Cleaning a Chain-Smoker's "UNCLEANABLE" Trade-in Rejected by the Dealership!
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Amazing transformation! As usual 😉👍🏼
Mitch, Outstanding is good satisfaction. 💯🤟🙌🫶😊
You have a great weekend as well
So what did the dealer say when he got the car back?
So what did the dealer say when he got the car back?
Guys. As a commercial cleaner, PLEASE be extremely cautious when doing deep cleans involving nicotine. I deep cleaned a house about a year ago so they could sell it and I ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks with SEVERE nicotine poisoning. Wear gloves, eye protection and face protection and even long sleeves if need be. Don’t take nicotine build up lightly.
Was it the tar, or nicotine? I'm sorry you got poisoned!
I was with my mother as she smoked every day for 16 years... One time when I was about 16 we hitchhiked with some people in an old minivan, they couldn't even open the windows a little bit, they hotboxed it and apparently I was ungrateful for coughing and continuing to cough extremely loudly for days. She should have just killed me when we were homeless years beforehand.
@@JoshuaDarius-bm7ncyeah, probably
I know that one. Did a clean up of one of my co-workers cars, and despite doing the interior mid-summer with an open garage door and steady circulation, I spent the weekend quite out of it. Stay safe.
Ah yes, common sense. Thanks. I hope this helps the stupid.
As a life long smoker myself, I've ALWAYS kept my car and house super clean. That being said, if their car looks this bad, I can't even imagine what their house looks like. Poor doggy.
They likely lived inside the car.
Your lungs are in the same black condition. It killed my father.
@@davidgold5961 don't use your problems to attempt to influence anyone.
@@unknown_avi_ Respectfully, I have no problems with which I am trying to influence anyone, and my father died decades ago. I have long ago gotten over it. I am simply stating facts and you can live your life anyway you like.
@@davidgold5961 keep it to yourself if it doesn't bother ya.
"Didn't want to risk damage to the car." This made me actively laugh out loud!
Perhaps, but that’s just how I approach things. I respect other people’s property and treat it as if it were my own, no matter what condition it’s in 👍🏻
@@TheDetailGeekas you should
I'll never buy a used vehicle from a dealer again. Baffles me that anyone would consider this sellable. If the inside is that way, you know damn well it's been treated like ****.
@@angrydalailama6089 I am guessing if it’s a new car dealer they probably have these ones cleaned up and send to auction or the budget lot .
You'd be shocked how many jagoffs out there who would threaten to sue, regardless of how bad that car is to get a freebie.
The level of perfection you strive for is astonishing, but its good to be resenable about what you can achieve in the time you have to do the job. And you delivered a miracle!
Love that you put the same effort in a 500$ rustbucket than a 75k$ car..
It shows how professionnal you are.
If you’re going to do a job, do it well or don’t do it at all and admit as much. It’s better to admit you can’t do it, than do a terrible job.
more like 50 at best, no way this thing is ever passing tech inpection. It's ready to be scrapped. I don't understand why he would even clean this.
The dealer is paying him to do it. It makes for a great video so he gets paid again. This is the kind of video that gets views. people are not going to tune in to watch him detail a 2 year car that has been well maintained by the owner.
so true!
@@charlemichellekeOne word: Content.
This whole video should be marketed as an anti-smokong ad. That center console tray was revolting.
The horrible thing is not that
the owner is a smoker,
the horrible thing is
how the owner treated the car .
Don't bash smoking until you have tried it. It's actually pretty enjoyable and relaxing.
@@michaelm3381 Smoking is not relaxing at all. If i have to smell that stink, it invokes high levels of stress and discomfort in me.
The inside of the owner’s lungs look worse.
Imagine their house! Maybe it was a chain smoking dog that owned and drove the car.
The part I really liked is the fact I didn't have to smell it!!!!
You KNOW that smell will never totally be gone.
You know that time when Google april fooled that they invented smell transmission through the internet? Yeah glad they didn't go through with the idea.
The work he did is more valuable than the car. ❤
I still wouldnt want that car ..
