Light grey upholstery - Wet 'n Dry extraction

[Jim@WD]

Hi all, something a little different for you today..

This was a very last minute booking through a friend for his BMW 318 compact. A nice break from the norm, as, this was an Interior only detail.

Product
• 303 aerospace protectant (UV protection for dash/plastics etc)
• AutoSmart G101 (all purpose cleaner)
• AutoSmart Bio Brisk (interior/upholstery cleaner)
• Warm water!

• Lots of microfibre cloths
• Meguiars triple action detail brush
• Meguiars Slide-lock brush
• Various detail brushes
• VAX 6131 wet ‘n dry hoover
• Vikan upholstery brush


I’m trying to think of more products.. but, honestly, I think that was it!


Anyway, here are a series of before pics.

Nice soiling on the passenger seat:

First job was to remove any clutter (..There was none!) and hoover.

In removing the floor mats though, I had to laugh. Look at the difference in the colour of the dirty and ‘clean’, carpet.

The mats had seen better days; made for a great turnaround though.

Ok, so.. Bio-Brisk was applied via spray bottle and the carpet pile was agitated with an upholstery brush. A couple of slow passes with water extraction were made closely followed by several more passes removing the water. A final scrub/dry was given with a MF.

A 50/50 on the passenger mat.

 

[Jim@WD]

And here’s the collected water that was used for the front two mats alone:

Rear foot-wells were a bit dirty, too.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

 

[Jim@WD]

Again, a good wipe around was given with a clean microfibre to help remove any remaining residues.


Moving on to the seats now, a similar process was used as above but, extra care taken making sure the material didn’t get too wet.

More dirty water collected after the seats were vac’d.

(..You just don’t realise, do you?)


After all the ‘wet-work’ was complete, I equipped a few brushes and attacked the dash/centre-console and door cards.

50/50 attempts..

The lot was given another quick hoover out (as was the boot area) and the plastics were treated to 303 aerospace protectant.


Drivers foot-well before and after:

And a few final afters.

 

[Jim@WD]

Spanking!!!!

Very pleased with the turnaround (especially the carpet work)

Work time four and a half hours.

Thanks for reading.

Jim.

 

[jonjay]

Saw this on cleanyourcar Stunning work as usual Jim.

VAX 6131 wet ‘n dry hoover is really good. What made you get it over the v020 model?

 

[Jim@WD]

ta.

As far as I know, the 020 isn't dry compatible? No? The 6131 has the best of both (but it is a bit of a pain having to change from one setup, to the other )