richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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My father bought this car to flip it. To say that it was in rough shape is an understatement. He will be getting it back into shape mechanically and whatnot but wanted me to try to repair the interior. As for the paint? Well, he thought he'd have to paint it but really didn't want to. He didn't think I'd be able to turn it around. I didn't know whether I would or not either. As you will see, it was really badly oxidized. This job was going to be interior only if the paint didn't correct, or a big job to try to turn it around.
When I got it, I didn't even bother washing it or the tires or anything. I thought that on the off chance the paint did turn around, I would just ONR the paint and then correct it from there. Here's how it was when it arrived to me. He had removed the seats for me to be able to clean the interior better and also to do them better as well:





No oxidized paint here, no sir! OMG!!

The wheels were in good shape as my dad had already removed them and polished the rings and had painted them black.

The chrome had seen much better days too. I ended up being able to improve them marginally, but not much unfortunately.


OK...are you ready for the interior. Don't be eating anything when you see these pics!







Here are the seats:



So, there we are. Good thing I was up for the challenge. First up: the interior. I was thanking my lucky stars that I had purchased my Mytee extractor last year!! First step was a thorough vacuum. That alone took quite a while. I then got the extractor heating up. I decided to use a Zep product that I bought about a year ago but hadn't tried yet. It had been describe to me as being very powerful: Zep Premium Carpet Shampoo. I mixed it up in a 32 oz bottle. Very little is needed: it's very concentrated.
I then sprayed my Zep cleaner on an area and then agitated it with my DA and carpet brush. For giggles, I also compared it to LATA to see which one would work better. The LATA suds up a lot more which was harder to clear from the carpet, and it did not clean any better than the Zep. The win goes to Zep for that product. After agitating, I would extract. I worked this combo heavily. I used 1.5 bottles of cleaner mix on this car...for a 2 door!!! It also took me 3.5 hours to complete. How did it turn out? Let's see:







OK, another make-sure-you-don't-have-anything-in-your-mouth warning: This is what came out of my extractor at the end. I swore it looked like bloody used oil:

When I got it, I didn't even bother washing it or the tires or anything. I thought that on the off chance the paint did turn around, I would just ONR the paint and then correct it from there. Here's how it was when it arrived to me. He had removed the seats for me to be able to clean the interior better and also to do them better as well:





No oxidized paint here, no sir! OMG!!

The wheels were in good shape as my dad had already removed them and polished the rings and had painted them black.

The chrome had seen much better days too. I ended up being able to improve them marginally, but not much unfortunately.


OK...are you ready for the interior. Don't be eating anything when you see these pics!







Here are the seats:



So, there we are. Good thing I was up for the challenge. First up: the interior. I was thanking my lucky stars that I had purchased my Mytee extractor last year!! First step was a thorough vacuum. That alone took quite a while. I then got the extractor heating up. I decided to use a Zep product that I bought about a year ago but hadn't tried yet. It had been describe to me as being very powerful: Zep Premium Carpet Shampoo. I mixed it up in a 32 oz bottle. Very little is needed: it's very concentrated.
I then sprayed my Zep cleaner on an area and then agitated it with my DA and carpet brush. For giggles, I also compared it to LATA to see which one would work better. The LATA suds up a lot more which was harder to clear from the carpet, and it did not clean any better than the Zep. The win goes to Zep for that product. After agitating, I would extract. I worked this combo heavily. I used 1.5 bottles of cleaner mix on this car...for a 2 door!!! It also took me 3.5 hours to complete. How did it turn out? Let's see:







OK, another make-sure-you-don't-have-anything-in-your-mouth warning: This is what came out of my extractor at the end. I swore it looked like bloody used oil:
