Disgusting Car Detailing Makeover: Junkyard Disaster Before and After Cleaning

time in the seats hey guys im really excited about this episode we are working on a 1984 porsche 944 now this just got delivered its wet and freezing outside and the car is pretty trashed its valued at around 500 now im working with a non-profit called cars for kids we've all heard the django one help car it's these guys and basically what happened is someone donated this car and got a tax donation of 500. The organization that refers to cars for children called and said: Hello, could you? be willing to donate your time and be able to return this car to its former glory or close to it so we can get more money at auction because we don't want to separate this, they don't want it. to destroy it is a Porsche and they know that I love Porsche and I hope I can get it back.

Get more money for the charity. Get more money for the donation and record a fun and cool video for that and much more about it. Porsche 944 When I initially spoke with Cars for Kids about restoring the 944, I was very excited and happy to help when the rig arrived in my garage. I quickly realized that I might be biting off a little more than I could chew, even though it was raining and wet outside, the paint still looked incredibly tattered and the wheels were toast, the interior was moldy and the engine was full of mouse droppings and nests.

When we lowered the car into the driveway, we noticed that the driver's side rear wheel was completely locked, which added another layer of complexity when moving it to the garage. The rig operator wanted the driver's side window down in anticipation of pushing it into the garage, so he connected a jumper box for the power windows and I tried to turn it on when I was inside. just to see if the engine had stuck, it obviously didn't start but the engine was moving which was promising. He tried everything he could to loosen the rusty rear caliper, hit it with a hammer and even used the flatbed to put more weight on it. rear brake pad hoping it would come loose, but no luck.

Plan b was to lift the rear end and carefully push it into the garage, which worked without the flat bed. I inspected the car a little closer, but not too closely because it stank like a mix of wet leaves and mold with the registration back almost 19 years the engine bay looked like a home for rodents or squirrels or whatever in that time of non-use, if you look closely you can see a trail of mouse poop leading to the nest. Then you know that at one point something was living there, the thermal lining had disintegrated years ago and was slowly dropping little flakes everywhere, but there were Engine oil on the dipstick which was really good and it wasn't as slushy as expected so that was good too.

One of the worst parts was the wheels, they were completely gone and there wasn't much that could be done from a detailed perspective, but we'll have more on that later. The seats, sun visors, knobs, B pillars and basically everything else had some level of mold. Since the rear hatch appeared to be leaking, which I discovered later after removing the rear mats, my favorite part of doing these forgotten cars is opening the trunk and seeing what was left behind, in this case it was several 944 repair manuals, hazard reflectors and an old umbrella with Later we found yet another nest inside, we found the original tool kit, which was really cool and valuable to the new owner.

The first step was to lift the car into the air and get it off the flat tires using my quick jack. It's obviously very easy to use first. You connect the hydraulic pump to a power outlet, the two hoses to the pump and then each hose to the lift, then press the up button when it is aligned under the lift points under the frame, the only thing you need to do is make sure Have you watch it as you climb to make sure the rubber stops go exactly under the lifting points because the jack has a scissor-like motion rather than up and down, so you may need to readjust those stops. as it rises and touches the bottom. the car, so keep in mind that with the car on the ground I replaced the filters on my 3m half face respirator due to heavy mold.

The 601 Organic Vapor Unit comes with an extra particulate filter inside the cartridge when it ships, so be sure to remove the extra one, then flip the individual unit over before putting the top on it, and then flip it over the mask. Next, Dan and I removed all the loose items in the car and took apart the interior to find the source of the moisture while removing the trunk carpet and plastics. Dan was removing the front seats, which revealed some interesting treasures that had long been missing. seen the light of day or someone's lips much like a detective going through a suspect's trash for clues.

This guy's crap is almost a cliché of what you would expect. From the owner of a Porsche 944, you have children's books because of the small back seats, containers for golf balls, candy wrappers, and red lipstick for women. I think Ferdinand would be proud of almost everything that could be taken out of the car. First we vacuum up the loose dirt. To avoid clogging the shampoo machine and get a better idea of ​​the condition of the carpet for pre-treatment, once reasonably vacuumed, I mixed water and foam in a designated aerator, since I would need to clean the entire interior with a cleaner and I wanted it.

