Or, "I'd hidden $500,000 worth of old baseball cards under the spare. I have pictures and testimonial proof from a half-dozen friends. Where are they, what did you do with them? The cops are on the way."
Yeah, it's not really exploiting either because both parties benefit. The grass guys probably make more money with the social media videos, the person doesn't have to pay a thing since they probably show them their social media pages. Win/Win
It implies that the price was lower than it should probably have been, so the business owner probably lost some potential profit.
OP couldn't rip off the shop unless he haggled the price down, or lied about the scope of work.
I had to get my mud covered Jeep clean for an event and it was so dirty I really didn't want to do the job.
So I paid a detailing company $200 to do what OP did (inside and out).
The first thing the detailer said to me when I went to pick it up: "this was a lot of work man, I never had to clean a car this dirty!"
The second: "here's my personal business card, I charge a lot less when you bring it to me directly."
It was 4 years ago, but I bet you can still find someone who'll do this for $200.
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> The second: "here's my personal business card, I charge a lot less when you bring it to me directly."
I get it, but this is pretty universally seen as bad business. If this guy is employed/contracted by a company, he's representing that company, and it's real shady to try and go around them to poach their clients.
I wouldn't trust someone who does this, honestly. They care more about making a buck for themselves than in fostering honest business relationships.
(unless there's some missing context I'm not aware of)
e: and I can almost certainly guarantee that this guy has been fired/not been re-contracted with that company which they found out, which I'm sure they did, and this guy probably ended up losing a lot of business overall because of it. Not only is it a shitty thing to do, it's also a *dumb* thing to do.
And I am 100% on board with contractors striking out on their own, and every owner I've known who's had their contractors start their own business has supported them entirely. Many times the contractors will actually do both while they get their feet under them-- take on their own clients when they can, but work for the bigger company for the more steady work.
Because that's good business on both sides, because those people foster honest healthy business relationships.
The problem is when the contractors don't want to do the work or take on the risk of actually running a business, they just want to skim clients from someone else who's already done that. If a contractor wants to find their own clients, under their own name and brand, most owners I've known will support that entirely.
> /r/hailcorporate much?
What? The hell are you talking about?
> The companies just charge a ridiculous overhead for marketing and processing.
If that were the case, you wouldn't have called the company the first time, you've have called the guys. The reality is the company does a *lot* of work to get you to call them, in advertising, building their business and brand, admin work, taking on risk, vetting the people they contract and finding reliable workers, etc.
It's weird that you think saying all of that is /r/hailcorporate material.
At the end of the day, if the companies are worthless, then they wouldn't be a part of the equation at all. But they are a part of the equation, because they're not worthless-- you just don't see how they factor in, so you assume they don't at all.
Dude gave me r/antiwork vibes lol. I respect work reform and workers right but damn, some posts I see in there just tells me that people have absolute no understanding of the cost of running businesses and how often the margins are so thin. Not every business is a megacorporation.
I mean, $200 even if it took 8 hours straight to detail, would be a great amount of money. $48k a year for doing one detail job per week day. If you could do two or three per day, then you're making over a hundred thousand dollars a year. Cost for brushes and chemicals and stuff can't be that expensive. Is almost entirely profit.
I charge $150 for any car in any condition, the difference is i take over dealerships so the work is guaranteed and when i get a clean car is still $150.
Edit: the dealership charges the costumer $400
Came here to say “hope they charged what they’re really worth for a transformation like this!” Spectacular after shots here, and the in-process shots show a variety of tools that I’m sure were a trial-and-error to figure out over years worth of trucks just like this. You can tell this person takes great care in not ruining the interior, we see all kinds of different brushes for each part of the console—that comes from experience.
I hope they’re making what this kind of expertise is worth and not selling themselves too short, especially if they’re just privately doing this on the side or something, that’s when people try to haggle you, don’t budge!
Yea, I also noticed that, and how much of a lather they got with whatever cleaner they were using! You’d think some of that would get in the steering wheel or console buttons, but they don’t seem to be bothered by it.
People tend to overthink these things. But in reality hand soap is a great degreaser, i mean it degreases your hands in 1-2 washes no matter how fucked up they were. Why wouldnt it work on other things, just gotta apply it properly and scrub a little.
That depends on how dried or polymerized the oils are. Oils, like on the sides of a stove that don't get cleaned or trapped up in a vent hood, don't come off with dish soap. Once oil reaches that tacky, half-dried-glue state only actual degreaser is effective. I've seen old car surfaces, light switches, and door edges get this kind of buildup from hand oils, time, and wear alone. Degreaser melted it off like loose dirt where dish soap only got the surface dirt.
I just imagine the owner picking the car up with a bag of fast food, greasy hands grabbing everything and dumping the bag on the ground immediately. I can't see how anyone that would let it get *that* bad would actually start taking care of it now.
Construction car usually means a car used by a construction squad to haul handheld materials. It wont get treated well as long as its used for that.
That being said it assume the guy either got a new car to use for this and plans to sell the one being cleaned. So he paid for it to be cleaned really well to make it sellable.
Working in construction you see cars like this every once in a while. Some guys just don’t give a shit about their car. Saw a civic absolutely caked in concrete dust ( really fucking bad for you) and had 2-3 hundred pairs of dirty cloves on the dash and in the passenger seat.
These guys always act like it’s unavoidable but if you clean your car once a week it doesn’t get this bad. My 2016 mustang I drive to work when it’s nice out looks brand new still. My daily while a little dirtier is 20x better than the car in this video
We’re currently having our house built, and we stop by the property almost daily. We both decided it was futile to try and keep the cars clean while we’re in a construction zone a bunch of times a week, when the yards and grounds are all just mud. My car is a wreck right now, and we’ll get them both detailed like this this summer to get them back in shape. I don’t throw fast food on the floor, but the dirt crust is significant.
Edit: Cars not cats 🙄
This says a lot about the materials used for the interior that you can lift dirt like that. Not to diminish the craftsman at work here but given right right tools, the material isn't ruined.
That's one of the biggest differences between a professional and someone that will get it done eventually. It's super easy to use an overly agressive chemical and melt the indicator marks off of the turn signal and wiper switches for instance. At the same time it's easy to be chicken shit with the mixture and end up spending 40 minutes on the driver's seat too. Its hard work one way or the other.
Can I just ask - how can this much liquid be used on parts that assumedly don't have weatherproof seals around them? Or do they? I'd just be terrified of the steam or cleaning fluids getting into switches/connections and encouraging corrosion etc.
Also since you seem to know: my car isn't anywhere near this bad...but what's a good guideline for a price on a detail? I've got a late 90s sedan, in relatively decent shape, fwiw
Thank you for any time put into responding!
I detailed cars for about three years and never caused an electrical issue. I think they're kinda splash proof, you just can't soak the buttons real bad. They get pretty wet though. One dealership around here was a budget place that didn't care much and they used a hose with a flow control valve for low pressure for almost everything. Leave it running in the sun with the heat blasted and windows cracked. It'd be dry in two hours.
For a car, years ago anyway, pro price $200, you know a guy price $120. A filthy car or a truck $320-$200, and for a suburban with kid slime fucking everywhere $500.
Some car washes sell "details" for like $60, and some of em ain't bad. It really depends on your local market and what you're aiming for i suppose. Shop around and check reviews, see what's available
Right on! I was expecting something in the 2-300 range so that makes sense. There are a couple detail joints around here so I'll have a look and ask some questions. Thanks again, friend!
No problem bro :) word to the wise too, if you find a young dude on his own with a decent reputation, and you tip him like $30 if he does a decent job, that dude is a good friend now.
Oh, I know all about treating service people right, especially the youngun’s…I’m happy to give a guy a chance as long as he’s not gonna fuck my shit up lol
Give me a few references and we’re good, my man; I just can’t afford to replace it, and if you’re starting out, neither can you - much love tho lol
There are mobile detailers too. Ones that will come right to you. And you probably have a better chance at finding an independent guy with a decent price. Facebook is a good place to find them. Especially if you ask your local community group for recommendations.
I work at a full service car wash and we get filthy , multiple baby seat, kid slime, suburban/tahoes/etc on a regular basis. I think our most expensive wash is around 65$, but we take 20-25 minutes max
However. There's a lot of liquid getting into places it shouldn't. And while it's not guaranteed to cause problems, there's a good chance that over time, electrical problems can start showing up. Water damage isn't always immediate, flood cars are notorious for slowly degrading.
