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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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nice work! what did you use to clean the carpet/seats?
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what was on those seats?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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I would have sent that on down the road! Hell of a job though.
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WELL DONE! what products did you use?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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I would have sent that on down the road! Hell of a job though.
Oh man I wanted to bad!!!! I took on the job without ever seeing it and I couldn't give it back (for a friend). I'm not sure I would have taken it first hand.


I use all sorts of stuff. Simple green, amonia, glass cleaner, virgin lacquer thinner, natures miracle to name a few. Tricks of the trade eh.
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what was on those seats?

I heard it was some sort of yogurt, pop, who knows. I'm sure a little bit of everything. That seat took awhile.
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Oh man I wanted to bad!!!! I took on the job without ever seeing it and I couldn't give it back (for a friend). I'm not sure I would have taken it first hand.


I use all sorts of stuff. Simple green, amonia, glass cleaner, virgin lacquer thinner, natures miracle to name a few.
Been in the exact same boat before. I just use a thermax with simple green though.
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That's disgusting. Great job though
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That's just another reason why I am happy I don't detail anymore. BTW, you missed the door jams!
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Nice job, that looks like it was a nightmare.
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That's just another reason why I am happy I don't detail anymore. BTW, you missed the door jams!
Since your picking, he missed the vents also.

Sorry, It was buggin' me.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Looks like you forgot the air vents too, but great job on the seats and carpet, I hate taking detail jobs without seeing them first for this reason.
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Nicely done. That seat looked nasty.
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front seat tracks also since were being ****
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That's just another reason why I am happy I don't detail anymore. BTW, you missed the door jams!
Nope, I didn't miss them. I didn't do the outside of the car. I guess I could have sprayed some tire shine in the vents to make them picture friendly right? lol
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Who treated an their car like that? I'm surprised those seats were saved.
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Wow, nice job. I would have been cleaning that thing with a sars mask on
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I'm having a hard time believing that ANYBODY could allow their car to get that bad, then sit in it and drive it around every day. I would barf all over....(maybe that's what's on the seat?!?)
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looks nice. remind me of the time i did a black on black navigator where the lady had 2 boys and they threw their sippy cups around it for atleast a month. milk splatter everywhere. gross!
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