Detailing Your Car

[wtcii]

I have a really nasty car that I am going to detail tomorrow. It has a nice dried on bug collection and pretty much anything else you can think of. Is there any to give like the whole car a bug and tar treatment. Or just a pre-rinse. Any suggestions?

[Abailey4]

FK 425'ed the whole car the other day. Waiting to see how this stuff does against our daily pollen shower

[RTexasF]

I have a really nasty car that I am going to detail tomorrow. It has a nice dried on bug collection and pretty much anything else you can think of. Is there any to give like the whole car a bug and tar treatment. Or just a pre-rinse. Any suggestions?

Kinda late to be asking now, eh? Try a strong mixture of car soap and a plastic pot scrubber that is soft and not scratchy. If it makes marks, go to something else as the scrubber Best of luck.

[RTexasF]

FK 425'ed the whole car the other day. Waiting to see how this stuff does against our daily pollen shower

It does help but don't expect miracles against a 24/7 bombardment from Mama Nature.

[Abailey4]

FK 425'ed the whole car the other day. Waiting to see how this stuff does against our daily pollen shower

It does help but don't expect miracles against a 24/7 bombardment from Mama Nature.

Yeah that's what I saw when I walked out this morning.  It lessened the amount that could be on there most definitely.

[rjp6262]

anyone ever used a Little Green Machine to do the carpets? im giving it a shot here soon on the rear mats. no stains or anything i just want to try and really clean em lol

[Anonymous]

anyone ever used a Little Green Machine to do the carpets? im giving it a shot here soon on the rear mats. no stains or anything i just want to try and really clean em lol

havent' tried them either, but let us know how it went.

[RTexasF]

anyone ever used a Little Green Machine to do the carpets? im giving it a shot here soon on the rear mats. no stains or anything i just want to try and really clean em lol

I've got one and it has been outstanding! It's a lightweight for sure, not meant to be used several times a day week in and week out but it cuts the mustard. This was one swipe on a four year old carpet mat that had never been cleaned. I did pre-treat with Folex.
This mat was trashed and has a hole in it but the finished product was as clean as new and took all of 10 minutes + drying time.


After four or five swipes:

[rjp6262]

yeah i highly recommend it. this is what came out of my carpets...92k miles on them. and the past 2 or 3 weeks i have taken them out every weekend and vacuumed them, and scrubbed them down with carpet cleaner!



gross isnt it? and that's just my mats! all 4 of them! can't wait to do the carpet. lol and there was a little difference in the look of the mats when i compared the one i cleaned to one that wasn't cleaned. but there wasn't as good of justice as Ricks pictures. in all this took about 2 hours. not too bad but when you can do it like once or twice a year, it's not bad at all.
bottom line: if you have one, use it!

[timot_one]

I've been debating getting one of those little green machines.  Glad to hear you have had good results under normal use.  It looks like that will be my next detailing investment.

[rjp6262]

yeah. just need to tackle the rest of the carpet in my car now! ill post up results of that when i get the time.

[Abailey4]

Good job RJ. Keep it modded keep it clean!

[RTexasF]

I've been debating getting one of those little green machines.  Glad to hear you have had good results under normal use.  It looks like that will be my next detailing investment.

I caught it at Target with ten bucks the regular price so keep an eye peeled. I got the one that heats the solution but I don't know that its worth the little bit extra over the one that does not.

[rjp6262]

the one we have has the heater feature as well. you think this thing could be used to clean seats?

[timot_one]

I've read on detailing forums that they used it to clean cloth seats, but does lack a little with water extraction resulting in the seats being damp for a little while.  For a regular user like me, that's just fine.  I have read up on the ones that heat the solution and the ones that don't, and see that there's only a $10 difference.  Either way, I'm going to start looking for deals soon.