what's up guys welcome back to Stauffer garage today's detail is an exciting one
I'm excited to be finally doing a work truck again
so hashtag work trucks need love too this is a 2011 f350 Powerstroke diesel
trucks this one needs some love it needs a lot of work done on the interior to
clean it up but it's gonna turn out amazing in the end so I want to make
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all right so as you guys can see this car is definitely dirty this car is used
on a farm to haul cattle to haul hay it's got tons of stuff that deal with
farming inside the vehicle that needs to be removed before we can get any of the
detailing done so obviously the first step is to remove everything from all
the door panels underneath the seats get all that trash and debris out of the car
that the shopvac can't pick up before we can get into the vacuuming
one tip when you're removing your floor mats from your car make sure you fold
them up when you're trying to pull them out and removing them for the vehicle so
that way any of the dirt or trash that's collected on them doesn't spill onto the
carpet to making the job harder for you in the end
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Stoffer garage now that everything's out of the vehicle gives us a better idea of
how much dirt and trash is on the ground and gives you an idea of what the detail
will entail here on out
one thing that I'm doing differently with this detail is I'm actually gonna
be using compressed air to try to blow out as much of the trash and dirt as
possible this was a recommendation that I got from some of you guys that do
detailing and it was something I wanted to try and I was really impressed with
how it turned out it allowed me to get all of the dirt and dust and everything
that was inside the door panels the speaker grilles out of the carpet into
all those different cracks and crevices it blew it all out which made the
vacuuming process and then the wiping down process with our all-purpose
cleaner later on ten times easier so if you have the opportunity to use
compressed air I highly recommend it
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now that all the debris has been blown out of the car we're going to do our
vacuuming stage and I'm using a hard bristle brush that I typically used to
use before I had a drill brush for the carpet I'm using that just kind of used
to scrape off all the dirt that's caked into all the different kick panels the
sides of the seats all the different creases with between the carpet and then
using my vacuum cleaner to suck up that dirt
now it's time to bust out our all-purpose cleaner and wipe down all of
the interior panels the dashboard the seats the side panels the seat belts
everything that you can inside the vehicle with our all-purpose cleaner
that's diluted to a ratio of 20 to 1 and that pretty much just means that you're
taking an all-purpose cleaner product whether it's simple green whether it's
LA's totally awesome chemical I mean anything any all-purpose cleaner you
need to dilute typically down to its specific ratio depending on the type of
dirt that you're working on and for this case I'm using a ratio of 20 to 1 so
that's one part all-purpose cleaner and 20 parts water in my spray bottle
because I'm just trying to get dirt off of the panels and it's not greasy or
anything like that and that is kind of what dictates what your ratio ends up
being
I highly recommend that if you are detailing or you're even doing it as a
hobby on the side or you're working on your own car pick up some detailing
brushes they help with getting into all of those hard-to-reach spots that you're
not able to get to with your microfiber towel and they make the job 10 times
easier and also make your detail look ten times better
now for the dashboard in the steering wheel I recommend moving the steering
wheel up and down forward and backwards whatever your steering wheel is capable
of doing so that way you can get between the dashboard and the steering column
which is a common place that's typically missed
now if your car has LCD screens I don't recommend you spraying directly onto the
surface of them I usually spray around the screen which kind of leaves some
residual spray on them which is typically just enough to wipe them down
with a clean microfiber towel
and for the seats I'm using the all-purpose cleaner my drill brush
because there is a lot of caked on dirt that got into the different creases of
this leather and also on the stitching and the drill brush made it ten times
easier to remove that dirt and then wipe it clean with a microfiber towel
now if you're detailing your car and the cup holders have anything caked inside
them go ahead and spray your all-purpose cleaner in there and let it soak up for
several minutes it'll make wiping out that dirt or debris ten times easier
with everything cleaned is now time to follow with our top coat to all the
plastic panels in the seats and for this I'm using the Chemical Guys silk and
shine I like using this product cuz it has a UV protectant plus it kind of
gives the car that new car smell and for the windows I'm using invisible glass
for as a cleaner and then I'm using two microfiber towels to clean the windows
and the reason being is you want to use one microfiber towel to wipe the windows
get any of the grease enos off of any of the dirt and then I'm using a second
microfiber towel to wipe that clean and remove any streaking or residual cleaner
that's left on the surface
one thing that I think if you aren't a detailer you wouldn't realize is that
some of these pickup trucks that are crew cabs or the larger size pickup
trucks they're pretty much like a suburban or a full-size SUV like an
expedition in this case there was a ton of interior this pickup truck seat six
people it's got plastic panels it's got cubbies everywhere to store stuff it
really does have a ton of interior that takes a long time to clean so that is
one thing that I don't think a lot of people realize about pickup trucks is
they're pretty much the same amount at work as a full-size SUV
and make sure you don't forget when you're cleaning your interior glass like
your windshield or your windows don't forget your rear glass your
sunroof your Sun visors and your rear-view mirror when you're doing it
now the final cleaning step is the floor mats with them bein rubber makes it
super super simple I just rinse them off with the hose take my all-purpose
cleaner my drill brush to remove any of the dirt that's caked on and then I'm
using the hose to rinse it back off again in my compressed air to dry them
and here are the end results I included the before and afters of a truck that
was extremely dusty and dirty from working on a farm and with just using
compressed air the vacuum and very very simple amount of tools we completely
transformed this interior and it turned out incredible
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