Lexus LS 600H L

[BradsDetailing]

The Job: Lexus LS 600H L. Pretty neglected for this type of a car. Coffee stains on the door panels, mats and carpeting. Light amount of swirling. Overall pretty nasty with very set in stains all over the interior and built up body dirt and grime. This was an a full detail minus any paint correction.


Before

Wash:
2 bucket method
DG 902/902
Micro-Chenille wash mitt
Cobra Guzzler waffle weaves

Wheels:
Mother wheel brushes
Dayton Jr
Iron X
OPC

Clay:
Mother clay bar kit
Mothers California Gold Showtime instant detailer
Rolled edge mf

Sealant:
Klasse HGSG

Wax:
Pinnacle Liquid Souveran

Interior:
OPC
Mf
Horse Hair brush
Meguiars leather conditioner

Glass:
Meguiars glass cleaner
Glass mf

Tires:
OPC
Meguiars All Season dressing



Arm Rest 50/50

After

 

[BradsDetailing]

This was my second detail and my first car. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

 

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Looks great. Customer did not want to do paint correction? How did you get the coffee stains out? Use extractor? Just curious Thanks for sharing.

 

[TundraPower]

I think you did a fabulous job. Even in a high-end market you see very few of these stunning cars. Bravo.

 

[BradsDetailing]

I asked and he said he basically said he wasn't interested.

The big coffee stain on the passenger side is still visible. Use folex, opc and a bissell little green and it still wouldn't come out. Faded it a bit.

 

[BradsDetailing]

I think you did a fabulous job. Even in a high-end market you see very few of these stunning cars. Bravo.

Thank you

 

[TundraPower]

The big coffee stain on the passenger side is still visible. Use folex, opc and a bissell little green and it still wouldn't come out. Faded it a bit.

Coffee is really hard to get out even with a hot-water extractor and chemical warfare. When the fibers are actually dyed there's not much you can do.

 

[BradsDetailing]

Coffee is really hard to get out even with a hot-water extractor and chemical warfare. When the fibers are actually dyed there's not much you can do.

Good to know. I'm a perfectionist and felt real bad about it. Less worried now know it wasn't just me and my equipment.

 

[Bigbull2984]

First great job man. Thats a 110k Lexus just hard to think I would ever treat a car in that manner ever..

What happen to the side where the seat belt is?

 

[BradsDetailing]

First great job man. Thats a 110k Lexus just hard to think I would ever treat a car in that manner ever..

What happen to the side where the seat belt is?

I can't treat any car like this without feeling guilty.

Not sure. I'd ask the owner/client but we haven't met yet lol. Called me up, asked the prices and told me to pick it up and drop it back off. Not sure I wanna ask.

Hopefully he likes what I did and I can be his go to guy.

110k for sure. Leather everywhere, 4 climate zones, reclining rear seats. Te mirrors even adjust when you put the car in reverse.

 

[Reflections]

Excellent work and the car looks great!

For stains like this where the dye has been set in (coffee stain in this case), they can be a pain in the butt to remove, but a specific spot treatment may help. Coffee, teas and whine are fairly easy to remove (when fresh) with cold water and extraction or blotting. There are some pretty decent tannin stain removers on the market, I would definitely suggest a pro spotting kit for red dies, tannin, protein and other types of difficult to remove stain. If it is a wicking stain (reappears after you've already cleaned it, appears gone but comes back later) you can try saturating the area with water and placing a folded dry white terry cloth towel with something really really heavy on it and allow the stain to wick into the towel.

Hope that helps for future jobs!

 

[sproketser]

Great job , 1st job ! Did great .

 

[BradsDetailing]

Thank you!

 

[vet]

Nice turn around!

 

[BradsDetailing]

Nice turn around!

Thank you

 

[LatinFG2]

That came out really good. Nice work.

 

[BradsDetailing]

Thank you

 

[oldmodman]

Do you know what caused the damage to the leather in picture #7?

That sure doesn't look like normal wear. Crazed microdog?

 

[WAXOFF]

The more money you have the less brains you have. Anyone who would treat a car like that needs to be ban from driving. Nice resurection though.

 

[WAXOFF]

That damage is casued by lazy people who don't take the time to make sure the seat belt is all the way back in the retractor. I've been in the car business 36 years and have seen it all. Of course there was probably so much coffee and sugar on the belt it was gummed up inside the B pillar.