Subaru project car detail

My hat goes of to professional car detail it's is a whole different world

I just bought this car on craigs list yesterday so I am in the cleanup mode and it's looking pretty good

I will drive it for awhile and sell it latter.

What did you use to clean the leather?

http://www.detailing.com/store/swissvax-elephant-leather-preserver.html?gclid=CKXwyPehlLoCFa9fQgodrkMAsQ

http://www.detailing.com/store/zymol-leather-cleaner-8-oz.html

and about a dozen cotton towels

do not use micro fiber cleaning the leather it's very aggressive

got advice from tony wheelwright

when putting on the conditioners I used a hair dryer just to warm the leather up a little.

I wish I took a before of the seats

Ahh so you heat the leather so that it absorbs the cleaner better. Good tips thanks

these seats were so dry and dirty now sitting on them is a dream I am going to re-condition them in a couple of weeks as recommended.

This is why I don't clean car carpets or mats for customers you can start cleaning a mat that looks OK then it starts coming up mud. I checked out youtube and there are tons and tons of auto detailing stuff.

I was watching Fast and Loud on TV an he bought a old Austin he called in a auto detail-er and I saw the elephant conditioner can and looked it up.

I like watching fast and loud has less drama than the other reality shows and sometimes when Richard sells a car at auction he takes a bath and gets killed. they show the mistakes too.

Yeah Terry I saw that episode. The detailer was slowing massaging those leathers seats and he wasn't cheap either. I think he charged him close to a grand to detail that car.

I don't clean car mates either but when I do I use a degreaser and agitate with the orbot with tile brush and power wash them clean

1938 Aston Martin he was smart enough not to mess with it. I think the car detail guy spent a week working on the car and it was like 3000 dollars. What I like about that show is not everything is big profit. Many times he just makes 500 here an thousand there and is happy.

Like I said before when I bought this car it was sound just dirty but not everyone has a truck mount in their drive way. I could see doing a pro detail on this car costing 500 dollars or more.

Could not agree more, auto detail is a real pain. I do a few each month for a local classic car owner when he pulls out a barn find. I don't think I really make much off any of them and my back hates it.

The only advice I would offer is to remove the seats and work on them on a bench. It saves your back and you have better control. And oddly enough, that Simple Green works great on door panels!

I guess I would also add using ultra fine steel wool to polish up the glass!

I will only do autodetail if the weather is unde 65 degree Lol