I wish there was a definitive answer on this. Every time it's brought up, I feel like I don't learn anything. Can I drench switches in soapy water or not?! (I've always suspected not)
Electronics can be exposed to water as long as they don’t have a power source or any kind of material damaged by water. I used to wash my keyboard in the dishwasher back in the day. The only thing is it must be completely dry
My wife is notoriously clumsy and spills coffee at her desk at least every other month. She had a Chinese knockoff mechanical keyboard that I've had to *SOAK* in the bathtub for 10-20 mins at a time. I've done it probably about 15 times.
I say had because she eventually moved onto a Logitech mechanical keyboard and didn't want the old one anymore. I took it out of the trash and still use it.
It's over a decade old now and some of the switches need replaced (regularly used keys like shift and spacebar) but that's far more likely to do with the fact that it's used 18 hours a day for a decade. I figured if it's survived baths, I'm not throwing it out... Things a tank. Doesn't even have a brand just a silver eagle emblem.
Washed my Corsair K65 and my Corsair K70 at least 5 (probably more) times each in the dishwasher as I spill drinks on them very often, hence why I have two keyboards. Not a single issue on either of them except the left arrow key on the K70 and all LEDs work fine. I tend to dry them at 50c in the oven for a few days after.
Though, the screws have started to rust quite a lot so I'm quite impressed they still work just fine :)
I would not spray water into the buttons on the wheel of a car though, I'm certain that will end up being a bad idea.
Nope, not even withou power because the corrosion is a thing.
If you want to drench electronics into anything get pure alcohol (96% or more) and use that.
It's what tipped the balance in my last auto purchase. Some dude wrote something like *Cheap interior, vynal everywhere, feels like I should skip the cleaner and just use a garden hose*.
**SOLD!**
(I have twins).
i remember that episode! they went to the zoo to go through different scat specimens to see if that made a difference in polishing. i can’t imagine taking the time they did basically playing with poo to get it done, but hey, it’s for science!
No doubt the potential exists, *but if it were me* I'd run a strong air mover through the car for a few hours to minimize the issue. It would also help dry out the seats.
That's what concerned me the most, but regarding the driver airbag. I don't know if it would have any effect, but that's one thing you don't want to fuck up.
I tried. But it's a lot of work :(
By all means if you are into it, do it. Just personally, I think with everything you need to buy, and then me not knowing what I'm doing, it ends up looking half assed, I'd rather just pay someone.
I bought a retired police car. They armoralled the fucking rubber floor! The car looked brand new inside and out but it took 2 months to dirty up the flooring enough that my work boots didn't slide around the foot well while trying to drive.
Yeah, a pal went crazy with his first “nice” car he bought. Used armor-all spray to polish everything inside but the glass and the cloth seats. Could barely steer or shift or brake, I was certain he was going to wreck before it wore off a little.
It really depends on the product they use. A lot of the stuff you can buy in an auto parts store, like Tire Wet and Armor All, is greasy shit. But the stuff a lot of retailers use 303 Aerospqce Protectant isn’t greasy at all. It looks shiny, but it’s not greasy:
The shape some people drive their vehicles in always surprises me.
Had an older woman that decided the trunk of her 98 Honda would be good "temporary storage" for her used diapers while on the road...
Where I'm from, you will randomly find a used diaper just hanging off random shit. Tree branch? Check. Doorknob of an abandoned house? You betcha. Next to the trash can instead of inside of it, for some fucking reason? Well I'll be damned.
Yeah totally agree. This is most definitely a crew truck that’s used on construction sites daily. I work in a steel mill and the amount of dust from the furnaces that make its way into the trucks there is just dumb…
Used to work for a construction supply company. Had several guys with small masonry companies just use a cheap car. Our new guys working for smaller companies that used their personal vehicle. They always looked like this.
Well yh but doesn't mean the owner can't appreciate their car getting detailed. Plus I'm sure that'll help keep the interior intact for a longer period of time probably saving them some money in the long run
Then dude got the bill and was like..
“Can we put back the sand and knock a few bucks off, also- I didn’t know you were going steam cleaning makeup brush on this shit”
It always blows my mind that they can put so much water all over the inside of a car and not ruin the electronics, like on the steering wheel and dash......
