the first step

Yooo, I bought a used van!

Dude, congratulations!

Now what do I do?

Put on some gloves and get to scrubbin!

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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.

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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.

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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.”