Deranged_9n3
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- Oct 7, 2013
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Earlier in January I got approached by the Lumina Client of mine to detail a Subaru WRX for him. He told me upfront that the car was dirrty and that I would have to clean the seats properly too. I charged accordingly and he agreed. When I arrived I got a massive fright. The car had been involved in a fire and got extinguished. Let me tell you , the dust from the fire extinguisher gets in EVRYWHERE. The car had a bad smell to it too which I needed to attend to.
When I arrived , this was the view I had
Not bad looking huh ??
I started off with a vacuum inside the cabin so I can see what I'll be up against for the next 2 days. After the vacuum I ripped out the rear seats and got to clean them.
Bottom half cleaned and top half still dirty
Front seats out
50:50
Water from the 2 front seats ONLY
After the seats were cleaned up I moved to the interior. Using various brushes to get all the dust from the extinguisher out of all the hard to reach places. After that I vacuumed again and did some door jamb cleaning ( no pics ). While doing door jambs I suddenly realized that the car would look silly with SUPER clean seats but dirty door cards :razz: I tried a few mixtures and quickly got the correct one to clean door panels.
Before
After
1 more ....
Before
After
Interior all done for now
Next up I moved to the outside of the vehicle. Gave it a quick wash and dry. I was shocked to see the condition of the paint etching from bird dropping WOW they can cause some great damage.
I have no idea what this is , but it seems like a palm print of some sorts ( I know the Subaru paint is EXTREMELY soft )
I then got onto Iron'X. Saw alot of bleeding on the paint , mostly to the rear end.
After that I did my test spots and decided on Polishing pads and SF4000 for the soft paint. Here is 2 spots I managed to remove some scratches.
Before
After
Before
note. this was quite deep
After
Here is some after shots. Alot of spots I didn't get pictures of , real pity. I need to work on my photo taking skills some more :lol:
Had some real fun working on this car. Thanx to Lawrence and Naeem for providing me info right through the detail
When I arrived , this was the view I had
Not bad looking huh ??
I started off with a vacuum inside the cabin so I can see what I'll be up against for the next 2 days. After the vacuum I ripped out the rear seats and got to clean them.
Bottom half cleaned and top half still dirty
Front seats out
50:50
Water from the 2 front seats ONLY
After the seats were cleaned up I moved to the interior. Using various brushes to get all the dust from the extinguisher out of all the hard to reach places. After that I vacuumed again and did some door jamb cleaning ( no pics ). While doing door jambs I suddenly realized that the car would look silly with SUPER clean seats but dirty door cards :razz: I tried a few mixtures and quickly got the correct one to clean door panels.
Before
After
1 more ....
Before
After
Interior all done for now
Next up I moved to the outside of the vehicle. Gave it a quick wash and dry. I was shocked to see the condition of the paint
etching from bird dropping WOW they can cause some great damage.
I have no idea what this is , but it seems like a palm print of some sorts ( I know the Subaru paint is EXTREMELY soft )
I then got onto Iron'X. Saw alot of bleeding on the paint , mostly to the rear end.
After that I did my test spots and decided on Polishing pads and SF4000 for the soft paint. Here is 2 spots I managed to remove some scratches.
Before
After
Before
note. this was quite deep
After
Here is some after shots. Alot of spots I didn't get pictures of , real pity. I need to work on my photo taking skills some more :lol:
Had some real fun working on this car. Thanx to Lawrence and Naeem for providing me info right through the detail
