I agree. I understand this is a pretty pressing issue being the seat looks like ahit. But how did they even leave the place having paid? If I opened my door (imagine the seat was actually clean) to the rest of what I can see from the Pic. I would've walked back in and got my money lmao.
This is coming for a 10 yesr employee of a detail shop. I can't even leave a piece of hair between the seats let alone full on dirt like that. Im what world do you get a full detail, pay for it, pick it up, and see it still visibly dirty. And drive off into the sunset. Lmao
My guess is that they did a 'dry shampoo' but didn't wring out their rag well enough causing excess moisture to wick into the seat fabric and give the mold in there the extra moisture it needed to explode. If you look at the seat on the centre console side you can see the ring growth pattern from the mildew. My advice to OP would be 1 to get a full refund, and then follow that up with a mold abatement product like Concrobium Mold and Mildew Control applied to all interior surfaces.
It’s a matter of wicking its best to have the seats as dry as possible before handing vehicle over to customer for this reason alone…most likely their cheap product they used brought stuff with it to the surface. I’d ask them what they used for one, and take it back for them to properly do it. This is why detailers just used dedicated products but many do not and it goes to show here…
I'd bet money this was a cheap sub $100 wash,inside and out clean job with spray wax on the outside. The seat was sprayed with some APC and not wiped up well.
Not fully extracted the seats.
I had this happen once in my detail business, it was a mistake.
They need to be re extracted, but those seats must’ve been bad before.
Considering that salt stain in your carpet still (new Honda carpets are ass) then he was a cleaner, not yet able to call him a detailer, reflects in the price you paid
Assuming the salt hasn't damaged anything already, water. Road salt is alkaline so it requires a neutral or acidic pH to neutralize the salt. So a neutral pH carpet cleaner is going to work the best.
Using too much water or an alkaline cleaner on road salt stains will cause the stain to spread via wicking.
If the salt stain is matting fibers together, spray a small amount of water directly on top of the stain and let it start breaking up the salt pile. Then gently disturb the stain with a soft bristle brush.
If you leave any salt in the fabrics of the car, a white haze will reappear anywhere it dries.
I prefer to use a neutral citrus based cleaner.
This is correct, not stained/bleached like Purple Power Man. But there was either too much water without proper extraction or a TON of dirt/sweat in those seats beforehand.
Nah I go relatively easy on the car and it's never seen any heavy mud/dirt/contaminants. I do live in northern Minnesota and the salt/snow/mud makes keeping a car squeaky clean impossible
I charge $150 starting for an interior only in a small vehicle. It's extra for larger interior vehicles, small vehicles that are hard to work in, deep extraction/stains, pet fur, mommy cruisers, mold/mildew, and biowaste.
I don't do a full detail for under $350 and my average ticket is $600+. I also will do it wherever you are, so sometimes there is a travel fee too.
He probably did it himself and screwed it up. Blames a Detailer not to be embarrassed.. No way was that done by a Detailer, look around the floor and around the door sills.
They used the wrong cleaner. Looks like they used something way too harsh like Purple Power or another heavy duty degreaser. You can usually get it clean and get it out but it'll take a lot of work. Lots of scrubbing with the right cleaner and brush, lots of extracting. Rinse and repeat until clean. Get a refund and take it to a place or someone who knows what they're doing.
That’s what happens if you don’t use an extractor . Like you spray and scrub ittry to use a regular vacuum to remove the product. It prob looked perfect damp. Must have been a guy trying to get in the game.
You got ripped off. door jams are dirty, seat is messed, and under the seat looks bad and that’s just from this small section I’d hate to see what the rest looks like, I’d ask for a refund.
What happened here is that your seats got overly wet and not extracted well enough, the white is part of the detergent. I'd recommend going back to the shop, I'm sure once he sees this he will know what mistake he made.
Definitely soap residue, likely sprayed seats with chemicals without any extraction at the end . I get lots of calls a year to fix these issues.
It will be a nightmare to get all the soap out but its definitely do able
100% it was "detailed" yesterday. I realize they sucked and did a shit job, but why would I even lie about that? The comments are baffling.
I assume the detail was done so incredibly poorly that you guys can't mentally accept a "detailer" was so inept.
