the first step
Yooo, I bought a used van!
Dude, congratulations!
Now what do I do?
Put on some gloves and get to scrubbin!
This gnarly stuff is all the heat wrap — basically sticker remnants — that was still stuck in the seams on the outside of the van.
Look how gross the van was before Doug swept and scrubbed every surface with all-purpose cleaner.
And check out how nice it looked after he used alcohol to clean the bare metal, repainted the floor, and hit all the dings with a paint pen.
Under the seat was particularly grody and required a fistful of Armoral wipes and a good stiff drink afterward.
“They obviously didn’t care about it,” he said. “But it was gonna be our home, so I wanted to take care of it. Start off right.”