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Mondeo valet. (Minging!)



Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
So last week I had a customer tell me about a mondeo he's had in his lock up since September 2011.

He left it there because it came in px covered in dog hair, dog vomit, and just general ming.

Today I made a good solid start on it but really it's a three day job so i'll come back to it at a later date this week and do some update photos.

Here is the passenger seat. Absolutely covered in mould and dog hair. (The drivers seat was as bad but that's rubbed off on my (now in the bin!) overalls.

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So first up I saturated the seat in Autoglym interior cleaner (heavy duty!)

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Then I scrubbed like a man possesed with a very stiff floor scrubbing brush and fired up my upholstery cleaning machine.

Half done...

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One seat done. 4 to go!

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Once i'd done that I undressed myself and threw my overalls in the bin. I then went and washed my hands and arms and put on some clean rubber gloves.

Whilst driving the car inside, I noticed the spot of headlining above the driver... Thick black hair and grease...

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Close up. :dead:

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Then it was time to start on the carpets. I started and after 10 minutes i'd had enough of the smell so went outside for a coffee and a fag. Whilst pondering the zeros I was going to be adding to this guys invoice, I decided that in for a penny, in for a pound and removed the front seats. Glad I did tbh! (please bear in mind that the whole interior carpet including the boot was like this! Thick with it!)

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So that's where i'm at after 8 hours spent on it today!

All the outside washed, engine bay, door shuts, arches etc. All hoovered out, seats washed and the dash mould all scraped off and cleaned.

Effectively, I'll be greeted with a 'normal' mondeo tomorrow ready to have a 'normal' full valet done on it.

​I'll update as and when.
 

-J-

  RS2'ed 172 Cup
Wow that was grim!

Reminds me if those chaps who go round cleaning up junkies squats and crime scenes lol
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
I hope your jabs are up to date mate??

Good job so far, i cant believe that people are happy to sit in that crap.
 
  SG9 Forester STi
What the hell is with the greasy hair on the headlining!? Is the previous owner now bald on one side?

That's properly disgusting. Good effort though! :)
 

Poopensharten

ClioSport Club Member
  Golf R
How in the f**king name of christ can someone let there car get into that state?!?!? Cars usually get cleaned inside and out before they go into lock ups lol.
 
  Petrol Blue 182.
That half and half shot is incredible! Good effort Daniel.

The hair in the headlining is f**king minging.
 
  Mec 350 slk manual
The best way to clean that would be a bucket of petrol and a match , he must be paying you more than the car worth , good luck Daniel
 
  Impreza RB5 #054
Got to be £250-£300?

Although id probably just take it down to the Polish bunch down the road and get them to do all the dirty s**t for £25
 

MatthewR

ClioSport Club Member
Got to be £250-£300?

Although id probably just take it down to the Polish bunch down the road and get them to do all the dirty s**t for £25

For 2-3 days work and to include all the products? No thanks, I think ill have a brew instead!
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
I wouldn't do it as such as a side job but if it was my only job it just depends really. How much can you get away with charging is the question because that one is bloody hard to price.
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
I enjoy it though. You should see it now. You'd never know it was fucked, honestly.

This isn't what I call work, it's enjoyment! Lol.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Certainly a great case for taking pride in your work. Difference is this is your job, you know what you're getting all the time or you wouldn't do it. Most of us on here choose which cars we want to work on etc and don't do it as a job so to speak.

Massive amount of respect due for doing s**t like that Dan!
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
I only took two pics. (Fail!)

Interior all done.

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And this is the headlining after a bit of scrubbing and some anti-bacterial interior cleaner has been scrubbed into it!

(Still a bit wet obviously)

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