It's truly unbelievable how people can treat their vehicles like this. It's mind boggling to me. You just basically did what the dealership refused to... That makes you one of the best detailers out there, Mitch! Much respect and an amazing job yet again!
Yeah, it's insane!
Davvero, manco raccogliere le sigarette o i sacchetti
Thank you so much! 😊
its the same kind of people who litter
its impossible to understand those kinds of people
I can tell you after 15 years of abuse the owner WASNT going thru life issues
$13,999 was originally $16,999. 1 owner, non smoker, garage kept. Low miles , mint condition.
it's all about the miles if your car has 200k miles and is well maintained oil change on time and even before everything good and another car with 120k miles but not maintained correctly no oil change it will cost more but the 200k miles car will last 200k more miles and the 120k miles one will only last 100k more miles
That's what grinds my gears the most. A dealership will actually sell this crap bucket to someone. Respect for the detailing work, but come on...
The dealership is sketchy af for even selling this rust bucket instead of scrapping it.
I know what I’ve got
I'd say, spend the money on the body work and ask $4,500 somewhere off the main dealership lot.
IDK if I'm more surprised that the dealership accepts some of these cars as trade-ins or that the owners aren't down right embarrassed and ashamed to turn over a car in this condition. Didn't even attempt to clean it at all. Mitch is a miracle worker!!!
The fact that my 2007 ford fusion that’s well taken care of wouldn’t even give me $1k at the dealership is wild. The fact that the dealership even took this car is insane to me.
In my area it does not matter if it runs or not, the dealership wants to move new cars, so they will accept it and give twice the blue book value to get a sale.
"your new car with ttl is 17,900, aaaaand after your trade in it'll be 22,900"
I think it's heavily dependent on the area In which you live and obviously how desperate the dealership manager wants to move inventory in my area if you walked into any dealer even a used car one and tried trading something like this in they'd laugh in your face and send you right out the door.
@@SAMPLETEXT285that's not true I was a car dealer for over 13 years and all these kind of cars go to the detail shop to basically be cleaned as best they can for around $100 and then they're sent directly to the sale... I'm not saying what $100 will get you but I can promise you it looks a whole lot better than it did when it was traded but anyway it goes down the line and somebody at the auction buys it and if they want to continue to clean on it they can if they want to
I detail for quite a few dealerships (Honda, Hyundai, Subaru, Chevy, and KIA) and sometimes I love it when a car like this comes in. It may be gross, but doing the before and after pics is so satisfying
Figure that was probably $1000 in detailing. Now someone needs to do about $3000 worth of body work and maybe $2000 in mechanical work and you'll have a solid $1500 car! Might even last a few years depending on how bad the oil sludge is.🤣
Good stuff, love the presentation, and appreciate the equipment/materials links in the description!
Came here to say the same. KBB value is $1.2-2K. This will be a great car for a teenager or college student.
It'll probably get sold at auction for someone to restore or break up for parts.
Body work is optional mechanical work if it drives its good don't matter if it can't make it up this small incline cause its running on a single piston and has no crankshaft
@@Mephiston Yeah, this thing is 100% going to auction for parts. He cleaned this purely for content. That's never getting sold by a dealership directly to a customer.
@@amsellsthis car is rusted tf out. It’s not going for 1200 ANYWHERE lmao
Your video cause my dad to quit smoking!!! Smoked for 30yrs n after seeing this vid with all that tar n stuff said if it sticks to a car imagine what my lungs n body is like!! So thanks n great work as always
By far my favorite comment! Tell him a random viewer says GOOD JOB on quitting!! 🥰
@@elsamcguire2519 thank you!
it annoys me how you keep saying n instead of and.
@@aliciachapman2956 n what about that?
@@aliciachapman2956 n what are u gonna do about it
Great video! I am not a professional but I am a multi-dog owner with OCD. I've found that after vacuuming and extracting as much dog hair as possible, a simple lint roller is excellent for getting those remaining stuck-in dog hairs that have imbedded themselves into the fabric and cling on for dear life.
I have a couple of dogs myself and I love taking them for rides but the hair gets out of control fast. I got a rubber bristle brush from Walmart that has been my go to tool to get it all out. As I run the shop vac I just brush the hair right into the vacuum nozzle. I can get about 95% of the hair out. I think I also track some in from my clothes as I’m cleaning but it’s good enough for me.