Soak for a bit before stirring with a brush, scouring pad and steam machine while Dan hit the seats with steam. I followed up with a brush and towel to pick up the now raised grit. We repeat the same steps on the doors and then clean. Narrow or intricate areas such as the shift knob radio button, e-brake handle and the top of the shift knob with our small toothpicks, then I pre-treated the carpets with shaggy ammo and the I let it soak for a few minutes, then steamed the floor to free the Years of crusty stains on the front floors and rear carpets without getting crushed by the rear glass after I knocked down the support bar of my hockey stick while preparing the carpets and I filled the powerful light shampoo machine with distilled water and followed behind the steam with hot water extraction, the color difference afterwards was even more obvious in person than on camera, then I cleaned the seats and cushions that we took out of the car earlier with foam and a scouring pad once I was done and threw the new battery into the cordless fan to help remove stale air and dry the carpets quickly.

The removable mats were also pre-treated and steamed, but we noticed that they held a lot more dirt than anywhere else for obvious reasons, so in this case I would normally just pressure wash the fibers. then wet the back and let it dry, however, since the mats were disintegrating on the back and the Porsche logo was falling apart, I thought it would be safe and more fun to use compressed air and a tornado to lift up the embedded dirt before vacuuming now for the record. If the carpet isn't falling apart like this, save yourself the mess and just power wash the fibers, it's much easier now that the dirt flies everywhere, although visually interesting, it covered everything, the floor, the camera and our clothes, so avoid this technique if the mats are strong enough. to handle the pressure washer we hit it again with steam and extraction and it looks as good as it will get from now on, then we repeated the same steps on the trunk carpet and the 50 50 was quite noticeable once done we emptied the machine to see what was living on the carpet for more than 19 years.

I'm using the mighty light 2 pro

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machine here, but I've also used the bissell spot clean pro when I need to travel light here. I'm using it in a mercedes 280.sl that hadn't been moved in over 37 years and obviously the carpet was very moldy and gross but it worked great. This episode has been viewed over 14 million times in just a few months. Click the link above if you haven't seen it yet. The before and after are amazing and the revelation that his son makes to an 83-year-old man is very tear-jerking, so be warned since 1982. 37. I was born in the year 81.

I have shirts older than that, yes, while all the rugs were dried. We performed minor surgery on the ashtray to remove the very old, sticky candy that was stuck on the back of the tray and once the detail operation became obsolete, we simply filled the tray with strong APC and let it soak for night to see what worked. It seems that the next morning we focused on the engine bay, as the mechanic would need to spend some time

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out the lice before he could begin mechanical repairs. The thermal coating was dry, rotten and brittle, so we loaded it hard first because it was falling off. upon us when we started inspecting the engine, so it was logical to start here next.

Dan vacuumed the sagging headliner inside the engine compartment while I removed the various houses from all the warm corners and pockets near the firewall with most of the loose stuff vacuumed up. We then covered the engine with foamy ammo and scrubbed and brushed off 19 years of dirt, followed by many microfiber towels that we then threw in the trash because they really stunk. I used compressed air to hit the tight spots and help the foam evaporate. On the intake manifold we use a bartender's friend and a stiff bristle brush to remove some of the oxidation or discoloration.

It didn't completely remove it, but it certainly helped restore some of the original shine during

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. I noticed the previous owner sprayed clear coat in the engine bay as a sort of semi-permanent gloss or pop on the plastics, as you can see it was peeling and cracking and doesn't look very good but it was ambitious to say the least once that cleaned it up, I added a little ammo mud dressing where I could to help the auction launchers stand out a little over the next few days. Without the screwdriver hood strut, we closed the hood to concentrate on the paint, but first we removed the destroyed wheels, revealing a very old and rusty vehicle.

I took out the calipers and rotors, removing as much of the old, hardened mud as possible from the wheel wells before lightly rinsing them with a pressure washer just so I could see what needs to be fixed next. I quickly lathered up the paint to loosen the years of it being covered in dirt and dust from the

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and I didn't use a pressure washer here because I wasn't 100 sure where the interior leak was coming from so I avoided using heavy water just to be Sure after a few wipes the microfiber towel was dirty, but the goal here is to simply remove enough debris to prevent the polishing pad from clogging up even faster from surface dirt.

Once full, I put the dirty towels in a separate dirty red bag, took a clean towel out of the clean bag, and continued with the nose. At first glance, the paint looks much better during cleaning, but in reality it is just an illusion due to lubrication or moisture reflecting light, making the foam as effective as a safe cleaner without a hose. , as it lubricates the paint during cleaning, but watch as the moisturizers evaporate, revealing the original swirled and scratched paint underneath, Once everything was clean, my next step was to perform a test on my usual area, the side panel rear passenger, for this I'm playing with a new leveling fluid and a specially made microfiber pad that retains its firmness without overheating because I prefer to use a little more downward pressure than most, especially on a large launch machine.

