hmm
all right dave what we got on the agenda for today then so the other day i had a call from a
guy and long story short his neighbor who lives up the road recently passed away now he's got
no family or friends or anything so now this guy has been left in charge of clearing out the house
but more importantly he has to clear out the bun and in that old bun is an old banger he
doesn't even know what the car is he said he's got a key it's under a load of blankets he just
wants us to go there pull it out and give it a clean up so we can then sell it on but i tell
you this he said the strangest of things on the phone which got me thinking what is he on about
he said do i believe in evil spirits i was like of course i do have you not met my mother-in-law
but i was like why is that so i did a little bit of research and basically
when i say research i mean i went on google for about five minutes then went back on tick tock
but it turns out that this old house that we're going to has a very dark and mysterious history
in the early 1800s there was loads of reports of people going missing and it turns out after 10
years someone discovered this old barn on this property and inside that property were loads of
skulls body parts blood stains over all these blankets it was horrible and it turns out that
this old guy was the reason that these people were going missing sod that dave are you sure
we should be going there look all i know is the guy said be there for half past eight and i don't
want to be late because he sounded like a bit of a maniac you do realize it's 8 45 oh for sake
we began our journey through the foggy countryside having no idea what laid ahead
and with good reason an address with no postcode often rings alarm bells
but eventually we made it wherever it was
you could just tell something or someone was watching us
this was getting tense and to make matters worse we were lost
what is this place
where are we just put the satnav on okay google
where are we you have arrived at the land of the dead
we carried on past the creepy lakes not knowing what was around the corner until
eventually we made it to a dead end so we had to take a new route on foot we trek for miles
and little did we know things were about to get serious
we soon discovered what appeared to be a car graveyard
but then we heard something out of the ordinary
what is that noise is that someone having a vape
oh
so
is it that one this is the car we are working on today the creepy the mysterious and the only car
we could find before halloween the mercedes-benz cl500 and this car was covered in all sorts of mud
and grass which was already like this when we got here of course but nevertheless we wanted
to make this 800 pound car look like an 8 000 pound car could we pull it off let's find out
there better not be any nasty surprises
job one was to remove the leaves that we didn't put there off the car and clear all the sticks
out the gullies but after a few minutes of getting bored i thought i'd go for the ultimate cleaning
method the pressure washer but this just isn't any old pressure washer this is the
nilfisk p180 a powerhouse of pressure that could easily blast a rocket into space if it wanted to
and normally you wouldn't set it to full power but when you have a car like this
i simply couldn't resist and to show you what i mean just take a look at this
as you can see this machine was piercing its way through the mould without any chemicals
and while you may look at the lance and think it does look massive
it does actually have a crazy amount of benefits to its design
like a quick release and it's also light but best of all you don't get wet and after a few
minutes of obliterating through all the dirt we were ready to move on to the next stage
with the mercedes fully rinsed and clear of leaves we could now move on to the engine bay
and for this we're just giving it a clean using yum citrus and a rinse
as we won't be entering this into any concourse competition anytime soon
after deciding this was the most effective method for cleaning for us we did the same for all the
door shuts the boot shut and the petrol cap and it didn't take long for the citrus to destroy
its way through the mud and this incredible spray bottle we're using is a pretzel industrial bottle
and this one's got a unique feature so for every one press on the trigger
you get two squirts of chemical back so it can be a real time saver
next up for this bad boy was the wheels and tires and i'm also using more citrus pre-wash
on the arches too just to give them a deeper clean and i'm starting off with yum and dress
as i want to remove any old tire dressings so it gives me a completely decontaminated surface then
i can redress them later and also i'm sticking with young wheels as there was quite a bit of
brake dust and fallout on the barrels of the alloys even though the faces didn't look too bad
for the tyres we're using a stiff brush just to give that extra cleaning power
and for the alloys i'm using my trusty soft brushes along with my
wheel woollies and i find these are great for getting in where the wheel nuts go
and i love to use shampoo in a wheel bucket just to add some lubrication to the cleaning process
the foam of choice is purple haze by alien magic and i'm also using the brand new foam cannon from
dual car care to see how the combination of both canon and foam perform and when it
comes to promoting yourself out in the public there's no better way than to use snow foam
and when you use coloured snow foam it definitely grabs people's attention so it's nice to have a
mix of different colors to showcase for potential clients the dual foam cannon features a big mouth
so cleaning after use is easier and it looks like a cross between iron man and banana man
but nevertheless it's great fun to use and a brilliant cannon for anybody who's on a budget
the thing with snow foams is they will perform a lot better on cloudy cool days
as they have longer dwelling times without drying so it can be quite difficult in the summer when
