richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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This car belongs to my mom. I detailed it and coated it last year. It has been put through the wringer since then. The rear 1/4 panel, which I forgot to photograph b/c I originally wasn't going to touch it, was scratched very badly against a brick wall. It needs to be painted. Today I decided to get some touch up paint and at least make it a lot less noticeable until that time. I was rushing against quickly fading light and neglected to shoot it first. Oh well.
However, her desire was for the interior to be done, not the exterior. There are some stains in the carpeting next to the driver's foot as well as the driver's carpet mat. So, those 2 forgotten interior tools? Folex and the DA interior brush. I think the last time I used them was a year ago on her car:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/57198-2008-gs350-bit-pressure-lol.html
It needed the help again. Folex is one of those products that is easily overlooked by the excess hype generated by so many others in this crowded market. But I keep coming back to it. Why? #1: It works. It is a powerful stain remover. It really is. #2 It is cheap. Buy it by the gallon at Home Depot for a lot less than other interior shampoos and stain removers. I had been using OPC at 4:1 and it was OK, but the Folex does not keep sudsing up afterward like most APC's will do. I had great success using it with the DA brush and then wiping it with a white terry towel (great to see the dirt that is removed using a white towel). Then follow that with steam and another tt wipe down for very, very effective stain removal.
The carpeting next to the driver's foot was the biggest challenge:
I used the above method and then followed that with 2 coats of 303 FG. Here is how it looked afterward before completely drying:
The door panels were cleaned with OPC and the knock-off AG pad followed by a steam wipe down. Those surfaces were then treated to Ultima Interior Guard. Here's a door all done:
The wood inside was also treated to UIGP:
The seats were cleaned in the same fashion: OPC + AG pad + steam. Instead of UIGP, they got coated with Optimum Leather coating (2 coats). Here's how a seat looked:
As far as the exterior goes, I washed, decontaminated with IX, clayed and then did touch up repairs. Once dried, the paint was treated to Permanon applied via spray gun. The glass was coated with DP glass coating (2 coats). The tires were shot via air gun with DG wet shine. Here's how the exterior looked:
Repair area (not lit well for shots-looks better than it is-but still pretty good I think):
This was a quick 8 hour job in total. Thanks for looking!! And by the way, I shot these pics in RAW mode for the first time and converted them to JPEG with zero alterations. I just wanted to see if they looked any better that way vs the extra storage space they take up.
However, her desire was for the interior to be done, not the exterior. There are some stains in the carpeting next to the driver's foot as well as the driver's carpet mat. So, those 2 forgotten interior tools? Folex and the DA interior brush. I think the last time I used them was a year ago on her car:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/57198-2008-gs350-bit-pressure-lol.html
It needed the help again. Folex is one of those products that is easily overlooked by the excess hype generated by so many others in this crowded market. But I keep coming back to it. Why? #1: It works. It is a powerful stain remover. It really is. #2 It is cheap. Buy it by the gallon at Home Depot for a lot less than other interior shampoos and stain removers. I had been using OPC at 4:1 and it was OK, but the Folex does not keep sudsing up afterward like most APC's will do. I had great success using it with the DA brush and then wiping it with a white terry towel (great to see the dirt that is removed using a white towel). Then follow that with steam and another tt wipe down for very, very effective stain removal.
The carpeting next to the driver's foot was the biggest challenge:
I used the above method and then followed that with 2 coats of 303 FG. Here is how it looked afterward before completely drying:
The door panels were cleaned with OPC and the knock-off AG pad followed by a steam wipe down. Those surfaces were then treated to Ultima Interior Guard. Here's a door all done:
The wood inside was also treated to UIGP:
The seats were cleaned in the same fashion: OPC + AG pad + steam. Instead of UIGP, they got coated with Optimum Leather coating (2 coats). Here's how a seat looked:
As far as the exterior goes, I washed, decontaminated with IX, clayed and then did touch up repairs. Once dried, the paint was treated to Permanon applied via spray gun. The glass was coated with DP glass coating (2 coats). The tires were shot via air gun with DG wet shine. Here's how the exterior looked:
Repair area (not lit well for shots-looks better than it is-but still pretty good I think):
This was a quick 8 hour job in total. Thanks for looking!! And by the way, I shot these pics in RAW mode for the first time and converted them to JPEG with zero alterations. I just wanted to see if they looked any better that way vs the extra storage space they take up.