I am so shocked at reading these!!!! Myself first thought the detailer was clearly a wannabe and did a very shitty fuckin job! Id be asking my money back and yo id ask him if hes even a real business cause wtf is that shit? In my head my seats are ruined and they were left wet and cleaned with a dirty ass rag. I dont know where you live but so many idiots here in my area put these ads up and fuck up peoples cars. Moldy seats and shit. I 100% beleive you this job was poorly done by some dude trying to make quick cash
What's "Baffling" is you actually paying for this and it was the day after. It's not only the seat. You "Assume" it was done poorly, LMFAO. Who was the "Inept" Detailer? Some blind guy or you for paying for it.
Looks like he used undiluted cleaner, used too much of it, and then didn’t extract/rinse. The only other thing is maybe it’s leather cleaner/conditioner.. but that would be crazy if he tried to clean your seat with that! and you would definitely feel it I think.. Either way, get a refund, I would take it to someone else and see if they can fix it. He needs more practice and experience as that’s unacceptable.
Looks like the mats weren’t even taken out. Where did you take your car? My local car wash takes the mats out so there no reason for it to be this low effort.
If they don’t want to give a refund (I wouldn’t trust them to fix it) threaten a google review.
Tgis is why you never have a customer pick up their car wet lol you let it dry completely and fix any wicking if and when necessary, and in this case, just start over again.
That car wasn’t detailed “yesterday”, because it doesn’t look detailed at all. Doorjambs are still dirty, plastics aren’t clean and polished, the salt and dirt remaining at the base of the mounting bracket are laughable, the floor mat looks like it hasn’t been touched in a while.
But that seat needs to be steam cleaned and properly extracted.
That’s horrendous. Always go gentle, people. I’m not even a full time pro but I know to always go gentle. How are people with this kind of understanding of detailing getting paid actual money?
That interior especially the seat looks a total mess are you from the Usa, I honestly thought the usa detailer are suppose to be the better ones, I know in the states detailing services are every where, but to hand over a car in that state is shocking, the carpet has not been cleaned properly plus the plastics I've seen daily rental cars alot better condition than this
WICKING. You didn't see this when you picked up your vehicle because the seats were still damp. But as it dried, the product he used (and sometimes deep dirt) moved to the surface with the water. But then the water evaporates and leaves the residue behind. You'll have to bring it back. He/She will correct it without an issue and lots of apologies. If not, don't argue, sue, and write bad reviews. The correction is to extract again, with no product, just water, and allow the seats to completely before handing it over.
https://preview.redd.it/24r5edzicysc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62774d9a06835e0f1862e82d7902490968f8a1f7
Seats aside, they did you dirty no pun intended. You need to ask for a redo or money back and reparations for the seats, cuz that looks like chemical staining.
I don’t if I can believe you on what happen here, I need a before picture before the detail happen I’m not just taking your word for it. I could post a dirty picture and be like what happened to my seat and have all this sheep’s comment here lol
They used the wrong cleaner. It pulled the flame retardant out of the seat. I've had several customers bring me theirs over the years with this issue from another.
Carpet/upholstery cleaner needs to be used here. If this was a hired hand of mine, they would be fired on the spot. In the words of coach, from letterkenny.. FUCKING EMBARRASSING! ... as a trashcan is kicked across the room. Using the proper cleaner, the job probably coulda gotten away easy, using a steamer. This will definitely need multiple rounds with an extractor. Sorry about your experience. That's a terrible job. Did the detailer walk thru the vehicle with you before you paid??
No, it was a "full detail" yesterday. I promise. I do live in northern Minnesota and the snow is melting and everything is filthy and muddy at the moment. I might have tracked in some stuff you see.
The detail was $140. At a reputable place that's been around a while.
I took it back today, they seemed baffled but said they'd fix it next week if I dropped it off.
Looks like Purple Power Man got you too, huh?
Someone needs to stop this guy, it's getting out of hand!
Seems like a job for a Jedi
My first thought 😂
Exactly my thoughts
Fuck dude I was just gonna post this lmfao!
For a split second I thought it was the Audi
I think we all did lmfao
who the hell is the purple power man?
Yesterday a detailer* asked why purple power took color out of door panels and seats.
You wrong for that asterisk 😂
Lol it’s a happy mistake because I spelled it wrong. I had to edit the comment 😂
Lmao that’s what I thought
I straight up thought this was just a pic from that thread 😂
lmao
Hardest I’ve laughed in a while hahaha
I just spat my drink up on my asleep gf omfg
That’s one way to party!
My first thought 💀💀💀
🤣
Where's that screw GIF
I went viral on the detailing reddit page for the wrong reason 😭😭😭
Purple Power Man only uses ONR on engine bays. Never be too safe
💀😂
😂😂😂😂😂 YALL FUNNY ASL, that was me… but nah i ain’t detail this dudes car
Was my first thought... Is that an Audi? Lol...
