleaned.

Exterior:

Pressure wash
Wheels with Megs APC 4:1
Tires dressed with Megs HD 5:1
Wheel wells dressed with Megs HD 5:1
wash with megs gold class car wash
Windows got Stoners IG

Interior (where I spent most of the time):

Cleaned with Megs APC 8:1
Lexol leather cleaner/conditioner
DP Interior Surface Protectant
Vacuumed
Windows Stoners IG

Equipment:

Campbell Hausfield PW
Shmitt
Sony A200
Megs Wheel brush
DD Uber Glass, Drying and Polishing towels

LSP:

JETSeal 109 applied by hand


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After:

















Like always, C/C always welcome!
Old 08-21-2008 | 03:33 PM
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Great results. Repeatcustomers are always the best.

Tell her to get rid of those awful lindsey lohan shades.

coffee cup on thefloor FTL!!
Old 08-21-2008 | 03:35 PM
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oh, and man those wheels have a lot of curbage!!
Old 08-21-2008 | 03:35 PM
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Haha. There was so much junk inside that car. What I always do is take all the junk and neatly place them in ziploc bags and put them in the trunk so it looks nice in the cabin area
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^^^good idea.
Old 08-21-2008 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by slanguage,Aug 21 2008, 04:35 PM
oh, and man those wheels have a lot of curbage!!
Oh my god you have no idea. On the front right wheel, there was a whole chunk of the tire missing where it got curbed. I curbed my 08 wheels about | | that much (actual size) and I almost killed myself because I eventually want to sell them..
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great clean up. what's your secret to the interior carpets? i find that no matter what i use, i can't get out a lot of the stains that i want. i'd like to get out much more of the stain especially because i have some CG fabric guard (http://www.chemicalguys.com/Fabric_G..._p/spi_210.htm) coming in soon and i'd like to make it an additional service offered to folks.
thanx for any carpet/upholstery tips!

btw: car looks great and +1 to the ziplock bag idea. customers always are please with little things like that which show you going the extra mile and taking better care of their stuff than they do! (last customer couldn't believe how clean i got inside her gas cap area and how all the seals/weather stripping was treated in her 03 lexus LS430)
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For the carpets, the best thing to have is a hot water extractor. Which I don't . I use Megs APC cut medium-high strength (around 7:1).

Actually, I'll spell out my process:

Vacuum with wet/dry shop vac
Spray the APC liberally and let soak in the carpets for a minute or two
Scrub it real good
Pressure wash the mats
Vacuum again with the wet/dry vac and then hang dry.

Hope this helps!

Aaron
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thanx for the tips!
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