The Lily brush thing really is amazing.
It's not OCD it's CDO ....
30:07 Came for the transformation. Stayed for the TransTube. Takes me back to high school in the best way.
Ive never detailed a car... but about a decade ago I was Head of Repossessions at a Rent-A-Center and a key aspect of my job was to totally refurbish, clean, and Sanitize all incoming items.
there is something so satisfying about taking a horrid disgusting nearly destroyed item and totally repairing and cleaning it to a level where someone else is happy to own it.
Did you guys sell used rental cars or something?
That's wild. What a transformation! The black water on the table from the center console was something else!
Thank you! I agree, one of the most disgusting moments on this channel for sure!
What a lot of people don't realize, is that black sludge is in that smokers lungs
@@phatbuddha1 how much more of that is in the lungs.
Hey, just a quick note here, i detail cars too and would highly reccomend getting soem pressurized air and a tornado attachment, they work wonders where the vacuum and lily brushes/ pumus stones fail, and they help a ton to get trash out!
Also if you do get it, it helps tons with lots of other parts of the car. Let me know if I can ever give tips on how to use it
We, used pressurized air at work for various machines and you also need
Masks when using them, but yes, they do blow a lot of dirt out.
@Maddie2u they're amazing for dirt, hair, sand, and if you spray degreaser or something similar into cup holders or middle consols you cand blow air into them(using a tower over the openings so it doesn't spray onto the roof) and it cleans up all the previously mentioned guck as well as some other muck like honey, mold, old ice cream and whatever substance materializes there on used cars
@BrandonMartin-f3w bet you do a fabulous job Brandon!
I couldn't work without compressed air.
I'm sure being 4 months ago this comment won't be read but oh well, I wanted to give my thoughts. So here they are. to start with I love watching youtube. Normally I'm watching pimple popping's with my spouse which I have grown to enjoy. But you my man just gave me another TH-cam addiction! Not only are you very talented and professional and then add to it "Guitar Slayer"! come on Bro! You are the Man! I am so glad I stumbled on your channel! So it's time to pop the corn grab a beer and binge-watch! Thanks and God bless you man! I would have liked to have seen the dealerships reaction. I'm sure they were floored!
I see comments about how its not profitable cleaning a car like this. The fact that this video has more than 2ml. views makes me think this was profitable. Even if this video and its comment section doesn't pay for this project it adds in exposure of this channel. Seeing the progress was satisfying. Thanks for the upload!
Facts. He's not the one that paid for the car either, he's really just double dipping from what the dealership paid him and what he's getting from TH-cam.
If you didn't notice there were fresh dealership decals all over the car for Riverside Hyundai. Pretty sure since they hunted him down from seeing his 4mil+ view video , this was sent to be another multi million view video that just so happens to advertise their dealership for 30+ minutes.
A local 30 second spot on TV would have run them 10x what this detailing cost with probably only 1/4 of the reach. Cheap advertising is what it is
No way it's profitable for the dealer
No way this is real! Omg, so filthy, almost like someone took a public ashtray and the remains of his vacuum pouch and just scattered it in a free car they got somewhere
15 hour detail with removing seats and center console is easily 500+. Next, that car is a shitbox (depending on the mechanical) not worth 1500 after the detail....not work the 15 hours labour imo.
Lets have a moment of silence for the car that this car was traded in on. RIP. 😔 Great video. Love the transformation.
lol, it probably looks five years old already.
My thoughts exactly.
How is it possible to trade in a car that is so disgusting for a nice clean one in better condition?
And for the guy's dog.
@@four-twenty4205 that cars only worth a fraction of the price of the new car, so the owner still paid the majority of the price.
This guy genuinely cleans the shit out of the vehicle.
I bought a VW New Beetle that had been a mobile dog pound to a couple of massive, often wet dogs. Thankfully vw seats and carpets are cheap so I got rid of all the interior fabric and replaced it with parts from non-soiled vehicles. Kudos to you for putting the hours into this, it made great watching for the horror factor!!