I still have a ways to go, but the first test looked pretty good anyway once I shot the quintessential 50 50 Once finished, I noticed two things: one, the paint has the potential to come back to life, which It was great, and second, this particular panel has a clear coat, which is not something I expected; however I finished leveling the rest of the quarter panel and found what looked like crow's feet under the gas tank door, okay guys I'm behind the camera now I just turned off the lights since you know when you're polishing and they're trying to be precise, turning off the lights is actually a good thing, so Anyway, you only have one light source, obviously, there's the gas tank and then you realize here while I was polishing.

You can see if I zoom in on the camera. Do you see all those cracks and see how it goes down here? Do it with the shape of the light right now, something like this shape and go up and you can see that it stops right at the gas tank, so clearly, this isIt is due to the gasoline spill, the first thing you would think like me. come in here what does that look like most of you are going to say oh that's crow's feet well I wasn't 100 sure it looked like it was crow's feet so of course I called teacher Kevin Brown and we had a little chat. about it and it makes more sense now, so this is what we call freaking out, so freaking out is a type of thing where, when the gas spills out here, you know it's a volatile chemical, obviously, so it evaporates and makes this area very brittle and so it's a top down kind of thing, meaning something was spilled on it, in this case the gasoline becomes very brittle and it looks like some kind of mosaic, hopefully that's coming into focus, can you see it's quite fascinating, so the difference between this and the crow?

The feet, let's say they're crow's feet, are kind of similar, so I found it confusing, obviously they look like crow's feet and on a beach or sand or whatever, but that's because it's underneath, which means that the primer heats up, so let's say, let's say, for example, on the hood or on the radiator, usually, sometimes you do well in this area when it's very hot with a hose under it and it heats up the primer and the primer cracks underneath and then they look like crow's feet in this case because there was something else on top.

The gas was coming from the top down instead of the bottom up, so that's what indicates this would be crazy compared to the crow's feet while I was polishing the rest of the paint on the passenger side on the other side of the car and was removing the old duct. duct tape and the very old and very cracked clear bra around the wheel arches, when they dry out that much, the process is extremely tedious and requires a steam machine, plastic razor blades and monk-like patients first heat the bra with the steam and then use the plastic razor blade to get under the top layer, which crumbles as it does, leaving the glue behind, now in some cases you can use a strong chemical, but on older cars with thin paint like this you run the risk of damaging the paint and causing more problems in the future due to the rapid expansion and contraction of the paint, so use steam, listen to some music because it's going to take your time and your fingers will hurt when you remove the old bra.

You can use dirty microfiber pads or what I call disposables to clean up the last bits of glue, with the understanding that you will have to throw the pad away. When you're done, I save these old pads that I no longer use in painting just for this purpose to make the most of my old supplies and save my fingers when possible. After everything was composed, we ended up with a light. polish to remove smaller composition swirls to bring the paint back to about 90 ish without removing too much paint left on the car. For this I used 210 and a yellow foam pad at the beginning of the second day, we scrubbed the ashtray with a Then a stiff bristle toothbrush managed to gently remove the plastic cover without breaking the camera clips and used four wool protectors and steel bark to remove most of the stains, then cleaned the windows with a flat-edged squeegee and several microfiber towels and a razor blade. exterior lot numbers on the windshield and rear hatch, then spent some time on the rear defrost lines as they were covered in mold or something sticky.

Defrost lines are basically metal circuits that run electricity in the glass to transmit heat and defrost the area around it. the line, if it breaks or scratches the circuit is broken and that area will no longer thaw, so using a razor blade is not a good idea here, always wipe from east to west along the circuit and do not From top to bottom to avoid potential problems with the interior carpets, cleaned, dried and reinstalled, I massaged ammo mousse into the dry seats to add a little moisture to the leather. Now keep in mind that with old, neglected seats or interiors, it may take several applications because the material is very dry and If we are thirsty, we repeat the steps on the door dash armrest and rear seats.

Make sure to give it a final wipe after a few minutes to get a matte finish. Once everything was done we reinstalled the rear seat cushions and both front seats and it's starting to look like a car we might be able to sell for the final phase of protection Dan used his master's airbrush kit with black touch up on the mixed tank with paint thinner for larger dents and paint chips, the same one we used in the eagle claw video we removed from the woods a few summers ago, while using a medical syringe with dispensing needles of various sizes depending on the thickness of the paint being applied and the size of the damage we are trying to repair, I will have a full video on this technique in the future but for now.