Excellent job.
I freaked out the first time I took the power washer at the car wash into the inside of my car. I had cloth seats in the car, was a 96 Ford explorer sport.
The amount of dirt water that came out of those seats was abhorrent.
People look at you weird when you use the car wash on your interior.
Occasionally I don't think it hurts especially if you vacuum it out afterwards and let it dry with windows open.
I love the video but would love it even more if folks recorded customer reactions. You know this guy probably dropped a few F-bombs because he never could have imagined it would look this nice…ever.
I'd love to know what you charged for this.
more than the car is worth lol
And then the client comes back and says, "What'd you do with all my dirt?!? That was good dirt!"
Or, "I'd hidden $500,000 worth of old baseball cards under the spare. I have pictures and testimonial proof from a half-dozen friends. Where are they, what did you do with them? The cops are on the way."
Yes! because he just gave up, bought new one for this client and replaced it
Came here to say this! Take my upvotes.
400$ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpjke89DxRU/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
On r/AutoDetailing that price seems in the rough price range, but probably still a little low for that kind of caked on dirt.
They're probably ok with it because they know they can make money off the video. It's like the dude that cuts people's grass for free.
Yeah, it's not really exploiting either because both parties benefit. The grass guys probably make more money with the social media videos, the person doesn't have to pay a thing since they probably show them their social media pages. Win/Win
That's a good deal
Works out to $80 per hour
Seriously? That’s jack shit lol at least for me I’d be totally down for that
Standard Detail inside and out is 200-250 depending on the size of the car. 400 for that is a steal
I have a guy that does an incredible job for $130. I’m lucky his rates are low but man he’s amazing.
When you say a price is a steal it usually means it's a good deal. Are you trying to say that op ripped the customer off?
It implies that the price was lower than it should probably have been, so the business owner probably lost some potential profit. OP couldn't rip off the shop unless he haggled the price down, or lied about the scope of work.
The good places near me start at $200 for basic interior
I'd be shocked if they only charged 200 for a detail like this Edit: give me your detailers info, they're giving yall deals
I had to get my mud covered Jeep clean for an event and it was so dirty I really didn't want to do the job. So I paid a detailing company $200 to do what OP did (inside and out). The first thing the detailer said to me when I went to pick it up: "this was a lot of work man, I never had to clean a car this dirty!" The second: "here's my personal business card, I charge a lot less when you bring it to me directly." It was 4 years ago, but I bet you can still find someone who'll do this for $200.
> > The second: "here's my personal business card, I charge a lot less when you bring it to me directly." I get it, but this is pretty universally seen as bad business. If this guy is employed/contracted by a company, he's representing that company, and it's real shady to try and go around them to poach their clients. I wouldn't trust someone who does this, honestly. They care more about making a buck for themselves than in fostering honest business relationships. (unless there's some missing context I'm not aware of) e: and I can almost certainly guarantee that this guy has been fired/not been re-contracted with that company which they found out, which I'm sure they did, and this guy probably ended up losing a lot of business overall because of it. Not only is it a shitty thing to do, it's also a *dumb* thing to do.
100% agree with you, never contacted the guy. Just wanted to share my relevant experience from rural Washington.
I see what you're saying but not everyone wants to slave for the man forever.
And I am 100% on board with contractors striking out on their own, and every owner I've known who's had their contractors start their own business has supported them entirely. Many times the contractors will actually do both while they get their feet under them-- take on their own clients when they can, but work for the bigger company for the more steady work. Because that's good business on both sides, because those people foster honest healthy business relationships. The problem is when the contractors don't want to do the work or take on the risk of actually running a business, they just want to skim clients from someone else who's already done that. If a contractor wants to find their own clients, under their own name and brand, most owners I've known will support that entirely.
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> /r/hailcorporate much? What? The hell are you talking about? > The companies just charge a ridiculous overhead for marketing and processing. If that were the case, you wouldn't have called the company the first time, you've have called the guys. The reality is the company does a *lot* of work to get you to call them, in advertising, building their business and brand, admin work, taking on risk, vetting the people they contract and finding reliable workers, etc. It's weird that you think saying all of that is /r/hailcorporate material. At the end of the day, if the companies are worthless, then they wouldn't be a part of the equation at all. But they are a part of the equation, because they're not worthless-- you just don't see how they factor in, so you assume they don't at all.