If the interior looks like this, can you imagine what their lungs and the dog's lungs look like 🤢? Tar coated is an understatement. That layer of gunk and tar from the center console definitely one for the books.
Makes me feel sorry for the dog who had no choice in the matter.
The same thought I had the entire time watching this
Welcome to the 70's! Where moms drove the station wagons smoking with the windows rolled up!
@@momtrips6783 Would be funny if there was no dog and that fur was from the cars last owner the owner before the smoker got it
Clear case of animal abuse. 😢🐶
This kinda car was my home for a year and a half up in Oregon. Such a fun car.. Passenger seat being my bedroom was actually not bad.. When it was days off.. either the night shift before I'd drive 190 miles out to the pacific ocean or Up to MT Hood. Waking up and being able to lock her up and just go on a nice beautiful hike was such a nice time in life.
Your videos are a much greater smoking deterrent than those smoking PSAs they used to show in my school
Yea the tar in the carpet and the console was just beyond disgusting
I agree! I will not be smoking in my car EVER AGAIN!
The most abused car in history😅
Man, I can fully appreciate the attention to detail and effort in this. I bought my project 1995 Toyota Trueno, and the amount of crud that I had to clean out of the upholstery, flooring and mats was nuts, over 20 years of dirt, gunk was all black.
Awesome job man.
I've been a Detailer for 7 years now and it never fails to amaze me how near perfect you make every car look. ESPECIALLY with cheap carpet like that. My god is it a nightmare to vacuum. Been watching you throughout some of those years too and have learned a lot from you! Glad I found your channel 🫶🫶🙌
That’s awesome! Glad you enjoy the videos!
At this point, I would just throw it in the trash.
This type of detailing would cost more than the car itself
Great job as always, your attention to detail and dedication are incredible.
Thank you!
Second that, awesome job as always.
But the car... well there's a lonely and sad hydraulic press somewhere...
Wrong. Today car dealers absolutely ra*e people on used car prices. They will sell this to some sucker for 9,000 and financing at 30% interest.
❤I think the amount of smoke and garbage from the carpet shows how well your equipment works. Love the entire video, you always do fantastic work!
I complain that I need to detail my car more often, but videos like this make me realize I'm doing alright. I could definitely detail my car more, but at least I try haha.
fr i can confidently say that my car has never really been dirty 😅
Comparing to this, even someone who doesn't clean at all is doing alright. As long as they don't use their whole car as an ashtray and dumpster. 😅
Yeah same😂 that dust on my dashboard and the small rocks and leaves on the floor do not feel nearly as bad after seeing this😅
I think the same thing too the dust on my dashboard and the dried up spilled coffee in my cup holders is nothing compared to this dudes car. I showed my boyfriend this video and he suspects maybe the previous owner could’ve been living out of their car. Which explains the imbedded dog hair.
idk this is like bottom 5% so why bother comparing yourself if you're even reasonably normal, whoever drove this is not. And the crazy thing is, I've seen worse...The driver wasn't a smoker but dipped snuff, and would just spit it all over the car including the seats, dash, gearbox, everything. The mechanics refused to work on it.
these videos have brought me so much happiness over the last several years. when i was 15 or so, it was a routine for my parents and grandmother and i to sit down after dinner and watch the week's video together, every friday. they all found it such a novelty, cracking jokes about how "people will watch anything, won't they?" my grandmother is gone now, but i still remember her staring, fascinated, at the TV when the ending shots came on.
when i started dating my girlfriend, our very first date was us sitting down to watch a car get cleaned. that was almost three and a half years ago. and now i'm here, 20 years old and at college, tuning into a video after my 8am computer science course. some things never change, and what a delight that is
Dude, that’s incredibly cool to hear!
That’s the best thing I’ve ever heard! Great first date idea 💪🏻
Love this channel. Showed my kids some of the worst cars & it made a massive impact on them & now they get why I am so particular about how they treat our vehicles.
I have no idea how you achieved such great results on that carpet. I bought a similar car from heavy smoker. Ended up ripping out all carpet, headliner and seats. Replaced with carpet and seats from auto salvage. Bought new headliner material.