It's an easy and inexpensive way to have super precise touch-up placement while Dan worked on the bigger spots. I played with the rock fragments on the front tip by gently compressing the plunger. Now this can be tricky at first because sometimes it can go too far. Once this is the case you then need to decrease the size of the hole used in the needle to restrict the flow of paint, but if you spend a little time with it you will be able to figure this out and it is a really cool tool. As the touch-up paint dried, I added ammo mud to the super crispy, brittle rear wing to restore some strength and color to its whitish/faded appearance.

This actually required three applications because it was incredibly dry and I was so thirsty. Going back to the stock wheels, they were so far from

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that I couldn't really do anything with them, so I quickly put my gold cup wheels on the 9440 just to get a glimpse of its potential and what it ended up doing really motivates me. So much so that I called my friend George at Performance Industries and asked him, "Hey, can you clean up these stock wheels for me so I can take some really good auction photos?" The wheels went to their shop in Rochelle, NY, now a few days later they were heat cleaned, repainted, balanced and ready to be picked up so I was very happy with that, for the last step I'm Using my latest Reflex derivative, this is the number. 65 to be exact, I've spent a lot of time reformulating this product and we're getting closer to creating what I envisioned in the lab months ago, when my testing is done and it's ready to ship I'll post a link on In the meantime, this video right here if If you want to be on the list of early adopters, there is a registration link in the video description.

I'm very proud of where we are to date with this formula, but look at this, here's a fast iPhone. video I recorded on the side of my car during testing a few weeks ago, one side has beads and the other side, now which do you think is better for the car? There may not be one right answer and that's okay, but I hope it's last week's video. about mclaren and lard that drips water makes you ask some healthy questions about what products you choose and what companies you support, finally, a huge thank you to everyone who has been so supportive throughout the entire innovation process that it has taken some of time, but man.

It's worth the effort so thank you, after a few days of paperwork the new owner Kevin arrived for the first time to see the car that was in the

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just a week before, he is in his early 20s and He's never driven stick shift, and this would be the first car he's ever owned, so I was obviously curious to know what attracted him to this particular car, knowing that it needs a lot of mechanical love and isn't the most practical car for a guy. so young that he lives in a city, as you can see.

The paint looks pretty good, but when it first got here it didn't look very good, you know, I've been sitting there for a long time, there's residue and all kinds of trash in there, but one of my favorite parts is that I walk in and I look at the registration, uh, 2001, so obviously 19 years ago it was just registered and I guess someone drove it, but this thing was pretty

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when it first arrived. It's quite fun. I think I would be five years old then, but the man I think would appreciate this car the most. My dad passed away that year and that's probably why I like Porsches because he had a 911 SC, he took my mom to her first date and he sold it before I did. was born and you just know there are weird things you do to connect with people from your past and I think my obsession with Porsches has been tied to that so with that he was super excited to start playing with his and I's Porsche .

He thought it would be the perfect time to introduce his new wheels. He was super excited but obviously a little nervous with the cameras everywhere and wanted to put them in the car just to take it outside and see it in natural light before it started. Speed ​​sports trailer came to take it to the shop for repair with the car off the speed jacks we needed to put them back on the go jacks just to get it out of the garage due to the clamp being locked after he and I pushed the car outside. turned it around and lined it up for the incoming trailer, the guys at Speedsport tied a strap to the front tow hook and with the push of a button, the winch lifted the 944 inward now, at this point, as the car is raised on the trailer I could really see it on Kevin's face realizing that this was really happening to him and that he now owned this car which really meant a lot to him, once the trailer was all closed up I made sure to give him all the folders and manuals I found in the trunk to read a little later and the original tool kit, which was great.

I was going to ask you about the tool kit. He finally wrote the donation check for children's cars and we set about accelerating the sports tuning. to diagnose how much it would take to get back on the road safely when we arrived and as Carlos and Don prepared to unload the trailer, I walked with Kevin through the shop and his mind exploded as I showed him some race cars, the Maserati Corsa. I did that in a previous video and the sea of ​​Porsches parked for the weekend. I can tell he knew he was in the right place, so I was really glad he seemed so excited now, as cheesy as it may sound if you made it. until the end of the video, this is a fun little part here now.

I've always been a firm believer in karma or the universe or whatever and doing the right things when no one is looking, so when the 944 was pulled off the trailer, the rear wheel somehow came loose on the 10 minute drive from my garage to his workshop, which was really cool. Clearly this isn't a huge miracle, but as a car enthusiast, I have to think it was like the Porsche gods finally gave us a break after pushing this car all over the driveway for a couple of days and the The car finally broke free with one last push from Kevin.

His new old 944 was in the garage and he would begin the next stage of his journey in excited hands. young and out of the junkyard forever