Saab 900 convertable wash and hand polish

[Dan J]

This Saab has been sitting iddle for 18months under a tree :shock:  and was a right state, the owner is now selling it on ebay so wanted it washed and polished by hand just to lift it a bit.
this is what i was faced with :lol:




















starting with a pre spray of neat Active xl over the whole car, while that was soaking i tackled the wheels ugly as they are :lol:  with diluted Active xl as they werent that bad at all suprisingly :?  all be it a little muddy but nothing to shout about, blew the arches out with the pressure washer and rinsed the wheels off.
now for the truely manky soft top, more neat active xl a vikan upholstry brush and the pressure washer,
bit of a scrub and this is what was coming out.
















after nearly 2hrs scrubbing that roof and blasting it off re soaking patches that neaded it etc i finally managed to wash id with sour power and rinse it off, moved it undercover because it was starting to spit with rain :roll:  then dryed it off.



















i then hand polished it with Autosmart mirror image and dressed the tyres with Autosmart highstyle. i did advise that the roof would need some protection on it now as it had to be deep cleaned due to the state of it but he wanted it left as it was.












any comments or questions welcome

cheers
Dan

[alimacc]

Looks good. Reading on a smart phone can't make out what product you used on the roof. Thanks

[Guy]

he heee! great stuff! 

i just love being given cars like this as the turnaround is immense!

did you do any interior work?

[Phil1980]

Great job I love seeing the before and after pics of jobs like this.  Bet the owner was chuffed to bits with it even though it is being sold.

[Jimble]

Superb job mate, shame about that dent in the back! never ceases to amaze me when i see cars get turned around like this

[musicman87]

Was amazed at the turnaround, especially the roof, when i read this over on Detailing World! Excellent job!

[Steve30]

Must be so rewarding seeing and doing a job like that brilliant 

[waxamomo]

Looks brilliant Dan 

[Dan J]

Thanks guys, it was definatly one of the worst cases ive seen, was lucky to wasnt too far gone really my pics of the roof dont really show how bad it was all over(my bad camera skills lol) think i had the aperture on the wrong setting for the type of shots i was taking lol, it was nice to have something to get my teeth into.

@guy, no interior work was done it was just a case of sorting the roof etc and giving it a hand polish and dress the tyres, havent polished a turd for a long time lol

[kotto]

This Saab has been sitting iddle for 18months under a tree :shock:  and was a right state, the owner is now selling it on ebay so wanted it washed and polished by hand just to lift it a bit.
this is what i was faced with :lol:




















starting with a pre spray of neat Active xl over the whole car, while that was soaking i tackled the wheels ugly as they are :lol:  with diluted Active xl as they werent that bad at all suprisingly :?  all be it a little muddy but nothing to shout about, blew the arches out with the pressure washer and rinsed the wheels off.
now for the truely manky soft top, more neat active xl a vikan upholstry brush and the pressure washer,
bit of a scrub and this is what was coming out.
















after nearly 2hrs scrubbing that roof and blasting it off re soaking patches that neaded it etc i finally managed to wash id with sour power and rinse it off, moved it undercover because it was starting to spit with rain :roll:  then dryed it off.



















i then hand polished it with Autosmart mirror image and dressed the tyres with Autosmart highstyle. i did advise that the roof would need some protection on it now as it had to be deep cleaned due to the state of it but he wanted it left as it was.












any comments or questions welcome

cheers
Dan

nice. maybe you should clean interior saab parts also. But its all good. its like mazda mx5 really.