As for spraying floor mats, you may want to try an old 3 panel shower in a corner of your shop.
Excellent job on this "uncleanable" car. Kudos on this job.
What I love about your attitude is that you don't care about the condition of the car, you still give it your 100% effort to get it clean. :)
I appreciate the fact you are not manufacturing mess for views and continue to do your work. Its inspiring how you've grown! I discovered you a few years ago and its great to see you still at it! ❤
the knife was 100% placed by him
I swear, if there were a Nobel Prize for Auto detailing, Mitch would have my vote. This is one man who knows how to professionally put lipstick on a pig. Facts.
Some older model cars are sought after these days, because they are affordable, easier/possible to repair yourself, and because a lot of people are becoming a bit apprehensive of the “smart” capabilities, that have now been written into federal law, as a mandatory part of auto production. Just because it’s used, doesn’t mean it’s not valuable.
You are 1000% correct
Dang this is legitimately some of the best quality content i have seen on TH-cam in a while.
I just happened to see this video and I have been detailing for 30 maybe 35 years and I truly love it. I also love to come across ways to clean and restore just about anything. I also love coming across like minded individuals who share this passion as well. I have to say that while I don't know you except for watching you work in this video and you sir are a master at your craft and it shows in you tools and results. That's why I subscribed and will be watching more! A detail like this in 15 hours, truly amazing and you invative tools are the best. I love detailing link nothing else and take extreme pride in my work as you do too. I always say when I'm dealing a vehicle, what make the vehicle look bad and work from there every time. I'm so glad to find your channel and look forward to seeing more. Take care and thanks for your hard work!
Speaking in the voice of Stefon from Saturday Night Live: "TH-cam's hottest content is from The Detail Geek. This video has EVERYTHING. Dust, rust, gravel, tar residue, time grime, clumps of dog hair, loose dog kibble, a big scary knife, stray cigarette butts, an empty Tim Horton's cup, a blue plastic hard hat, loose change, center console used as an ashtray..." These older, neglected, "rejected by dealership" or smoker's cars are my absolute *favorite*. You worked your magic with this disaster vehicle and I'm sure the dealership was amazed. Hard to pick a favorite part, but I'm going to say it's a tie between the carpets and the center console cleaning. BRAVA!
Excellent comment. Very good sense of humor. Have a great day!!
Thank you very much!
You forgot the most important one... Dan Cortese.
Lmfao i love those shorts with him 😂😂😂
MITCH: There aren't enough words to describe how truly disgusting, this smoker's car was. However, you are always up for the job at hand. What a marvellous transformation, you made out of this horribly dirty vehicle! Have a restful weekend.
Thank you very much!
We had to do something similar to our uncles old ford. In the end just ended up power washing the inside and it never stopped draining dirt so kudos to you.
I'd love to see THAT video.
This is the first video I've watched from your channel, but it makes me wanna invest in all of your cleaning products.
Thats exactly why he made this video. That car even fully cleaned is a piece of crap. The engine is probably not maintained well so itll break down for the next buyer. And the rust…
The mess and "thick nastiness" in the center console and headliner were the best parts. You did another fantastic job of withstanding the disgusting "nastiness" and reviving a vehicle which probably would have been headed to the junk yard. Great work!
Thank you very much!
I was going to say the carpets were the worst but that centre console, oh my, that is as you said on a whole new level!! You are a very brave man to take on a car such as this but I salute you sir, great work as ever.
Thanks so much! 😊
These videos are so satisfying to watch! Seeing the carpets get cleaned was definitely the most satisfying for me. As a pet owner i know just how much hair gets in everything. Great job!
Hey brother great job man! Definitely an expert.
One thing I use when detailing cars with horrific carpets are pumice stones! They have saved me many times.. I spray some light hot soap water then use pumice stones scrubbing, gets almost all hair out!
I used to do detailing for a dealership. I always got the ones like this, because I loved to scrub a car inside and out, and if the boss thought he could get some good money out of it, he would give me leeway to take the car apart and clean it, buff it, touch up the paint, and send it out. Loved the process of seeing a car/truck go from filthy to clean.