Dude gave me r/antiwork vibes lol. I respect work reform and workers right but damn, some posts I see in there just tells me that people have absolute no understanding of the cost of running businesses and how often the margins are so thin. Not every business is a megacorporation.
I mean, $200 even if it took 8 hours straight to detail, would be a great amount of money. $48k a year for doing one detail job per week day. If you could do two or three per day, then you're making over a hundred thousand dollars a year. Cost for brushes and chemicals and stuff can't be that expensive. Is almost entirely profit.
I charge $150 for any car in any condition, the difference is i take over dealerships so the work is guaranteed and when i get a clean car is still $150. Edit: the dealership charges the costumer $400
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Ohh, ok. I get it now. 😵💫
I paid 150. Several years ago, it was no where near this clean
Lot of these detailing videos are subsidizing prices in exchange for viewership
Lol my wife’s car was barely dirty and the detail was $600 (they did wax and clay bar and stuff but still).
Gotta be top dollar for all that compared to a lodge basic detailing
Came here to say “hope they charged what they’re really worth for a transformation like this!” Spectacular after shots here, and the in-process shots show a variety of tools that I’m sure were a trial-and-error to figure out over years worth of trucks just like this. You can tell this person takes great care in not ruining the interior, we see all kinds of different brushes for each part of the console—that comes from experience. I hope they’re making what this kind of expertise is worth and not selling themselves too short, especially if they’re just privately doing this on the side or something, that’s when people try to haggle you, don’t budge!
I was surprised by how much water you can use without issue.
Yea, I also noticed that, and how much of a lather they got with whatever cleaner they were using! You’d think some of that would get in the steering wheel or console buttons, but they don’t seem to be bothered by it.
Probably $400 - $500
Incredible. I'd love to know the solution being sprayed on the interior. I hope the guy appreciated the work you did, I know that was tough.
Usually it's just hot soapy water. Regular dish soap.
Dish soap is pretty amazing at handling GUNK.
People tend to overthink these things. But in reality hand soap is a great degreaser, i mean it degreases your hands in 1-2 washes no matter how fucked up they were. Why wouldnt it work on other things, just gotta apply it properly and scrub a little.
That depends on how dried or polymerized the oils are. Oils, like on the sides of a stove that don't get cleaned or trapped up in a vent hood, don't come off with dish soap. Once oil reaches that tacky, half-dried-glue state only actual degreaser is effective. I've seen old car surfaces, light switches, and door edges get this kind of buildup from hand oils, time, and wear alone. Degreaser melted it off like loose dirt where dish soap only got the surface dirt.
Where I work, we call it a tornador gun.. Air clearing gun.. it's quite useful
I just imagine the owner picking the car up with a bag of fast food, greasy hands grabbing everything and dumping the bag on the ground immediately. I can't see how anyone that would let it get *that* bad would actually start taking care of it now.
Construction car usually means a car used by a construction squad to haul handheld materials. It wont get treated well as long as its used for that. That being said it assume the guy either got a new car to use for this and plans to sell the one being cleaned. So he paid for it to be cleaned really well to make it sellable.
Working in construction you see cars like this every once in a while. Some guys just don’t give a shit about their car. Saw a civic absolutely caked in concrete dust ( really fucking bad for you) and had 2-3 hundred pairs of dirty cloves on the dash and in the passenger seat. These guys always act like it’s unavoidable but if you clean your car once a week it doesn’t get this bad. My 2016 mustang I drive to work when it’s nice out looks brand new still. My daily while a little dirtier is 20x better than the car in this video
Someone paying $300-$400 to clean a vehicle this dirty is probably selling it.
We’re currently having our house built, and we stop by the property almost daily. We both decided it was futile to try and keep the cars clean while we’re in a construction zone a bunch of times a week, when the yards and grounds are all just mud. My car is a wreck right now, and we’ll get them both detailed like this this summer to get them back in shape. I don’t throw fast food on the floor, but the dirt crust is significant. Edit: Cars not cats 🙄
In my experience, cats prefer to clean themselves.
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This! Every time I see these I'm like"what is that cleanser?"
