Funny thing……I’ve bought several (Maxblaster and Bioblaster brand) and tried them both on a number of cars and different odors, cig odor being the worst. I’ve had little to no success with ozone and now use CLO2. For me, they proved to be a waste of time and money. And, yes I tried every way and length of time you can imagine.
Wow ! That was pretty good. I have bought a used car with bubbled tint in rear defrost window. I would also like to learn to put a tint that can actually keep the outside temps outside. Do u specialize in that ?
When you say be more cautious with air-conditioning seats, does that mean don’t saturate it?? I’m assuming so as liquid probably isn’t good to get into the holes and mess with the electrical?
Good, educational video. Thanks. I have a 1982 truck that I inherited after my father died. I just got it back from a mine where it sat for years and have fixed it up. However the truck has been sitting in sun and snow for all these years and while the original paint was red, the truck, due to the weathering is sort of pink. Before I saw your video, I used a green kitchen pad in one spot to see if I could get the pink off and with alot of scrubbing in one spot (and loading up the green pad) it did remove it and left the original red. But that would be way too much work. Do you recommend doing what you say here on such an advanced oxidation-it is way more pronounced and even than the vehicle you restored here. Much appreciated any suggestions and thanks for cool video
Hello, thanks for the positive feedback it’s much appreciated first of all full disclaimer. It’s hard to say without seeing the vehicle but I would say it’s worth a shot. Maybe try compounding and small areas first to ensure you’re not removing any paint from the vehicle also before compounding try spring the vehicle with simple Green and scrubbing that in with some soap using a microfiber hand and then compound after it dries, but only compound in a small area just to make sure you’re not removing any paint. I hope this helps.
I had a pair of wet socks in a bag in my van while it was in the repair shop. Took me awhile to find the socks. Anyways, it still stinks bad in the van. How long do you suggest i use this machine for? I just bought it
Hey, that’s a good question I’d say just run it one cycle for about 35 minutes or so and if the smell is still around after the “chemical smell” leaves, then run another cycle
I'm dislike, can follow but the biggest problem I have is just comprehensive. I'll figure it out. Hands on is how I learn. Be nice if I had a place to learn. I'll keep rewatching. Thanks
What do you use for plastic surfaces that has oxidized? I've got an SUV with a rear brake fin made of plastic that has faded/oxidized quite a bit, but not yet to the point of peeling and nothing I've tried seems to make any difference. Also, even though the entire car wasn't oxidized, did you follow all three steps for the entire vehicle, or just the areas that were oxidized? I guess what I am wondering is, does the cutter have a negative impact on surfaces that are in good condition? TIA!
Hey there great question I think following steps one through three is important for heavy oxidation maybe step two and three will be OK for the entire vehicle just to remove some impurities from the surface of the paint as far as the plastic is concerned, you can’t buff plastic at least not anything that I know of, but there are plastic restoration kits. You can purchase such as dyes and so forth that will bring the color back.
@@DetailingSolutions For washing tree sap and grit off of autos, prior to the oxidation removal that you recommended, what should I use? I'm ordering the cutter and stopping by to buy a buffer.
Hey Douglass, thank you so much for the great review. I truly truly hope this helps. I’d say it’s a bit of a learning curve if you never did it before but just take your time and give yourself grace and you’ll do just fine. Just remember to not keep the buffer spinning in one space too long so it doesn’t burn the paint start on a low rpm somewhere around 600 would be fine and turn it up slightly as you go.
Seems to me you need shirts with epplets . Thats the term for a uniform shirt were youundo the button an slide the rank on. Should be cheap in a surplus store.
Is it true the oxidation comes back easily? My car have little oxidation and when I went to detailing shop they said it will look new with polish but it will come back again so paint it better. I really don't want to 😂, keep the good work bro gear video.
No, oxidation doesnt come back so quickly, especially not if u had a coat of upp protecting it. Sometimes what people are seeing is the hazing or the micro-marring left behind from the buffer which can also be fixed as well when done properly
No JK but that is literally one of the hardest smells to remove in my experience, but maybe shampoo and extract all the fabrics in the vehicle especially the headliner and then run the generator a few cycles. Hope this helps
@@DetailingSolutions do you suggest an extractor or steamer for a 2020 camry or do you not suggest to perform those on newer vehicle with a thin headliner?
@@layzy24 sure an extractor would do well as long as the headliner is still attached In pretty good shape! (Not shedding or drooping) PS DO NOT USE A DRILL BRUSH ON A HEADLINER! It will shred it
@@DetailingSolutions then why did when I asked my local car wash guy warn me to not use an extractor on my headliner as it will cause serious damage. Also asked if he could extract the leather/fabric seats and said that the extractor could potentially damage the leather becuase of how hot it gets.
Had me Laughin Hard with the bloopers! Ordered an ozone generator to help get rid of Smoke smell in my daughters new/used car. Cant wait to try it cause nothing else is working.
Lol thanks a lot man really appreciate the feedback and also remember smoke smell is hard to remove anyway so if she has cloth seats, those seats need to be shampooed and the upper headliner because smoke travels up and gets stuck in the fibers of the headliner so if the ozone generator doesn’t work, the first two cycles, then shampoo everything and then run it again
Update - received my ozone generator yesterday and after one treatment, I can't smell any smoke... Best results so far. Will have to wait a few days to see if any smell creeps back, but so far works better than any spray has.
@@jimratti3949 that’s wonderful!! Yeah, give it a little to allow that chemical smell to dissipate and that’ll give you a true reading. I hope it stays consistent!!
It should definitely help but remember you have to clean the area and shampoo and extract that stain thoroughly because if you don’t neutralize the source then it will just keep coming back…give it a shot and run it on as many cycles as you need until the smell is completely gone!! 🌲
Hey d studios, just bought an Approved car from audi but there is definitely a bad smoky musky smell from the car. My clothes smell especially in areas that have had direct contact with the seats. Would this warrant an ozone treatment? Is it actually possible to remove the smell after a few treatments?
Yeah smoke smell is a little tricky because if it’s cloth seats (which I doubt there is an Audi) then you have a lot more work to do but you definitely want to shampoo and extract as much of the fabric above waste waist level, for example, if there’s fabric on the door, and the headliner definitely would need to be extracted because smoke rises and settles up top secondly you want to run the ozone generator a few cycles on an hour And then you want to change the cabin filter (you can Google where to find that or look in the owners manual because I’m sure that smells like smoke as well). Make sure you follow the directions of the ozone generator properly and of course do not be in the vehicle during the time of use it’s extremely dangerous to do so!!!! I hope this helps come back and let me know how it turns out
Absolutely!! There’s still one of the best ways to clean leather seats the only gripe I have with magic eraser is as you see in the video they break up and over the years depending on which brand you purchase they’re making them cheaper so they break up quicker I personally still love using them but my team not so much 🫠
@@DetailingSolutions thank you for your quick response, i red lots of blogs and reddits for using magic eraser and most said that it can damage the leather as they are super abrasive. Maybe i will try it and will not put any pressure on it, i will use water soaked magic eraser with diluted apc. Hope this works with dirty leather.
To be honest I can’t say I ever went back to check because they are customer cars but the most we had is a few times a customer called us back to do the process one more time and we haven’t heard from them since BUT I will say if you don’t get rid of the source of the smell with a deep thorough shampoo and extraction then it will continue to come back may even have to replace the carpet or upholstery in more severe cases
Yes we’ve used it in trunks before but you definitely want to clean the odor out of the trunk first or whatever is causing the odor then run the generator