I know exactly what you mean! Watching how much dirt come off of the cars and seeing big differences in interior and exteriors make the job fun
When turning your hobby into a job actually makes it more enjoyable
As the guy who works at a dealership, and dealing specifically with the trade ins and used cars, I find so much change. Biggest find was over $30 in quarters. Finding paper money is always fun (largest is $15. Recently was $9). I once found a WWE style championship belt from Wild 'N Out.
Do you get to keep it?
5:31 "thought i'd take you in for a closer look" nah man im good😭🙏ts is NASTY
For those who said this car was uncleanable, you once again proved them wrong, Mitch. This video was amazing.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
I haven't worked at a dealership, but I'll bet they're only given an hour or two to clean each car.
Man I’ve been following you since back in the day when you had 1,000 followers and were pressuring washing vehicles outside your garage with snow on the ground. It’s awesome to see what you’ve accomplished!
I was a smoker for years, quit a few years back. I would have never allowed any of my vehicles or home to look like that. Just disgusting. Given what you had to start with, you worked a miracle!
Aww good for you. Life sucks we should make it not enjoyable lol we all use to smoke who cares you could die tomorrow in a car crash or have cancer ect stop stressing over everything you do oh it’s bad this is bad this is wrong smh guilt sucks lol
This is the best anti-smoking ad I've ever seen 😂
PS: what do you do with brush heads after a job like this? Is there a process to rehab them, or do you toss them?
Since my very 1st vehicle, I’m 45 and I’ve had MANY and I always took pride in keeping them clean, even if its a work truck or the suburban I bought to haul my dogs around… it amazes me how anyone can let their vehicle get this disgusting!?!? That’s just NASTY! I’d hate to see their home! 🤢🤮
Hi there, I am 66 and always keep my cars spotless. I bought a used car a month back and it was cleaned up within two days. It's twelve years old and needed some repairs which are almost all done. One rear spring being replaced next week and then it's going in for a fresh underbody coating.
This vehicle actually saddens me... the poor dog was exposed to the chain smoke... dogs can die from lung cancer... 😢
Some people should not own cars. And whoever traded this in is starting to ruin another car.
I bought the biggest piece of trash you could find at the time it was a 99 Toyota Corolla and while it was rotted out didn't start half the time and had to be cranked twice had no A/C had 3 blown speakers I still kept it clean
How on earth is someone going to sell this car for more that what your services have costed !! Great job as always !
27:55 love how I was expecting the final reveal to be a clean car, but it’s just such a p.o.s. there’s no saving it
im not huge into cars or detailing but you just got a new subscriber for being so honest and genuine
The tar that sticks to smokers’ cars is so gross. It’s a good reminder of why I don’t smoke!
And I’m glad you addressed the dummies who claim you fake it. It’s very obvious these are long-term messes.
This car needs to see the scrapper. Not knocking your amazing work but there's way to much to repair on it in order to profit from a potential sale. Appreciate the Chuck Berry rendition at the end !
Well id imagine the dealer got the car on trade in for practically nothing. I dont know what they paid to get it cleaned but the car is likely going to be wholesale auctioned
@@adventsociety5382 With that amount of body rust, it's hard to see it being worth anything. And yes, I know there's cars driving around with much worse rust, but let's not keep encouraging people to put safety at risk driving hulks that are literally falling apart.
@@theKashConnoisseur in its current state, it is deemed hazardous to put on public roads. I find it difficult to believe it will even pass standard inspection due to the holes in the body. The only intrinsic value comes from the parts.
Yeah this is a part car for sure and even then there isn't much that isn't damaged in some way.
Hyundai parts car
Been watching this channel for years, no one comes close to his level of expertise. Gives 100% on every detail. 👊
The center console was the grossest. I had a flashback to cleaning my inherited truck from my smoker daddy. Didn't have your tools, so rolls of paper towels !
Whoo! Back from being stuck in canada. This will just give me motivation to finally clean my car after 2 months. Fortunately, all i have to deal with is dust.
Smokers' cars are probably my favorite. 2nd place would be family minivans because they somehow are unable to clean up after themselves and their kids. 😂
I always make my kids clean up their side of the car. I'm talking about a complete detail. They've gotten real good at keeping things tidy.
