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This is DD's wife's daily driver. Unfortunately or fortunately it really has been cared for since November, busy schedule, illness, family, work you name it.....its strange though however bad the salt and snow was this season the crystal rock seemed to hold strong for the season.
So a good cleaning and polishing with a coat of wax was due, as well as a complete interior clean up, 1 6 year old and boy oh boy....
Interior:
Let's say you wouldn't know she was married to a detailer, again with the busy schedule /cold weather /illnesses well you know the deal.
Interior: Full Vac, Einszett cockpit on the plastics, dash, nav screen, seat backs, even the plastic door sills covers.
Exterior:
The game plan for the rest of the car was a good wash, clay, polish, and wax.
I started with a spraying a generous amount ofP21S Wheel Cleaner on the wheels, let them sit.
P21S Total autowash as a pre-soak on the body of the car, wheel wells, tires, as well the
engine.
After we used Adam's Car Wash in the foam canon to clean off the rest of the car.
Rinsed the car down with the pressure washer. This cleaned up a ton of salt and debris.
I actually went back and washed the car with a bucket full of Adam's Car Wash and an Uber Yellow Sponge and did a traditional wash to remove anything else.
Since it was still early in the morning and cold I decided to go for the interior first.
Before:
Cleaning the interior up with vac, brushes, Einszett Cockpit
Some before and after interior shots:
After a nice cleaning with Cockpit
Driver's door armrest:
Before:
During:
After:
The alcantara clean up and protection process.
before (the white crusty stuff comes out or a 6 yr old's nose)
the first step was to vac it out then in the pics below the Leather Master Foam Cleaner was used with a damp applicator pad and Foam Cleaner was applied directly on the app pad. In circular motions the product was applied, then let dried.
The mf towel was used to wipe off excess and to assist the drying process
I have never messed with the Alcantera. Is it like suede in that cleaning it can actually stain it?
You should try PRIMA Nero for the interior plastic. Does well at cleaning and leaves a nice matte finish.
The metal polish that I really like is Wizards Metal Renew, but the Swissvax seems like it worked well too.
Thanks for the photos.