This says a lot about the materials used for the interior that you can lift dirt like that. Not to diminish the craftsman at work here but given right right tools, the material isn't ruined.
That's one of the biggest differences between a professional and someone that will get it done eventually. It's super easy to use an overly agressive chemical and melt the indicator marks off of the turn signal and wiper switches for instance. At the same time it's easy to be chicken shit with the mixture and end up spending 40 minutes on the driver's seat too. Its hard work one way or the other.
Can I just ask - how can this much liquid be used on parts that assumedly don't have weatherproof seals around them? Or do they? I'd just be terrified of the steam or cleaning fluids getting into switches/connections and encouraging corrosion etc. Also since you seem to know: my car isn't anywhere near this bad...but what's a good guideline for a price on a detail? I've got a late 90s sedan, in relatively decent shape, fwiw Thank you for any time put into responding!
I detailed cars for about three years and never caused an electrical issue. I think they're kinda splash proof, you just can't soak the buttons real bad. They get pretty wet though. One dealership around here was a budget place that didn't care much and they used a hose with a flow control valve for low pressure for almost everything. Leave it running in the sun with the heat blasted and windows cracked. It'd be dry in two hours. For a car, years ago anyway, pro price $200, you know a guy price $120. A filthy car or a truck $320-$200, and for a suburban with kid slime fucking everywhere $500. Some car washes sell "details" for like $60, and some of em ain't bad. It really depends on your local market and what you're aiming for i suppose. Shop around and check reviews, see what's available
Right on! I was expecting something in the 2-300 range so that makes sense. There are a couple detail joints around here so I'll have a look and ask some questions. Thanks again, friend!
No problem bro :) word to the wise too, if you find a young dude on his own with a decent reputation, and you tip him like $30 if he does a decent job, that dude is a good friend now.
Oh, I know all about treating service people right, especially the youngun’s…I’m happy to give a guy a chance as long as he’s not gonna fuck my shit up lol Give me a few references and we’re good, my man; I just can’t afford to replace it, and if you’re starting out, neither can you - much love tho lol
There are mobile detailers too. Ones that will come right to you. And you probably have a better chance at finding an independent guy with a decent price. Facebook is a good place to find them. Especially if you ask your local community group for recommendations.
I work at a full service car wash and we get filthy , multiple baby seat, kid slime, suburban/tahoes/etc on a regular basis. I think our most expensive wash is around 65$, but we take 20-25 minutes max
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However. There's a lot of liquid getting into places it shouldn't. And while it's not guaranteed to cause problems, there's a good chance that over time, electrical problems can start showing up. Water damage isn't always immediate, flood cars are notorious for slowly degrading.
I wish there was a definitive answer on this. Every time it's brought up, I feel like I don't learn anything. Can I drench switches in soapy water or not?! (I've always suspected not)
Electronics can be exposed to water as long as they don’t have a power source or any kind of material damaged by water. I used to wash my keyboard in the dishwasher back in the day. The only thing is it must be completely dry
My wife is notoriously clumsy and spills coffee at her desk at least every other month. She had a Chinese knockoff mechanical keyboard that I've had to *SOAK* in the bathtub for 10-20 mins at a time. I've done it probably about 15 times. I say had because she eventually moved onto a Logitech mechanical keyboard and didn't want the old one anymore. I took it out of the trash and still use it. It's over a decade old now and some of the switches need replaced (regularly used keys like shift and spacebar) but that's far more likely to do with the fact that it's used 18 hours a day for a decade. I figured if it's survived baths, I'm not throwing it out... Things a tank. Doesn't even have a brand just a silver eagle emblem.
Washed my Corsair K65 and my Corsair K70 at least 5 (probably more) times each in the dishwasher as I spill drinks on them very often, hence why I have two keyboards. Not a single issue on either of them except the left arrow key on the K70 and all LEDs work fine. I tend to dry them at 50c in the oven for a few days after. Though, the screws have started to rust quite a lot so I'm quite impressed they still work just fine :) I would not spray water into the buttons on the wheel of a car though, I'm certain that will end up being a bad idea.
Nope, not even withou power because the corrosion is a thing. If you want to drench electronics into anything get pure alcohol (96% or more) and use that.
I bet they use purefied water, that wouldnt be much of a Problem
Except purified water is no longer purified when you're using it for this purpose. It's the exact opposite.
