JACK: The underside of window switches, indicator stalks, the rear of the steering wheel, these
are all ram-packed with germs.
Let’s get rid of them and make it nice and clean.
[HEAVY MUSIC].
[LAUGHTER].
[MUSIC].
JACK: You must be Darren.
DARREN: Yes, I am.
My name’s Darren, I’m a general builder in London and I drive a Fiat Scudo.
So, my van is quite dirty, it works very hard 7 days a week almost.
We have lots of materials coming in, so you can imagine how dirty it gets.
JACK: How long have you had it?
DARREN: About 4 years now.
JACK: And when was the last time you washed it?
DARREN: About 2 years.
JACK: Tell us a little bit about the inside, because I’m worried.
DARREN: You might find a bit of chips here and…
JACK: I like that.
DARREN: Maybe a teabag or two.
JACK: So I get the impression you’re spending a lot of time in the van, just how much time
is that, is it important to you?
DARREN: Very important, I’m in this literally 7 days a week,
so I don't know what I’d do without it, to be honest.
JACK: Do you mind if we have a look around?
DARREN: Go for it, mate.
JACK: OK then, Darren, you wasn’t lying, you’re definitely living in here.
That’s the worst seats I’ve ever seen.
The floor, you say that’s all cement?
DARREN: Yep.
JACK: Dust everywhere, first aid kit, I’m worried about the back now.
Darren, can we have a look at the back?
DARREN: Yeah, sure.
JACK: Good God, it just looks like he’s poured the cement straight in.
JOE: Does it, he’s got tools in here, we’ve got a paint roller but that’s pretty stuck.
JACK: There’s some stuff in here that’s not going to come out but we can definitely
tidy it up and make it more presentable.
Darren, it’s fair to say the van works just as hard as you.
You was honest, the front is bad, the back definitely needs some attention.
Thank you for putting the steering wheel cover on though.
You get yourself away, we’ll see you in about 8 hours, all right?
DARREN: Yeah, thanks.
JACK: Joe, I know it’s not the normal way of doing things but it’s still chucking
it down outside so I want to stay in here.
What’s the plan of attack for the interior?
JOE: Well, we need to put some time into them seats, they're absolutely riddled with grime,
so let’s worry about the seats, and we need to disinfect the dashboard.
JACK: Definitely, I really want to get the steamer in there, sterilize everything, he’s
spending a load of time in there, let’s just make it a blank canvas.
JOE: Sounds good to me.
JACK: Eight hours though, we’re up against it.
[MUSIC].
JACK: This interior is one of the worst that I’ve seen.
We’ve started with the Hoover to lift the heavy mud off, now we’re going to start
at the top and work our way down using some interior cleaner and a brush, we’ll have
this dash back in no time.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JACK: Interior cleaning, now, generally speaking everybody sprays interior cleaner on and wipes
off the front-facing surfaces, but, there’s loads of safe places for germs and bacteria
to build up and it can go months and months without being cleaned.
So, be mindful, the underside of window switches, indicator stalks, the rear of the steering
wheel, these are all ram-packed with germs, let’s get rid of them and make it nice and clean.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JOE: So it’s time to remove years and years of building site grime out of these seats.
A bit of interior cleaner again, a heavy duty drill brush and once that’s all agitated
we’re going to come back in and extract it with a wet vac.
So now we’ve brushed these seats up you can see this dirt really starting to come
out in the foam.
We’re going to use the wet vac to extract it and really see the results of our hard work.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JACK: Top tip from me, if you’ve got a piece of trim that comes off, take it off and clean
behind it – exhibit A.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Joe, we’re 4 hours in.
JOE: Four hours?
JACK: I’ve just poked my head outside and luckily the rain has stopped, now, I know
these seats aren’t perfect but they're a hell of a lot better than they was.
Let’s get it outside, sort the back out and then we can make a start on this bodywork.
[MUSIC].
JACK: Fancy a day’s labouring?
JOE: I think we’ve got an afternoon of it ahead of us.
JACK: We could sweep the yard out.
We’ll grab the big bits and then I’ll jump in there with a broom, sweep out the small stuff.
JOE: Sounds good to me.
[MUSIC].
JOE: Hold up, Jack, I’ve got a sore arm [LAUGHS].
JACK: That wheelie wasn’t funny.
JOE: [LAUGHS].
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JOE: I’m glad to see the back of that.
JACK: Let’s get this bodywork washed.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JOE: Door shuts – they're not inside, they're not outside.
A quick and effective way is using the pressure washer.
If you’re doing this at home it’s very easy, but be mindful to jet wash away from
the interior and the results are amazing.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JACK: And wash.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JACK: As we know, this van lives on building sites, there’s a real high chance that the
paintwork is covered in iron particles.
So we’re going to use a fall out remover, easily available at any auto parts store,
spray it on, jet wash it off and you’ll have silky smooth paint.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JOE: Jack, Darren’s half an hour away.
JACK: No.
JOE: I know we could decontaminate this for hours but we’ve still got to dry it, we’ve
got to do the glass, we’ve got to dress the tyres.
JACK: Let’s get it done.
[MUSIC].
JACK: That has been really hard work today.
Darren’s on the way and we’re losing the light.
JOE: Could have done with a few more hours just to polish the exterior.
JACK: Definitely, but don’t forget from where it was this morning, night and day difference.
JOE: I think so, so can we get it inside and see what Darren thinks?
JACK: Yep.
Evening Darren, how are you?
DARREN: I'm fine, thank you.
JACK: What do you want to see when we open the shutter?
DARREN: The interior cab where I spend most of my time, I’d love to see a transformation there.
JACK: For me, I don't know about you, the seats, I thought they were gone, I didn't
think they were coming back.
JOE: There was some heavy duty cleaning that’s gone into them seats.
JACK: And the time just disappeared, didn’t it?
JOE: We lost it, yeah, absolutely lost it.
JACK: I’m nervous but I’m excited for you to see it, are you ready?
DARREN: Yeah, I’m ready.
JACK: Let’s go.
DARREN: Oh, wow.
Wow [LAUGHS].
Yeah, it looks amazing, it looks brand new.
[MUSIC].
DARREN: Oh, wow, the seats, I can’t believe this one, I can actually see the colours again.
[MUSIC CONTINUES].
JACK: So, Darren, it’s a far cry from where it was this morning, what do you think?
DARREN: I’m really impressed, I’ll be honest.
JACK: We got in there with a steamer, we went to town, big clean, especially on the parts
that you can’t see.
Every tool we’ve got was used in there.
DARREN: [LAUGHS].
JOE: Fit for a builder’s van.
JACK: Yeah.
Fully respect that this is going to be going back on site, but are you going to try and
keep on top of it?
DARREN: Most definitely, yeah, I don’t really think I want to put anything back in it at the moment.
At least I won’t feel embarrassed to take it to the car wash.
JACK: Just bring it back here.
DARREN: Yeah.