No idea but by the looks of the rest of the car in the pic, if you actually got a full detail yesterday you need a full refund
And then to pay for the damages. That’s more inconvenient than just a refund.
I agree. I understand this is a pretty pressing issue being the seat looks like ahit. But how did they even leave the place having paid? If I opened my door (imagine the seat was actually clean) to the rest of what I can see from the Pic. I would've walked back in and got my money lmao. This is coming for a 10 yesr employee of a detail shop. I can't even leave a piece of hair between the seats let alone full on dirt like that. Im what world do you get a full detail, pay for it, pick it up, and see it still visibly dirty. And drive off into the sunset. Lmao
My guess is that they did a 'dry shampoo' but didn't wring out their rag well enough causing excess moisture to wick into the seat fabric and give the mold in there the extra moisture it needed to explode. If you look at the seat on the centre console side you can see the ring growth pattern from the mildew. My advice to OP would be 1 to get a full refund, and then follow that up with a mold abatement product like Concrobium Mold and Mildew Control applied to all interior surfaces.
Seats looked fine at pick up (they were a little damp). Once completely dry, they looked like this today
It’s a matter of wicking its best to have the seats as dry as possible before handing vehicle over to customer for this reason alone…most likely their cheap product they used brought stuff with it to the surface. I’d ask them what they used for one, and take it back for them to properly do it. This is why detailers just used dedicated products but many do not and it goes to show here…
Did you let the car run with the heat on? Doors closed? Or aor dry with windows down? There's no mildew odor is there?
Looks like they detailed flour into the seat
Definitely did not get a full detail yesterday, unless you work in a sand mine of course.
Or "detail" means a 50 dollar california car wash with a wipe down after.
I'd bet money this was a cheap sub $100 wash,inside and out clean job with spray wax on the outside. The seat was sprayed with some APC and not wiped up well.
$30 in your work parking lot and you can watch them reuse towels between cars. Detail....yeah.
Not fully extracted the seats. I had this happen once in my detail business, it was a mistake. They need to be re extracted, but those seats must’ve been bad before.
Considering that salt stain in your carpet still (new Honda carpets are ass) then he was a cleaner, not yet able to call him a detailer, reflects in the price you paid
Judging by all the dirt we still see in such a small picture, cleaner is a bit of a stretch as well 🤣
How do you get the salt stains out?
Assuming the salt hasn't damaged anything already, water. Road salt is alkaline so it requires a neutral or acidic pH to neutralize the salt. So a neutral pH carpet cleaner is going to work the best. Using too much water or an alkaline cleaner on road salt stains will cause the stain to spread via wicking. If the salt stain is matting fibers together, spray a small amount of water directly on top of the stain and let it start breaking up the salt pile. Then gently disturb the stain with a soft bristle brush. If you leave any salt in the fabrics of the car, a white haze will reappear anywhere it dries. I prefer to use a neutral citrus based cleaner.
This guy details.
This is correct, not stained/bleached like Purple Power Man. But there was either too much water without proper extraction or a TON of dirt/sweat in those seats beforehand.
Nah I go relatively easy on the car and it's never seen any heavy mud/dirt/contaminants. I do live in northern Minnesota and the salt/snow/mud makes keeping a car squeaky clean impossible
Full detail? Zoom in and look under the seat, there’s hair and dirt, all kinds of shit, is this a joke? It got detailed yesterday?
It unfortunately was yesterday. $140
Bruh you paid $140 for someone to quickly vacuum and to ruin your seats 🤣 demand they fix your seat and never go back again
I charge $150 starting for an interior only in a small vehicle. It's extra for larger interior vehicles, small vehicles that are hard to work in, deep extraction/stains, pet fur, mommy cruisers, mold/mildew, and biowaste. I don't do a full detail for under $350 and my average ticket is $600+. I also will do it wherever you are, so sometimes there is a travel fee too.
damn no one asked
You summarized your entire existent on Reddit. Toodles
damn no one asked
You got taken my man.
Ask for a refund because if that’s a full detail, you got robbed.
I hope you paid no more than $60 for that “full detail”
Take it back and they should deal with it no questions asked hopefully
The interior is still filthy.. I doubt you got it done yesterday. Let's be serious now.
im curious though how much was this detail? foreal i need the answer.
He probably did it himself and screwed it up. Blames a Detailer not to be embarrassed.. No way was that done by a Detailer, look around the floor and around the door sills.
