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Used needles, mud and hay has been found in "one of the worst" vehicles the owner of a car valet business has ever seen - with images showing the full extent of depravity inside the vehicle.
The Volkswagen that arrived at multi-award winning detailing company Premier Shine Detailing shocked owner Craig Davies, 39, from Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire. Craig has seen a fair amount of particularly messy cars in the 11 years he has been running the business. In that time, the owner said has seen his fair share of grubby cars, but nothing like this one. And photos taken by Craig at the end of October shows the car's dirty interior, with carpets covered in mud, strands of hay and used needles.
The car had a selection of used needles in it (Premier Shine Detailing)Craig told Wales Online: "I’ve had quite a few bad vehicles. I’ve had vehicles where there’s been dead animals, I’ve had cars with mushrooms growing in through the carpet. But I’d say that this one was probably one of the worst of them. My first reaction when I saw this car was: 'How in hell am I going to get this car done all in one day on my own?'." When asked if he had been told beforehand what to expect, Craig said: "Not really. They told me that the car was pretty dirty. Obviously, it had been used as a work vehicle for some time."
The car was transformed after valet Craig worked his magic (Premier Shine Detailing)Explaining how he managed to transform the incredibly grubby car, he said: "Basically, I had to strip up everything out. I got rid of the rubbish and put them all into bags – anything that looked important, such as receipts or anything like that, would go into a separate bag unless it was obvious rubbish like sweet wrappers and stuff like that. It would be up for the customers to go through that and see if it’s something they need or can be thrown away.
“Then, I started vacuuming up as much as possible. I wet vacuumed all the seats and carpets. You can’t scrub by hand, you’d need a brush attached to a drill to get rid of the mud in the carpet – the dirt is almost ingrained in it. There was mud everywhere.
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"And then I used tonnes and tonnes of elbow grease basically. It took me around seven-and-a-half hours in total, usually an interior clean would take me around two hours. I was very tired after, I didn’t stop for food or anything – it was seven hours non-stop. I just wanted to go home and have a beer, to be honest."
Although Craig didn't meet the owner of the car, he said that he was sure they would be "blown away" by the results. He shared what he had done on Facebook in a post that has received more than 1.1k responses, with the before and after photos of the car garnering a lot of attention.
Craig continud: "I’ll be honest, I’m getting a lot of cars that are not too far off from that condition. Not quite as bad, but more often than not, I do get farm vehicles and stuff like that. It’s basically just taking car care to another level. It’s not giving your car a quick polish and a hoovering inside, what I do is going into a lot more depth, taking out the seats, recolouring carpets, leathering repairs, collecting defects in the paint."