Hi All,
Now I return with another journey of interior cleaning and a bit of cataract removal.
Before I start, let's just say I found a video of how NOT to clean your interiors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_FtEmkPIMk
So.... if it is not cleaned by using a pressure washer..... how should it be cleaned??? More of that coming right up.
So,.... car was delivered to my place in the evening
A little look on the right side headlight and it looks all dandy and nice.
A little look on the left side headlight...... not so dandy..... we will return to this later.
Sneak preview of the interior which I managed to snap at night before I started working on them the next morning. Looking pretty decent..... I hope.
Seats seems "a bit" messed up
Armrest looks like it has seen its fair share of.... oily arms.
Driver side underseat gets kicked a lot.
Amount of rubbish found inside the car......
Some kuaci seeds found in the gaps....... maybe the owner wants to plant sunflower in the car?
After being touched and molested by hundreds of passengers... it is obvious the door handle would look a little like this.....
So.... next morning, woke up at 6am to start my work..... first victim... da handrest
Followed by the seats..... will have a step by step guide below...
See the side of the driver seat before
Now see it at 50/50...... can you tell which part was cleaned?
Now the rear seats looks kinda OK .......
But if you pull off the seat belts.........clearly the passengers do not use the rear seat belts at all.
If not used for an extended period of time and get squashed by people.... the belt buckle is sure to leave these kind of stains.....
So now.... tutorial time.... see the seat.... looks pretty decent? Is it cleaned?
Now, tape off half, OPC 1:5 (normally for leather cleaning I would use OPC 1:8 instead but this job requires tougher, stronger and more power). Agitate with shoe brush....
Now.... wipe it off.....
Still wiping it off.........
TADAAA.........which side do you want your butt to rest on now.
Can you see the vast difference.... truly a good analogy of saying.... "The grass is greener on the other side" but in this case...... The leather is brighter on the other side.
So from the rear seat.... how much dirt did we lift off?
See my hands.... i am gonna do magic
TADAAAA......... my hands disappeared!!!!!
TADAAAA again.... like Houdini..... my hand reappears.... with the red micro fiber....
So...... we shall officially condemn this seat.....
Even small gaps should not be spared......where is it that I am mentioning?
Obviously the small little gap here..... yes.... that was my old pink toothbrush....
On harder and less touched surfaces.... the 50/50 is not so obvious...
This part of the boot......
NOOOO, OCD me cannot stand...must clean....
Ok, That's all for the interior cleaning..... now lets move back to the headlights...
Closer look at the left headlight...... some scuff marks....
Besides the common oxidation....a lot of pits from small stones and pebbles....
Some weird water stain marks...
So we prep our patient for cataract removal....
After sanding for awhile with 1000 grit followed by 1500 grit and then finished with 2000 grit.... evenly hazed up
This is the amount of plastic I took off from the headlamps..... meaning to say one can only do headlamp restoration a limited number of times... so do it properly each time if you want your headlamps to last.
Now.... results... after compounding and polishing the living daylights out of it......Compounded with wool pad + hyper compound and finished off with Double sided sponge pad + Osren perfect finish.
The side blinkers were given......... with these results.... try and guess what I did?
A final look at the headlamps before delivery to the owner....
Time Spend: 13hours or so.....
Product used: A lot........
Satisfaction level: Exterior.... not so....Interior.... EPICLY satisfied.
Note:
- Cleaning interior is more labor intensive compared to exterior. A lot of small gaps and hard to reach places.
- When cleaning leather, be sure to start with mildest cleaner possible. Last thing you want to do is to clean thru the leather.
- Agitate with a soft brush, hard brush may damage the leather.
- Do not allow any cleaner to dry on the leather as it will leave a stain, especially those stronger cleaners.
- All leather was protected with a coat of Optimum Leather Protector. I do have the Mequirs Gold Class Leather Protector but did not use it as I find it a bit too oily to my liking.
- The left headlamp was restored fully on the outside however the inside was hazed up by dirt and all which cannot be cleaned unless the headlamp is taken apart.
- The right headlamp was changed new as the original was damaged previously from..... some sorta accident that the owner told me and I forgot.
If you have any comments, please let me know (be it good, bad or gibberish)
Now I return with another journey of interior cleaning and a bit of cataract removal.