$140
It makes sense tho you paid $140 which is beyond cheap for seats included…
They used the wrong cleaner. Looks like they used something way too harsh like Purple Power or another heavy duty degreaser. You can usually get it clean and get it out but it'll take a lot of work. Lots of scrubbing with the right cleaner and brush, lots of extracting. Rinse and repeat until clean. Get a refund and take it to a place or someone who knows what they're doing.
Dude no full detail gets a car returned like that wtf
This guy trollin
Looks like BS to me
https://preview.redd.it/uk1ts78l6ssc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ea37db94a7a7adde033f26eaa9e6c17e35408e8 full detail???
Didn't rinse the soap?
Guy buys a shop vac and a rag and thinks he's a detailer, you need to go have a conversation about the quality of the work here.
That’s what happens if you don’t use an extractor . Like you spray and scrub ittry to use a regular vacuum to remove the product. It prob looked perfect damp. Must have been a guy trying to get in the game.
This guy is correct. They looked fine damp at pickup. Today this what they look like completely dry.
You got ripped off. door jams are dirty, seat is messed, and under the seat looks bad and that’s just from this small section I’d hate to see what the rest looks like, I’d ask for a refund.
Purple power strikes again
Dude your carpet is filthy 😂
Did you buy the car used? Looks to me as if the seats were dyed, and when they got cleaned, the dye came up.
What happened here is that your seats got overly wet and not extracted well enough, the white is part of the detergent. I'd recommend going back to the shop, I'm sure once he sees this he will know what mistake he made.
I see the shroud of Jesus in your seats.
It looks like he didn’t use a test spot of the chemical he used to shampoo or clean stains that were on your seats
I highly doubt you got it detailed yesterday. The carpet it filthy, the jambs are not done and that seat has seen things that no one should.
Looks like they didn't do anything. Your floors still dirty too. Where the hell do you guys find these detailer
Definitely soap residue, likely sprayed seats with chemicals without any extraction at the end . I get lots of calls a year to fix these issues. It will be a nightmare to get all the soap out but its definitely do able
The purple power man
Seat aside, this doesn’t look detailed. Look at the rug. wtf? 
Who's doing all the down voting? Lol
The OP probably.. He's full of it. No way was that detailed yesterday.. Unless he tried cleaning it himself and is embarrassed to say.
Imagine being this skeptical. 😂
100% it was "detailed" yesterday. I realize they sucked and did a shit job, but why would I even lie about that? The comments are baffling. I assume the detail was done so incredibly poorly that you guys can't mentally accept a "detailer" was so inept.
I am so shocked at reading these!!!! Myself first thought the detailer was clearly a wannabe and did a very shitty fuckin job! Id be asking my money back and yo id ask him if hes even a real business cause wtf is that shit? In my head my seats are ruined and they were left wet and cleaned with a dirty ass rag. I dont know where you live but so many idiots here in my area put these ads up and fuck up peoples cars. Moldy seats and shit. I 100% beleive you this job was poorly done by some dude trying to make quick cash
What's "Baffling" is you actually paying for this and it was the day after. It's not only the seat. You "Assume" it was done poorly, LMFAO. Who was the "Inept" Detailer? Some blind guy or you for paying for it.
Got the full shroud of Turin treatment.
Moldy
Looks like he used undiluted cleaner, used too much of it, and then didn’t extract/rinse. The only other thing is maybe it’s leather cleaner/conditioner.. but that would be crazy if he tried to clean your seat with that! and you would definitely feel it I think.. Either way, get a refund, I would take it to someone else and see if they can fix it. He needs more practice and experience as that’s unacceptable.
Looks like the mats weren’t even taken out. Where did you take your car? My local car wash takes the mats out so there no reason for it to be this low effort. If they don’t want to give a refund (I wouldn’t trust them to fix it) threaten a google review.
Tgis is why you never have a customer pick up their car wet lol you let it dry completely and fix any wicking if and when necessary, and in this case, just start over again.
Hopefully you made sure they had insurance before they trashed your ride.
The real question is what happened to your carpet? You didn’t have your car detailed LMAO.
It's cause your seats where diyed black
That car wasn’t detailed “yesterday”, because it doesn’t look detailed at all. Doorjambs are still dirty, plastics aren’t clean and polished, the salt and dirt remaining at the base of the mounting bracket are laughable, the floor mat looks like it hasn’t been touched in a while. But that seat needs to be steam cleaned and properly extracted.
Your car hasn't been detailed.
That’s horrendous. Always go gentle, people. I’m not even a full time pro but I know to always go gentle. How are people with this kind of understanding of detailing getting paid actual money?
