Shark Racer

I'm killing some time today, so gonna show anyone who feels like reading my method of cleaning interior pieces. This is on a vinyl piece, so I'm not going to worry about sanding.


One starts by removing the piece from the car. C'mon now, this just makes life easier. As you can see, this piece is whole, but looks quite ugly and warn from years of usage. It's also very dirty...


The cleaning process is straightforward and doesn't involve any real high-tech material, though there are prep sprays out there which help remove junk on your stuff. As you can tell, I am definitely not utilizing anything particularly high tech for this job.


This is the clear primer stage, you don't necessarily have to use clear primer, just make sure to use a light primer if you're painting something that's going to end up a light color. This cover will end up being metallic silver like the rest of my interior. I know it looks a lot better than it did, and that's just from scrubbing the crap out of it with a carpet brush and dawn. It's gonna look better as soon as I get a couple coats of vinyl dye on.


After painting, if you did everything right, the piece is going to look like brand new. Women will want you, men will be jealous of you, and car dealers will hound you. Perhaps even some church in Europe will desire your newfound abilities to paint a chapel, or perhaps your son or daughter will want you to change the color of their bicycle seat. Don't try the frame, that's aluminum and would look really trick if you sent it to a plating shop to get it blue anodized. The rule with anodizing is that if it's blue, it's cool. Nothing is cooler than blue anodizing. NOTHING. Except black anodizing. Black anodizing looks evil. But you don't want your kid to be a thug, so don't black anodize his bike. Unless he's big. Then you might do it. Buy him a leather jacket, too.

:)

-Steve
*edit* Finished! Now the car looks like an ... mm, 8/10 on the inside instead of a 7/10.


[Modified by Pacin'California, 3:45 PM 7/18/2003]

WashingtonRacer

Sounds like a Sobe commerical :)

killain

Nice job, thank you for the show. :smash:

Shark Racer

Before:

After

427V8

Wow looks good!

Desertdawg

Very good job.... :cool:

87bob

Intresting seat covers where did you get them?

TheVin

:iagree: very nice---cool seat covers too

Shark Racer

http://www.wetokole.com

Looks nice, but I don't like them. They raise the seat by half an inch at least, and I'm 6'2. :p

Also, I think they make the car hotter. When it IS hot, they make the seats smell real bad. :(

But try em out, find someone with a C5 who has em, you might like em.

-Steve

74-Roadster

Nice Work!!!!!! :thumbs: And thanks for sharing.

But on another note, it looks as though someone needs to get the carpet cleaner out. :lol: :lol:

And quit drinking coffe in your Vette. :lol: :lol:

Shark Racer

No matter how hard I scrub, I can't get the carpet to look much better than that. Got any tips? :( What carpet cleaner do you use?

-Steve

74-Roadster

Should've known you've "been there, done that". :yesnod:

Heavy traffic woolight is what I've always used, but if it's stained, it's stained. You may try a heavy duty spot remover, or maybe it's time to call ACC.

Your car still loks great, had to flip you a little s h i t.

SharkAttack

Hey, can I have that Cheeze Doodle next to your seatbelt? Or is that a cheese puff ball? Either way, at least it's not a french fry... :lol:

75 Hot One

For carpet cleaning, I've had some unexpected success with Oxy-Clean- that stuff advertized on TV. It gets out old stains that carpet cleaning fluids don't touch.

Shark Racer

You must be really hungry...

...that's a penny. :D

-Steve

ZD75blue

I like tuff stuffs carpet cleaner...

Your's might just be sun faded... which is slightly harder to fix! I'd give the tuff stuff a shot anyway though!

Oh... an nice job with the paint! :cheers: