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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    pretty much I told him what I would do to it and that I could make it look a lot better. Well .. its not looking a lot better or much better really.
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    he just bought it and is cleaning and fixing it up to sell before long. So I am sure he has no idea. The first several times I tired by not getting the carpet very wet and it didnt look like it did anything to it at all. I dont think that was enough to wick back up .. now when I saturated and...
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    Haze and Marring after FG400

    more than likely you are going to have some marring because of the microfiber pad. After you get everything you want out using that .. then go over everything with a foam pad and with a polish
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    yep .. thats it... I think I am done with this one. no matter what I do the towels still come dirty and it dries with brown spots and the brown line accross the part thats by the door... the backseat area i tried to do is just as bad.. That backseat area I tried soaking with Folex.. then...
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    ya this is a paying job and this is not a refusal to not do it again... This is me considering to stop doing it ... call the customer and tell them I am not happy with how it is coming out before its close to being done.
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    Ya thats what I was starting to think ... but never needed one before ... the spraying heavily, scrubbing to get good suds, and vacuuming is usually enough to get it clean. It's just not on this one for whatever reason
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    ya I dont have an extractor... but I havent needed one yet and the carpets I have done were way worse than this one. I pretty much saturated the carpets twice and vacuumed, which is way more water than I usually use. I just dont know why they are not coming clean on this one. ok so APC and...
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    Have you ever stopped doing a vehicle that's too bad?

    Hello there! So I got a vehicle today that was carpets and seats only. Not a newer year and its a truck. I figured about 3 hours based on other cars I have done. I see it and its pretty bad ... but not as bad as I have gotten before. Well I started the carpets tonight and so far I have sprayed...
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    Nanoskin clay....is it really that good?

    ok so I have used clay and the nanoskin pad on a porter cable. When I first used the nanoskin pad I could see the pad prints all over my car. This was due to me using a detail spray that I had not mixed correctly and was way over diluted. Since I have fixed the dilution ratio I used the...
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    Would you skip polishing step given this scenario?

    well I see that all of your options have clay in them. So if you clay chances are really good that you will need to use a polish as there is a good chance that there will be some marring from the claying process. Also if you use a good polish and a light polishing pad then I doubt that you would...
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    Glass sealant technique/product

    well I can tell you that the glass towels to clean glass make a huge difference. I dont think its really about scratching the glass as it is about streaks and lint. There are some sealants out there that can be used on glass... but you might be better off using something that is dedicated for...
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    Be honest - how long would it take you to buff out this car? 1956 Dodge Lancer - Kustom car by Richard Zocchi

    me I would say 8 to 10 hours for essentially a two step. But that also includes my decontamination step and tapping step as well. Another little bit for waxing
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    Mothers Speed Clay 2.0

    The paint will never feel totally smooth if you are using a plastic bag to feel with. Also you might need to use some chemical decontamination like Iron-X. As far as the scratches or residue cant really say without pictures.. but I would imagine that if it was residue then you would be able to...
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    What did you learn today?

    Ya it just blows out in streams. I have the towel right in front of the air stream so it catches it... Anything else I just wipe right up. It doesn't get the other areas dirty if that's what you're asking.
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    What did you learn today?

    well today I figured out that the best way for me to clean really dirty seams on panels and dashes is to either use a bristle brush or a foam painting brush that comes to an edge. But instead of letting it air dry ... i use my 150PSI compressor and blow it out while its still wet right after...
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    ok seriously how to clean dirty seams and vents in cars??

    alright so what I tried to today was to go over the seams again with the foam brushes I got at walmart and tried the regular bristle brush again. This time though I blew out the seams with my 150PSI compressor while it was still wet right after scrubbing. That seems to be working real well. Not...
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    ok seriously how to clean dirty seams and vents in cars??

    I literally just came back from walmart and picked up some of the foam brushes that come to an edge. Seemed to work ok.
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    ok seriously how to clean dirty seams and vents in cars??

    ah I will do that .. I actually have those. Usually I use those for spots on carpet that I cant get with the carpet brush
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    So Who can tell me what happened here? Pictures ... its pretty bad.

    well that turned out really good! I wonder how long it will last. I wonder if it's just a temporary thing or if the hyper dressing or the leather conditioner is absorbing into the plastic and actually making it better.
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    So Who can tell me what happened here? Pictures ... its pretty bad.

    Ya that was actually with a cleaner.. like almost instant. However I did manage to stripe leather seats a bit with the steamer the other day... I was using the horse hair brush attachment with the 3 hole extension. Wasn't a good idea apparently. I had to wrap a towel around it to go back over...
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