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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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MMMMMM Nero + 303

So the Jeep's carpet is usually a dark dark shade of gray. With the salt, grime, and mud, my carpet has been bleached white with splashes of brown for oooo about 3 months.

So today I decided that I would clean out the car, preparing for a 2 hour or so interior detail.

All I can say is that with 303 interior cleaner and Nero, and a Shop-Vac, the car was better than new in under 40 minutes. I am still in aww. I showed my dad and he thought I went and bought new floor mats.

303 is unbelievable. Nero is even better. My dash has never looked so so good. And the soft scent of banana is icing on the cake.

Thought I would share some excitement. Yay.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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mcd- nice! so did you spraybottle it down with water first to dampen
it down, then use the 303 cleaner and vac'ed afterwards or what steps
did you take?... if you dont mind sharing.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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For the carpet I took a shop-vac too it first to get the leaves, bugs, and other weird things that I don't know what to call out of there (that's what you get for offroading with the windows down.) I then pulled the mats out and set them aside for a moment, then got real into the carpet with the shop-vac and got most of the spots out. Sprayed the few spots that remained with water and they cleared right up.

For the insane mats, I sprayed with a 3:1 dilution of water:303 straight to the mats and agitated with the vacuum itself. The mat's were pretty wet with the 303/water so it worked out really well with agitating with the vac.

Dried the mat's with the vac (mostly).

Nero'ed the dash and door panels, wheel, e-brake, etc.

Turned out really well so I threw in the winter mats I should have put in there in November .
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:04 PM
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^^ cool. thanks for the tip. i have a/s mats in my commuters
but there are some areas of the carpeting that needs to be cleaned..
salt/dirt/slush/misc items mix.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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It's not a banana smell.
It's coconut cream pie with whipped cream topping served on a yellow Fiestaware plate that your family inherited from an old aunt when she passed two summers ago, with a tall glass of milk in your favorite blue plastic cup that is just the perfect size for holding a full can of Pepsi with three ice cubes, and a fork on a red paper napkin on the maple kitchen table with the scratches your sister made when cutting out her Halloween costume and the chair your father broke while changing a burnt out light bulb that your mother had to gripe for three days to get it replaced, near the window facing the backyard where your Dalmatian lays in the tall grass that is in need of cutting on a sunny mid-May weekend day, somewhere near Grand Island Nebraska just after your Grandmother has telephoned to tell you about an upcoming visit during Memorial Day weekend and you are sitting there hoping she will be bringing her famous cinnamon rolls made with soured whole cream that can only be found at those old-time dairies like the one near her home.
Banana - jeez get real!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Thats what I meant.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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And why is it called Grand Island if it's not even an Island?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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I use 303 all the time. Their Aerospace Cleaner is super concentrated and really works well. The 303 Fabric Cleaner and Fabric Guard are what I use for my top. The 303 Protectant is awesome for tires and trim (but I like Wizard better) and it is second only to Nero on the inside. If you have rubber mats, like I do, Einszett makes a great cleaner that smells of lemon and is very powerful.
Nothing is nicer than a clean interior with a great smell!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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And why is it called Grand Island if it's not even an Island?
Ah, but it is, or was. A grand island in the middle of the Platt river. I think most of the original island is gone now but you'd have to ask some C.O.R.N members to be sure.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mcdbrendan
Thats what I meant.
Well I could be wrong, I have a cold.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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Oh. It's probably just the cold...















What medicine are you taking...
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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Wow, looks like MiniMaybee got the Starbucks Triple shot cappuccino again...

Originally Posted by MiniMaybee
It's not a banana smell.
It's coconut cream pie with whipped cream topping served on a yellow Fiestaware plate that your family inherited from an old aunt when she passed two summers ago, with a tall glass of milk in your favorite blue plastic cup that is just the perfect size for holding a full can of Pepsi with three ice cubes, and a fork on a red paper napkin on the maple kitchen table with the scratches your sister made when cutting out her Halloween costume and the chair your father broke while changing a burnt out light bulb that your mother had to gripe for three days to get it replaced, near the window facing the backyard where your Dalmatian lays in the tall grass that is in need of cutting on a sunny mid-May weekend day, somewhere near Grand Island Nebraska just after your Grandmother has telephoned to tell you about an upcoming visit during Memorial Day weekend and you are sitting there hoping she will be bringing her famous cinnamon rolls made with soured whole cream that can only be found at those old-time dairies like the one near her home.
Banana - jeez get real!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Haha. I totally expected it.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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What can I say, I get bored.
Sorry to OT your Nero/303 report, I did try to get it back on though.
Gawd how I hate the Oscar's!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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Seriosly. Cars kicked the penguins asses. No joke at all.

MiniMaybee can we have a rant about that.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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I feel bad about this, but I actually have not seen Cars. Now don't get me wrong, I love what were formerly known as "kid" movies and god knows that I've seen about twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty two of them, but frankly, and this is where I'll probably catch a lot of sh*t, I'm rather tired of the smart ***, adult humor strewn, cutesy, market to the kids type movie that is obviously cheaper to make now that they are using computers, than any real live-action film with real people and real places and with cars and horses that don't have a catch-phrase and their own toy line and spaghetti-O's label and McDonald's kiddie meal franchise. I mean the first 5 or 6 thousand of these movies were funny and original, but how many talking penguins spouting Shakespeare while chewing on a stoggie do I need to see? When did animals acting like humans become the only basis for a plot-line or robots living in their own world acting like our world or cars living in a car world that is like our world I mean give me a break already. Yes they all have funny lines (written for the sole purpose of getting us adults to bring the kiddies) but just because you can draw something doesn't mean you should. If there isn't a compelling and original reason to do a film, then don't.
So, sorry I forgot why I was ranting ... oh yeah Cars kicking penguin's assess, well it probably did, but I'm so over animated movies that I just really don't care all that much any more.
I have officially become an "Old Fuddy-duddy" hooray for me - not.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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Cars is good. Just see it.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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Cars is a really good. Happy Feet was freakin strange.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MiniMaybee
It's not a banana smell.
It's coconut cream pie with whipped cream topping served on a yellow Fiestaware plate that your family inherited from an old aunt when she passed two summers ago, with a tall glass of milk in your favorite blue plastic cup that is just the perfect size for holding a full can of Pepsi with three ice cubes, and a fork on a red paper napkin on the maple kitchen table with the scratches your sister made when cutting out her Halloween costume and the chair your father broke while changing a burnt out light bulb that your mother had to gripe for three days to get it replaced, near the window facing the backyard where your Dalmatian lays in the tall grass that is in need of cutting on a sunny mid-May weekend day, somewhere near Grand Island Nebraska just after your Grandmother has telephoned to tell you about an upcoming visit during Memorial Day weekend and you are sitting there hoping she will be bringing her famous cinnamon rolls made with soured whole cream that can only be found at those old-time dairies like the one near her home.
Banana - jeez get real!
What I'm trying to figure out is how can we fit all that on the next Nero label run???

At the least, we'll have to make a sign for the store display!

That just made me think of an idea. Maybe we could make little scratch-n-sniff stickers for each Prima smell and place it above each product on the shelf.... Although, granted, with your description we won't need one for Nero.

-Heather
 
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:16 AM
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i can almost see heather spraying customers with slick and hydro like
at those cosmetic counters.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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"Oh and this is Epic, but sit still it has to cure."
 
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