No lies. The hours I have spent cleaning my wife's mini-van every other month is staggering. Yet none of them can keep it clean.
House? No problems. Kid's with their rooms? No problems. Some how the mini-van though is treated like a garbage dump no matter what I say or do.
My parents smoked in the house, in the car, everywhere! You will never get rid of the smell. I had to clean out my dads house when he died. It was hoarder house with yellow nicotine stained walls. I was sick for weeks
😳 Dear God! What the hell! 😂 You never cease to amaze me. You did a damn good "job" considering what you were working with. ❤
Thank you!
@@TheDetailGeekHi
@@TheDetailGeek During my few years working as a used car mechanic before transferring over to new cars, I've had a few of these mobile ashtrays to inspect for trade-in value, while most make you want to puke when you open the door, the worst I ever had was when some 500lb sweat hog traded in a car, it smelled so bad you couldn't even get in the front seat without getting sick even after spraying everything with odo-ban. Even after transferring to new car service we dealt with discusting cars. I had one once that had 20-30 wads of pre chewed tobacco spit out on the dash fermenting in the sun, and several times when looking for warranty paperwork in the glove box have found used condoms and used tampons being saved for who knows why. Once I had fast food trash filling the back seat up to the tops of the front seat headrests, and I had an engine with so much sludge inside you could read all the writing stamped on the valve cover after it was removed.
I can testify your videos really happen.
How much do charge to do a detail like this??
Just curious and would like to know!
PLEASE
As a former smoker, this car was disgusting. I NEVER, and I do mean NEVER, let my car get this bad.
Thankfully, now, I no longer smoke, so I don't even have the smell of smoke in my car any longer.
I said all of that to say....I am impressed. The results were phenomenal.
You did an amazing job on that car. You managed to show how even the greatest detailing efforts can clean everything that has not been physically damaged by actual contact with a lit cigarette. Seriously, this car had burn marks everywhere!
I do think that once a car owner chooses to smoke inside the car, the only means of disposal should be as salvage. Nobody should be cursed with a smoker's car.
Wow! Great detail.
You are one of the very few influencers showcasing the headliner and actually cleaning the part of the vehicle that none of the other so called YT detailers even mention in their videos. 👍
That car is definitely having withdrawals 😂
I laughed so loud at 1:44. Now my co workers know I'm not paying attention in this meeting.
😂
How was that so funny?
@@casper14301 not wantin to risk ‘damage’ to da car tho it’s destroyed in need of this detail. People in other comment threads caught it 😂😅
@@KingJuice215 I understand that, but as a businessman, he should avoid causing damage to any car, regardless of its initial condition. Even if it's going to the scapyard after the detail you avoid unnecessary damage.
Car detailing is something i wish i was always able to do more. i worked at a carwash as a manager for 4 years and even though we didnt do detailing i wouldnt be able to do all this fine brushing with my carpel tunnel lol. Keep at the amazing work showing passion for every vehicle luxury or crap
You need some compressed air to help blow away and break up stubborn hairs/dirt. Good compressor with good power helps so much. Awesome results though man! Impressive!
So happy to see you wearing a respirator ☺️
After so many years of neglect and abuse, you gave it much needed love and care to this car. The end result is amazing, unrecognizable!!
If any video deserves a thumbs up, it’s this one. I’m amazed anyone could let their car get this bad. I work for a large car auction, and can verify, we do get cars this bad.
A detail like that would probably cost 1,000 bucks. The car might be worth 800 bucks. Incredible transformation though.
Yeah outside of TH-cam economics, I suspect this car would just get melted down. I suspect that the fair market value of this detail (+ of the body work and mechanical work as selected to maximize value) would not leave a big enough margin between scrap value and resale value to make it all worth doing. To get out of the $1-2k price bracket where the car is a disposable learning vehicle for a teenager, there is a ton left to do beyond the detail: upholstery repair, some replacement of hard-to-source plastic interior parts, at least a heavily triaged bill of body work given that almost every panel is horribly dented, rusted out, or missing paint. And the mechanicals are likely a deep rabbit hole: I doubt that someone who treated a car's visible parts like this was on top of invisible things like oil changes and other preventative maintenance.