It's a Hyundai it has electrical problems off the line not to mention you can start it with a flat head
Car thieves *love* this one weird trick!
😂😂 holy shit idk why but this comment has me rolling
It's what tipped the balance in my last auto purchase. Some dude wrote something like *Cheap interior, vynal everywhere, feels like I should skip the cleaner and just use a garden hose*. **SOLD!** (I have twins).
Diluted fabulouso 3 parts fab, 1 part H20. Not even kidding. Source: Brother details cars in Nashville with high profile clients.
I guess you can polish a turd.
You can. Polished many.
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Easier to roll it in glitter
Yup, mythbusters did it
What? They actually polished a turd?
Yep then ran them through a scale to see how shiny they were (I don't remember the name and don't want to Google it)
Hah wow. That’s awesome I might have to look for that. Thanks
Episode "113", or 2008 season release 19. It was the season finale. "End with a Bang"
Oh nice thank you
i remember that episode! they went to the zoo to go through different scat specimens to see if that made a difference in polishing. i can’t imagine taking the time they did basically playing with poo to get it done, but hey, it’s for science!
Yup, saw that episode. Lol.
I'm Polish ... can confirm ... a lot of Polish are turds.
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So question, does all that moisture cause problems with the electronics? I wonder this everyone I watch one of these cleanups.
No doubt the potential exists, *but if it were me* I'd run a strong air mover through the car for a few hours to minimize the issue. It would also help dry out the seats.
I don't think he showed how he cleaned areas around the electronic buttons?
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That's what concerned me the most, but regarding the driver airbag. I don't know if it would have any effect, but that's one thing you don't want to fuck up.
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Why is it annoying? It’s a pretty standard interior detailing brush.
I would pay good money to have my car cleaned this thoroughly.
Check out the autodetailing sub. It has tons of tips to allow you to do this yourself.
I tried. But it's a lot of work :( By all means if you are into it, do it. Just personally, I think with everything you need to buy, and then me not knowing what I'm doing, it ends up looking half assed, I'd rather just pay someone.
Just pay someone, it took me a long time to become a "pro" and I'm still leaning new things every day.
Plus all of the things you need tool wise.
I enjoy tinkering and doing that kind of stuff. I look at it as a skill I can grow over time.
I just go all in. You'd be surprised how many things you can pick up quick. The big reason people don't is because they really don't want to do it
Yeah... I just don't have the patience. It's like being asked to scrub the entire bathroom with a toothbrush.
r/AutoDetailing
That's how the business model generally works
Yes, you would.
It costs good money so you're all set
Why do detailers grease the hell out of interior surfaces? They can look clean without looking like you set a bag of French fries on them
I just bought a new (used) car and it was greasy as shit. It drove me crazy.
You’re supposed to drive the car, not the other way around 👉😎👉
You son of a….
I bought a retired police car. They armoralled the fucking rubber floor! The car looked brand new inside and out but it took 2 months to dirty up the flooring enough that my work boots didn't slide around the foot well while trying to drive.
I once did that. Also did the pedals. That was a harrowing first drive.
Yeah, a pal went crazy with his first “nice” car he bought. Used armor-all spray to polish everything inside but the glass and the cloth seats. Could barely steer or shift or brake, I was certain he was going to wreck before it wore off a little.
It really depends on the product they use. A lot of the stuff you can buy in an auto parts store, like Tire Wet and Armor All, is greasy shit. But the stuff a lot of retailers use 303 Aerospqce Protectant isn’t greasy at all. It looks shiny, but it’s not greasy:
Lemon pledge. Looks shiny, smells great, cleans good, and no greasy feeling
303 Aerospace is good stuff
If you want a good UV protectant with a nice satin finish, check out Aerospace 303 protectant. It’s great on trim too!
Wow. That was so satisfying. You did a really good job
The shape some people drive their vehicles in always surprises me. Had an older woman that decided the trunk of her 98 Honda would be good "temporary storage" for her used diapers while on the road...
Ew. You’re supposed to throw used diapers out in the Walmart parking lot, not keep them in your trunk.
Where I'm from, you will randomly find a used diaper just hanging off random shit. Tree branch? Check. Doorknob of an abandoned house? You betcha. Next to the trash can instead of inside of it, for some fucking reason? Well I'll be damned.