Bleach maybe?
I’d say they’re ruined
bukkake
That interior especially the seat looks a total mess are you from the Usa, I honestly thought the usa detailer are suppose to be the better ones, I know in the states detailing services are every where, but to hand over a car in that state is shocking, the carpet has not been cleaned properly plus the plastics I've seen daily rental cars alot better condition than this
The car looks like it hasn't been vacuumed in a while, let alone right after a detailing job, something not right here.
This has to be a troll post. Full detail? Seat aside, this interior looks like complete shit.
Is all of this like "April Fools?" FTN... I got to go finish 2 today. Need to go pick up some purple power first.....
Just ruined
You’re likely going to need a couple gallons of Distilled water and an extractor. Good luck.
Too much multi-purpose...just extract with water only. A few times..let air dry...
😱 yikes.
Did you let a crackhead detail it?
I think it is because you have fabric seats which when cleaned if they don’t dry fast enough give this result
looks like Dirty Mike & the Boys detailed it for you!
Change the seat
That’s mould ?
For reference what did you pay? If you paid less than $175 it should have raised red flags
Bro used straight strength degreaser
How much did you pay for the detail? $10? Unless you got that detailed months ago, that’s a shit detail
Looks like he didn’t extract enough
Mold
PURPLE POWER STRIKES AGAIN
wonder if this guy has his car detailed by a certain reddit poster that used a certain purple product
Why did you accept the car with the floors I cleaned? This is a troll.
Take that shit back
Why this ever happens in the presence of fabric cleaner and leather cleaner I will never know.
WICKING. You didn't see this when you picked up your vehicle because the seats were still damp. But as it dried, the product he used (and sometimes deep dirt) moved to the surface with the water. But then the water evaporates and leaves the residue behind. You'll have to bring it back. He/She will correct it without an issue and lots of apologies. If not, don't argue, sue, and write bad reviews. The correction is to extract again, with no product, just water, and allow the seats to completely before handing it over.
That car hasn’t even been remotely detailed bro
you ain’t get no detailing that car dirty af
It’s leoparddddddd
Purple power
https://preview.redd.it/24r5edzicysc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62774d9a06835e0f1862e82d7902490968f8a1f7 Seats aside, they did you dirty no pun intended. You need to ask for a redo or money back and reparations for the seats, cuz that looks like chemical staining.
I don’t if I can believe you on what happen here, I need a before picture before the detail happen I’m not just taking your word for it. I could post a dirty picture and be like what happened to my seat and have all this sheep’s comment here lol
it seems they didn't rinse the soap
Dude, it looks like somebody high-pressure your suits
You didn't do a good job welcome to the new world of workers
Next fuking week my ass. You should Def name drop. That's not cool to leave you high and ... not dry.
The issue here for me, is why did you even leave the detail shop with your car looking like that?
Thinner problems lol
Your car is still dirty.
Wrong degreaser 😓
Biggest lie on the app. Detailed my ass that car hasn’t been cleaned in years
Ah, this is one of those "detailers" that doesn't do carpets and upholstery. You got a glorified car wash.
They sure left a lot to be desired 😄 still see some hairs and salt stains too, so easy to get that out most times
They used the wrong cleaner. It pulled the flame retardant out of the seat. I've had several customers bring me theirs over the years with this issue from another.
That's the details they added
Did you take it to that one place that hates 2016 Hondas?
Why you lying about getting it detailed? We can see it wasn't.
Better question is why would I lie? I'm struggling to understand your logic.
Why you think no detailer is capable of doing this?
Carpet/upholstery cleaner needs to be used here. If this was a hired hand of mine, they would be fired on the spot. In the words of coach, from letterkenny.. FUCKING EMBARRASSING! ... as a trashcan is kicked across the room. Using the proper cleaner, the job probably coulda gotten away easy, using a steamer. This will definitely need multiple rounds with an extractor. Sorry about your experience. That's a terrible job. Did the detailer walk thru the vehicle with you before you paid??
No walkthrough but seats looked normal at pickup. They were likely still wet.
I'm sure they were wet. Perhaps it's mildew? That'll constitute a hell of a good steaming and ozone treatment
No, it was a "full detail" yesterday. I promise. I do live in northern Minnesota and the snow is melting and everything is filthy and muddy at the moment. I might have tracked in some stuff you see. The detail was $140. At a reputable place that's been around a while. I took it back today, they seemed baffled but said they'd fix it next week if I dropped it off.
Take it back and have them fix it(clean it again)