But I could be wrong.
Who would buy it?
I was about to type the same thing, lol. At least if it's dismantled for parts, those will be clean. 🤣
Yeah, maybe they can sell it to a college kid or somebody who just needs a set of wheels to get from point A to point B.
@@kaycee557 if it was super cheap I may buy it to teach my teen how to drive a manual! Be a fun beat around country car.
I think your wirk is incredible. I don't detail cars professionally but people always ask me to do their cats. I found a simple tool that does pull up the majority of embedded animal hair and it is a wire brush that you buy for your dog or.cat. In desperation I grabbed it and OMG, it removed husky and cat hair almost completely. I have taped 1 to a handle and then I use one without a handle. I'm telling you it works it also works on house carpet as well and velcro. Also I use a high quality sweater shaver for lent because if you can't get the embedded hair out you can at least shave it down to a smaller size and that also works,
Two things I've realized...1. people are pigs, 2. Mitch isn't getting paid enough. Amazing work as usual!
Thank you! 😊
If "tell one truth and one lie" were a comment:
This video will pay more than a regular dirty car
If this gets top comment I'll eat 1000 forks
Bruh 😂
Get eating 😂
Bon apetit
Get* ready. 😂
They gotta be metal
You sir are a miracle worker! Talk about polishing up a turd! You made even that wreck of a car look good. Love watching your videos each week!
The entire car was gross, disgusting and amazed at how someone could treat their vehicle like that. You are fraking amazing
I kept thinking about how they traded in for another car. Another car that will be destroyed by them, again……I cannot imaging what the other aspects of their life are like. Nice work Mitch!!!
I admire your determination, man. I just would throw the car away and get another one LOL
Lol thanks 😄
Im glad to see you were using a respirator. I just wouldn't have done that job. Kudos to you! Fantastic job!
Impressive! The center console and the carpet were the grossest parts of the car, in my opinion. It is insane and impressive you were able to clean it and even make it look good. I also liked what you were even able to do with the headlights. Wow. Excellent work!
All that hair couldn’t have come from one dog. I’d believe a pack of wolves though. Oh man, you worked so hard on this one. What a mess! I don’t think I’ve ever respected you more for taking on a challenge like this. Super work!
Thank you! 😊
1:51: did anyone notice there are only three wheel nut out of four lol 😂
yeah i just commented too lmfao
I can tell already this will be a satisfying video. I’m really looking forward to the extraction process! ETA: Mitch, surely this vehicle takes top spot as the worst disaster you’ve ever done. Grossest part was the carpets.
Haha it very well could. All these disaster details are unique in their own way though so it’s hard to say which one is actually the worst. There’s a handful that are in that conversation though and this is surely one of them 😄
The only thing more impressive than this cleaning job is the fact that someone out there actually drove this dump as dirty as it was
I Never Gag While Watching Car Cleaning Videos But This Is The First Time I’ve Ever Gagged
30:05 the best 😂
Oh man, the fact that the center counsel looked almost blue-grey by the time you were done with it, that just says how bad it was. And yeah, the fact that you could still *see* some of the dog hair after everything you did bugged me, but I also could tell that it was a permanent part of the car now. So considering everything? I call this a 100% success.
Bugged me too but sometimes you have to face reality. Turned out incredible though!
So satisfying to watch, and inspires me to clean my car more thoroughly.
Unbelievable that anyone can drive around in that 😝
when you dumped out the vacuum bag I coughed and wasn't even there
23:28 man i just cant stop repeating watching this scene
Disgusting right? 🤮
I really dig that sound track. Who’s song is that
@@MrCrybaby95Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
@@Mason-ut8ff really man! 🤣🤣🤣
@@MrCrybaby95maybe you aren’t ready for that yet…
Wish we had a Lilly Brush during my stint as a detailer. It was, "vacuum 'til you die!". Pet hair was the worst; could never get all of it. That center console...man. Glad I quit smoking!
This is a pretty great anti-smoking PSA. If you think it’s messed up what it’s doing to this car imagine what it’s doing to your lungs.
I always enjoy when you steam the car while using the cleaning products first