Nasty Minivan Interior Detail - Visual Pro Detailing

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VP Mark

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[FONT=&quot]I get a lot of interesting calls sometimes. Another detail that was beyond nasty.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The weather was way too cold for extraction on this detail, so I had to make do with my Tornador Black and Steam. Process was as follows:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Vacuum[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Air Agitate with Tornador[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Tornador cleaned hard surfaces using APC+ 1:10[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Steam cleaned interior hard surfaces [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Dressed hard surfaces using Optimum Protectant Plus (this was the last step before windows)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Presoaked carpets with Folex[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Tornador cleaned carpets with CG Fabric Clean 1 oz in 32 oz Tornador bottle along with 2 oz. APC+. You will see why this was necessary in the pictures.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Steam cleaned carpets[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Cleaned seats with APC+ 1:10, nylon brush. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This van had 124k+ miles on it, so the goal was just get it clean and deal with the biological hazards.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here we go!...[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Yuck, but nothing epic. Just really dirty.

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[FONT=&quot]Aaaaandd, it begins. Dog Puke. Lots of it.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Some misc. items in the center console.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Dusty.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Barely visible is all the trash under the seats. I filled half a 30 gallon trash bag with all of it. This was after it had been “emptied out”, haha! [/FONT]:)

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[FONT=&quot]Same pic after.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Driver’s side floor board after. Pic came out fuzzy.

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[FONT=&quot]This looks better! Some of the plastics had some staining that could not be removed.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Where the dog puke was. Not great lighting in this pic but you could not even tell it had been there.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Another pic of dog puke section afterwards.

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[FONT=&quot]Dash looks much better![/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Thanks for looking! Please keep the comments respectful, it was just a dirty van with some dog puke. [/FONT]:)
 
I can't imagine the assault on your sense of smell. Great work.
 
I hate minivans!! This is one I would have walked away from. More power to you for taking it on and getting these results.
 
yea...about that dog puke, I would use zep carpet with bleach on that
 
good job. I had one that bad a few moths ago. took me 12 hours inside and 12 hours outside. It was nasty. Never been detailed since new. It was a 2008 Honda van. 100k on it and 2 kids the whole time. YUCK.
 
Great job! Is that a used baby diaper under the seat? I did a similar job for a good friend of mine. Hard work but very gratifying, only problem is they mess it up again pretty quickly.
 
Great job. Another example of why I don't buy used cars as a good detailer can make them look so much better than they really are. I truly mean this as a compliment to detailers like Mark.
 
Thanks everyone. The details aren't a lot of fun to do sometimes but there is great satisfaction in making something like that "clean", even though it's not always beautiful.
 
LOL @ the baby diaper statement.... I thought the same

Great turnaround Mark. I am sure you wish you could have extracted those carpets. In a pinch, I do love my Tornador!
 
Dr_Pain said:
LOL @ the baby diaper statement.... I thought the same

Great turnaround Mark. I am sure you wish you could have extracted those carpets. In a pinch, I do love my Tornador!
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Yeah extraction would have been preferable to steam(except for the puke) in this situation, but the car is kept outside and I didn't have time for it to completely dry.

Yes, I found 2-3 diapers hidden amongst the trash.


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Amazing what people could have it look like if they only would take care of their vehicles.
 
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