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Took my 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback to be detailed today -- first time I've ever had a car detailed. Also had the windows tinted and the headlights "restored." All-in-all, I'm super-happy with the results.
(Btw, I have a Siberian Husky. The detailer did a great job getting all the hair out of the car. The carpet in the front around the console was so bad -- although not from dog hair, just from 8 years of accumulated crud -- that he had to remove the front seats to clean the carpet.)
That's what a detail should be-detailed. Some 'detailers' think a good wash, vacuum, and slathering on some wax is a detail. A detail should being the car back to as new as possible.
Pulling the seats certainly isn't part of a standard detail but sometimes it's necessary just to get the normally visible part of the carpet as clean as possible. Car looks great.
There are threads where people ask about what they should do with the money from the monthly payments after they pay a car off. I always suggest they spend some money on the car to make it nicer, whatever that means to that person. A detail, tint, sound system update, fix some minor things that have been annoyances for a while, new wheels, etc. Basically do something that would make it more like a new car would be, without buying a new car.
I used to detail cars. I loved doing cars that were nasty because you knew in the end it would be a huge change. One thing I recommend for people who haul pets in there cars is those brushes for horses hair. You use it on your carpets as you vacuum and the hair literally comes right up. I also recommend vacuuming at least once every two months,also add a new air freshener. Now keep your car clean and get it detailed twice a year! It will maintain it's value and you'll have more appreciation for the car.
Car looks great.
Now, to keep it looking like that all it takes is less than 15 minutes once a week.
Go to any auto supply store and pick up Meguiar's ultimate quick detail in the black plastic spray bottle.
It is well worth the ten bucks it cost.
I have never seen a product that give a shine like it does.
My classic bird, and my ten year old dakota always looks better than new, and I use this product about once a week.
Never ever have to wash the car, and in fact using soap on any car is actually very stupid.
It eats up any wax that is on the car.
Once you use the ultimate detail spray, all you need to keep the car looking clean is a damp rag to remove dust, and a dry rag to buff.
It has worked for me for over fifty years.
None of my vehicles have ever seen a drop of soap in all those years, and still they look better than brand new.
Bob.
Car looks great.
Now, to keep it looking like that all it takes is less than 15 minutes once a week.
Go to any auto supply store and pick up Meguiar's ultimate quick detail in the black plastic spray bottle.
It is well worth the ten bucks it cost.
I have never seen a product that give a shine like it does.
My classic bird, and my ten year old dakota always looks better than new, and I use this product about once a week.
Never ever have to wash the car, and in fact using soap on any car is actually very stupid.
It eats up any wax that is on the car.
Once you use the ultimate detail spray, all you need to keep the car looking clean is a damp rag to remove dust, and a dry rag to buff.
It has worked for me for over fifty years.
None of my vehicles have ever seen a drop of soap in all those years, and still they look better than brand new.
Bob.
What do you suggest those of us in the northeast do to get road salt off our cars in the winter?
Car looks great.
Now, to keep it looking like that all it takes is less than 15 minutes once a week.
Go to any auto supply store and pick up Meguiar's ultimate quick detail in the black plastic spray bottle.
Once you use the ultimate detail spray, all you need to keep the car looking clean is a damp rag to remove dust, and a dry rag to buff.
I used to detail cars. I loved doing cars that were nasty because you knew in the end it would be a huge change. One thing I recommend for people who haul pets in there cars is those brushes for horses hair. You use it on your carpets as you vacuum and the hair literally comes right up. I also recommend vacuuming at least once every two months,also add a new air freshener. Now keep your car clean and get it detailed twice a year! It will maintain it's value and you'll have more appreciation for the car.
tgbwc - I am a detailer on LI in NY. I dont recommend having your motor steam cleaned. I have found in the past that this can only lead to issues with the motor. If you clean the top parts of your motor with a spray bottle and a towel that can be effective, but I wouldnt spray any type of water into or onto the motor itself.
The Mitsu came out excellent. Black is especially hard to detail, and takes a matter of skill to get it back to showroom condition. Looks like the guy that did your car, was a professional and knew the steps to make a black car shine
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