First Spring Detail: Mitsubishi Galant

[Indy YZF]

To sum it up, this car had 10 years of dirt and had never been really deep cleaned. It was a challenge, but helped refine some of my techniques, plus I got to test out the new Meguiar's Microfiber pads (which I really like) and associated polish and finishing wax. It came out better than I thought it would, not perfect, but as good as I could get in the time alloted (note the stain on the driver's mat, hit it 5 times with APC/Folex and it wouldn't come out). I only do a couple cars a month and I'm in no way a professional.

So it all started with the interior, I used Meguiar's APC 10:1 dilution on interior plastics and leather, Folex and Meg's APC 4:1 on carpets.
Here are the seats before I started
Front:

Rear:

Some 50/50s:

All Clean

 

[Indy YZF]

On to the exterior. I used Meguiar's Super Suds wash, Degreaser for the engine, APC 4:1 for tires and wheel wells, P21S for the wheels. I then clayed with Meguairs, Blackfire and some agressive clay (not sure the brand) with Last Touch 1:1 as the lube. This was followed up with D300 and the MF cutting pad, then finally D301 with the finishing pad. I really like this combo, easy to use, cuts really well, and I love the smell of both products. Over all this will be my go to. I could've got more correction with M105, but the customer wasn't looking for perfection and I didn't want to deal with the dust.
Before:

And now the final pictures:

 

[cobalt9123]

Nice work

 

[SeaJay's]

Nice work. That leather was trashed!

 

[Sunshyne]

that Megs MF is starting to make a believer out of me

nice work

 

[Indy YZF]

Thanks guys! Yes the leather took 3 hits with APC and lots of scrubbing, then the leather conditioner. He told me 10 years he's never cleaned the seats, so I was surprised they came out as good as they did.

Yeah I'd say I got about 85% with only one application for the whole car (2-3 passes per section). I could've gotten it perfect, but this was above what the customer paid for anyways (I wanted to play with the new system) and I was running short on time.

If it stops raining I'll try on my metallic dark blue truck, it's covered in snow brush marks and swirls. That'll be the true test.

 

[slickooz]

Nice work Indy! The leather turned out real nice for a 10 year car that never need treated.

 

[sparkie]

Incredible job...:dblthumb2:

 

[vet]

Good work! That leather was bad, and you got it looking great.

 

[Dan Metzler]

Man that car had a rough winter! Real nice work on the leather!!

 

[cnut334]

Great turnaround on the leather! Great overall resukts as well.