you're in direct sunlight so this one made light work for the mercedes because of the weather
and when it came to rinsing off that ultimately made life a lot easier for the contact wash
after i finished a big rinse i went for another product from dual car care and this time around
it was their shampoo called bahama blue which was a first for me trying this brand and i was really
pleased that i had plenty of suds and lubrication not to mention the cleaning power and i left this
one on the paintwork for as long as possible to see if it would smear and i was impressed that i
could wash it off with no streaks so i'm looking forward to trying this one again in another video
so i'm carrying out the two bucket method here and the red wash mitt i'm using is from valit pro
and i always use soft brushes on the exterior and the only time i use the stiffer brushes
is for areas like the door locks and maybe the petrol cap and instead of using a stiff
brush for the badge areas i go for a water spot remover just to reduce the risk of scratching
at this point i'm just giving the car a rinse to remove the shampoo but instead
of drying i'll be using the clay block first and i want to use it on the upper two thirds
of the car just to remove some of the fallout contaminants that have built up over the years
and the lubricant i'm using is from expert 60 and i also went for the young cars clay block
instead of the clay bar and the thing i love about using clay blocks over the bars
is the time you save you don't have to warm it up in your hands and if you drop it
you can rinse it off so this is the best option for decontaminating and to be fair it didn't take
long to get this car ready so i gave it one more rinse before getting my towels out ready to dry
drying the car was a piece of cake and it was going well until my dad gifted the universe
the worst joke of all time bag when you finish faffing about you think you can give me a hand
the lower thirds of the car had a few tar spots on that needed removing
so i'm applying go detailing's tar remover until i was happy
and time was flying by so quick we knew that if we were going to get this car finished
we'd have to step on it the trim around the window was covered in old chemical stains
and the body bodywork looked pretty flat and dull so i got out my polishes and got cracking
and this is the first time i'm featuring the new kdn nano polisher which is battery operated and
considering it is battery powered it packs one hell of a punch and this polisher was handy for
all the small areas like door pillars and around the edges of the panels where the larger machine
simply can't cut it plus it was an opportunity for me to try the new autoglym compound too
while i had the nano polisher out i couldn't help but stare at the lights and they looked
more foggier than my special effects so i couldn't resist but give them a quick polish too
so normally when you do headlight restoration you wet sand them first
but as this was just a quick tidy up i wanted to see whether the compound and the machine alone
could give me a significant improvement and it did
i had one more polisher to try out and this time round i got my mini rotary polisher
just to finish off the wheels before protecting them with pyramid car care's alloy armor
and with all the polishing now done it's time to protect the car
my wax of choice for today's detail is valitpro's indulgence wax and this one smells like rhubarb
and custard sweets and it's a creamy wax which added a nice gloss to the paintwork and the
rule of waxing in britain is simple the second you finish waxing your car it starts raining
it doesn't even matter if it's hot and sunny i can guarantee the second you finish off with that last
buff it will pee it down so i'm starting to get a little bit worried once i was happy with the wax i
had to clean the glass and it's another first for dual carcass optical glass cleaner and i'm using
this with my very own method that never ever fails me and i'm using my synthetic leather for the
glass followed by my yellow towels the end was so close i could sense the weather was about to turn
and when it comes to finishing a car off it's the little things that matter the most to my clients
and if you haven't tried this tyre moisturizer yet then you need to see this
because this without doubt is one of the biggest game changers for tyre dressings
because it's beautifully thin and it penetrates the tires without getting greasy and slimy
this was one epic journey we started the day unsure of what laid ahead we had just a few
hours to perform a miracle on this car and we did we came we conquered and we cleaned
but most importantly we stuck together this is the way it's always been
and this business can be very lonely if you work alone so you need to stay focused mentally
and i'm lucky because any time things have ever gone wrong i've always had my family back in my
corner and i know our time on this planet isn't going to last forever but if you can
leave a legacy behind for your own family then i urge you get out there and make something happen
and you only get one shot at life and if you want to do this business then you've got to understand
it's not going to be easy it is going to be tough and it's not all glamorous but if you step up
you can become something so much more so don't screw it up and before we leave i just want to
say a massive thank you to every single company who supported this video on this epic journey
so there you have it this just goes to show you don't need a fancy studio if you want to
make your car look amazing all you need is a good bit of weather a couple of good products
and an old banger to work on join us next week as we'll be featuring another day in the life
of a detailer i'll see you later bye-bye
right let's just do everything so there you have it it just goes to show you don't need
a fancy studio if you want to make your car look like oh i just put me right off now
that's so annoying dad seriously