Before I start, let's just say I found a video of how NOT to clean your interiors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_FtEmkPIMk
So.... if it is not cleaned by using a pressure washer..... how should it be cleaned??? More of that coming right up.
So,.... car was delivered to my place in the evening
A little look on the right side headlight and it looks all dandy and nice.
A little look on the left side headlight...... not so dandy..... we will return to this later.
Sneak preview of the interior which I managed to snap at night before I started working on them the next morning. Looking pretty decent..... I hope.
Seats seems "a bit" messed up
Armrest looks like it has seen its fair share of.... oily arms.
Driver side underseat gets kicked a lot.
Amount of rubbish found inside the car......
Some kuaci seeds found in the gaps....... maybe the owner wants to plant sunflower in the car?
After being touched and molested by hundreds of passengers... it is obvious the door handle would look a little like this.....
So.... next morning, woke up at 6am to start my work..... first victim... da handrest
Followed by the seats..... will have a step by step guide below...
See the side of the driver seat before
Now see it at 50/50...... can you tell which part was cleaned?
Now the rear seats looks kinda OK .......
But if you pull off the seat belts.........clearly the passengers do not use the rear seat belts at all.
If not used for an extended period of time and get squashed by people.... the belt buckle is sure to leave these kind of stains.....
So now.... tutorial time.... see the seat.... looks pretty decent? Is it cleaned?
Now, tape off half, OPC 1:5 (normally for leather cleaning I would use OPC 1:8 instead but this job requires tougher, stronger and more power). Agitate with shoe brush....
Now.... wipe it off.....
Still wiping it off.........
TADAAA.........which side do you want your butt to rest on now.
Can you see the vast difference.... truly a good analogy of saying.... "The grass is greener on the other side" but in this case...... The leather is brighter on the other side.
So from the rear seat.... how much dirt did we lift off?
See my hands.... i am gonna do magic
TADAAAA......... my hands disappeared!!!!!
TADAAAA again.... like Houdini..... my hand reappears.... with the red micro fiber....
So...... we shall officially condemn this seat.....
Even small gaps should not be spared......where is it that I am mentioning?
Obviously the small little gap here..... yes.... that was my old pink toothbrush....
On harder and less touched surfaces.... the 50/50 is not so obvious...
This part of the boot......
NOOOO, OCD me cannot stand...must clean....
Ok, That's all for the interior cleaning..... now lets move back to the headlights...
Closer look at the left headlight...... some scuff marks....
Besides the common oxidation....a lot of pits from small stones and pebbles....
Some weird water stain marks...
So we prep our patient for cataract removal....
After sanding for awhile with 1000 grit followed by 1500 grit and then finished with 2000 grit.... evenly hazed up
This is the amount of plastic I took off from the headlamps..... meaning to say one can only do headlamp restoration a limited number of times... so do it properly each time if you want your headlamps to last.
Now.... results... after compounding and polishing the living daylights out of it......Compounded with wool pad + hyper compound and finished off with Double sided sponge pad + Osren perfect finish.
The side blinkers were given......... with these results.... try and guess what I did?
A final look at the headlamps before delivery to the owner....
Time Spend: 13hours or so.....
Product used: A lot........
Satisfaction level: Exterior.... not so....Interior.... EPICLY satisfied.
Note:
- Cleaning interior is more labor intensive compared to exterior. A lot of small gaps and hard to reach places.
- When cleaning leather, be sure to start with mildest cleaner possible. Last thing you want to do is to clean thru the leather.
- Agitate with a soft brush, hard brush may damage the leather.
- Do not allow any cleaner to dry on the leather as it will leave a stain, especially those stronger cleaners.
- All leather was protected with a coat of Optimum Leather Protector. I do have the Mequirs Gold Class Leather Protector but did not use it as I find it a bit too oily to my liking.
- The left headlamp was restored fully on the outside however the inside was hazed up by dirt and all which cannot be cleaned unless the headlamp is taken apart.
- The right headlamp was changed new as the original was damaged previously from..... some sorta accident that the owner told me and I forgot.
If you have any comments, please let me know (be it good, bad or gibberish)
......hhahahhahahaha