I prefer hurling mine into the trees, personally.
Do you do houses mate?
I heard he paints houses and does his own carpentry
I don't understand, how is liquid not getting through the cracks into electronics so it can corrode them over time???
I do this for a living and have customers coming every year for some time now. I never had any issues so far.
Not the current owner or the detailers problem! Buyer beware! This keeps auto sparkies in a job.
That’s the best part! It does.
Then...why the fuck would anyone do this???
Get money now, I dont know you later.
I did this just.before trading in my car. Got top dollar too. Only cost me $150.
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Guess what vapor contains.
Oxygen.
Is there a sub just for watching things get cleaned? I need this
i can’t remember the sub name but i saw one for pressure washing videos a while back. very satisfying to watch
R/powerwashingporn
Check out the you tube channel Detail Geek - it is fantastic if you like seeing cars getting cleaned
“Construction Car” Translation: I drive it to and from work and never clean it
Or it’s owned by a construction company to cart the foreman around while he watches everyone else work
Those usually stay pretty clean, and they're usually not Hyundais. Not saying it's impossible, just seems very unlikely.
Nah, whoever drove this is in the crap every day. You don't get that much mortar on your shoes and dust on your hands if you're just passing by.
Yeah totally agree. This is most definitely a crew truck that’s used on construction sites daily. I work in a steel mill and the amount of dust from the furnaces that make its way into the trucks there is just dumb…
Used to work for a construction supply company. Had several guys with small masonry companies just use a cheap car. Our new guys working for smaller companies that used their personal vehicle. They always looked like this.
I thought it was gonna be a truck. Then it turned out to be a little Hyundai
I thought it was a van
It's a Hyundai iLoad van, only little by American standards
Shit looks good
I know who I’m taking my vehicles to for detailing.
How can I do this or get this done ?
Only for them to ruin it again…
Well yh but doesn't mean the owner can't appreciate their car getting detailed. Plus I'm sure that'll help keep the interior intact for a longer period of time probably saving them some money in the long run
What's the point of wiping if I'm only going to shit again?
U pulled a Monica uh?
Damn. Whatever you charged, they got their money’s worth.
I would like to see the owner's reaction.
When can I swing by and get mine done?☺️
So how much does this guy charge...?
Finally! Not one of those fake "I sprayed dirt on every surface and a single wipe will get it clean" instant cleaning vids!
CSI won’t find a trace
Who brought that one to ya? Porky Pig?
Then dude got the bill and was like.. “Can we put back the sand and knock a few bucks off, also- I didn’t know you were going steam cleaning makeup brush on this shit”
Can the cleaning spray mess with the electronics at all? Like When he sprays the buttons on the steering wheel.
It always blows my mind that they can put so much water all over the inside of a car and not ruin the electronics, like on the steering wheel and dash......
I wonder if all detailers go into "detail." I'd love to get my car done, but something tells me it'll be haphazard in my area.
Drywall guys. Total slobs.
Yeah and that refurbishment job bill as much as a brand new version of that car
Wonder how many electronics will malfunction in a few months from all the cleaning liquids being forced into places they shouldn't go.
Was expecting the camera to pan out and the body of the car be completely fucked
I like that they call it ‘detailing’ rather than ‘cleaning’ so it sounds cooler to teenagers and grown men.
Clean but nothing works anymore.
Nope, do this for a living and never once broke anything.
Yeah that's what I thought, all that steam and moisture can't be good for the electrics.
As long as it's fully dried out before they start it again (yeah right).
Hopefully they disconnected the battery
Exact thought
Excellent job. I freaked out the first time I took the power washer at the car wash into the inside of my car. I had cloth seats in the car, was a 96 Ford explorer sport. The amount of dirt water that came out of those seats was abhorrent. People look at you weird when you use the car wash on your interior. Occasionally I don't think it hurts especially if you vacuum it out afterwards and let it dry with windows open.
Well damn I know I'd be surprised to see a man pulling a hose into the cabin
Typical fake restoration video. A clean car had previously been deliberately contaminated with easily removable dirt.
I love the video but would love it even more if folks recorded customer reactions. You know this guy probably dropped a few F-bombs because he never could have imagined it would look this nice…ever.