Dry Ice Cleaning: Obsessed Undercarriage Restoration on the E36 M3 Pt.4

[@illusive123]

Hard to find a dude that takes this much pride in his work👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@clayd333]

Some would call him Obsessed....

[@paulsanner7922]

Always nice to see someone who loves what they do and talks with passion about it.

[@imdeplorable2241]

I just watched a 56 and a half minute video of a man cleaning the underside of a car --- and, I absolutely enjoyed it. That was fascinating to watch. Excellent. 👍👍👍

[@HigeYatsu]

Wow, what an incredible result. Thanks for highlighting this process! Scott seems like a real stand-up guy who has a lot of fun with and takes a lot of pride in his work.

[@tomranum6]

Thank you for a very nice cleaning series! Great to see that there still are genuine experts doing high quality work. Nothing beats experience!

[@Genesislights]

This is the best stress therapy ever!! My blood pressure level was reduced by 15 points!

[@ScottAles]

Stay tuned for the final reveal!

[@codyguzman9117]

i keep rewatching these vids tommy and you have done with scott its like a new addiction

[@Espensoreide]

this is why I love KZbin, this guy is 🤌👌

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

wow this is amazing, i can see this process take off in popularity at a very fast rate

[@emadallie3721]

car looks nice n clean from factory now, nice work time and effort

[@ecdrapela7643]

That segment starting at 19:55 is so satisfying to watch

[@Jimmyoberg85]

We need another podcast with Scott!

[@JuneBugJoe]

have seen some barn find old bicycles that could benefit from this. Im sure you could use this machine for all types of restoration parts and pieces. I bet people with big yachts / sailboats would like certain pieces cleaned too that were able to be brought in. man all types of industrial things as well i bet companies would have shipped in that literally have bottomless pockets. I'm sure you've gotten into all that though and probably keep your time full with the fine cars.

[@groundcontrol6876]

6:54 I thought I was the only one!!! I always leave it absolutely spotless just so they take extra care. Otherwise they will leave grease on the steering wheel, dirt inside and out and scratch your car. But if you bring the car in with a spotless, dressed engine bay, freshly detailed interior, freshly detailed exterior (including wheel wells, inside the wheels, all the jambs, inside tires *the side of the tire u don't see*, immaculate grills etc, they go holy crap, I this thing is absolutely spotless, this is a picky owner that might give me trouble if I return it all greasy like I do with every single car, let me be extra careful. They'll change out their gloves to fresh ones, They'll put their tools elsewhere instead of using that dirty matt that's supposed to not scratch your fenders (come on, it still scratches it, that thing is filthy), and then when they have to go inside the car they put newspaper and take their gloves off to touch the steering wheels and things of that nature. This man thinks just like me, I like him a lot.

[@ErnstDetailing]

If “attention to detail” was a person, Scott would be it.

[@mclarenjohnf1]

And so is Matt

[@MrAumbra]

I friggen love this guy. He makes me look normal. Lol

[@ccwnyc5671]

Scott, if you tell Matt to bring polisher over, you'll never get him out of your workshop. 🤣

[@MiracledetailCoUk]

Nice work how long did the whole Underside take to complete ?

[@ObsessedGarage]

About 20 hours

[@jaysoncarlos8651]

Wow that’s amazing!👍

[@StreamlineCarry]

Great video and spectacular results! I can't help but ask about your lack of breathing protection. Doesn't this process aerosolize a lot of nasty combustion products and friction materials that you don't want to be inhaling? Also, how do you keep the shop clean since you are blasting inside? Thanks!

[@josephc4502]

Great videos Scott. Since you don't do this for hire anymore, can you list your recommended shops that do?

[@tylerward9277]

I’ll second this

[@ScottAles]

@@tylerward9277 We're building an entire directory of shops and will be publishing the locations very soon! Where are you located gentlemen?

[@tylerward9277]

@@ScottAles I’m near Gulfport Mississippi. Thanks for the reply!

[@josephc4502]

I'm in new jersey

[@alfredomartinez2615]

Now this is awesome! Love it!

[@accordgris]

Man That a awesome job !!! really i love it

[@jaxbrewery]

Get that man a Pressol bottle!

[@ScottAles]

I'm ordering a case tomorrow!

[@PabloConcrete]

Dexter is back!

[@Balisage]

This has been a fun series to keep up with. I brought this technology up with my father who is in charge of tooling and repair in the air force and he was very familiar with this process. But he said they could only do it for 90 minutes at a time because of the noise level involved even with ppe. It seems like you don't have to worry about that, why? Is it because this is the more commercial version of this process versus the industrial versions used in the military?

[@ScottAles]

That's another reason I don't use the larger production gun much. It's 125 decibels! My headphones are actually designed for oul rigs.

[@Balisage]

@@ScottAles yeah, that amount of noise sustained for long periods of time would require some serious protection. Good point about the size of the gun. It makes sense that the amount of sound is related to the volume of material being shot. Even the big gun you used in this video has a relatively small effective area. Interesting stuff for sure!

[@johnwalters878]

Westley’s Blech White was awesome! Auto Magic made a whitewall cleaner that was just as good. Not sure if they still have it.

[@gahansel]

My dad used Westley’s Bleach White back when they had white letters. I used it for years on tires before I switched to OG cleaners.

[@ScottAles]

@@gahansel I'm certain that OG has something in the arsenal better!

[@bcastromusic]

The Black Magic Bleche White is a great tip. If you think about it it’s for tires and the undercoating is a rubberized coating...

[@Dobrzanski98]

i love this so much

[@davidmscott4409]

So good!

[@030604lill]

Who else gonna be sad when this series is over? 🙋🏿‍♀️

[@robertfontaine3650]

A week of labour but a beautiful outcome.

[@jonlanden1632]

This is insane!!! Adding this to my list of things I can't afford 🙃 LOL!!!

[@ScottAles]

Not so fast! Matt and I have a value solution coming...

[@carlosbarrera6348]

What is the bring a trailer page for his sold cars

[@279gax]

I am wondering the same, thanks for asking.

[@ScottAles]

Scott_Ales on BaT

[@ScottAles]

Some of the older cars were from a barn find collection which I of course did NOT Dryce® clean!

[@BDcrane34]

hello, how much dry ice did you use for the complete cleaning of the underside of the vehicle?

[@ObsessedGarage]

About 750 pounds on this car.

[@detailgeeks]

Now that it’s clean you need to ceramic coat it! Does he put something on after he is finished?

[@ScottAles]

No, but that is easily accomplished if the client wants it.

[@ianmitchell9102]

Quick question, when your afraid of taking off the sticker can’t you just go further away or use less pressure ?

[@ScottAles]

Sometimes, but we also use a metal dry wall tool to protect stickers while cleaning around them. Works better. I didn't get that on film, sorry.

[@Autoshyne79]

As a small detailing business how can I just buy one outright But small not so expensive is that possible 🤔

[@jorgeserna6439]

This is literally an American James May

[@bekiro28]

so mike's e36 is next

[@ShawnYT]

these cameras are insane wtf

[@michaelbarney3186]

He mentions his Bring a Trailer listings a few times. Anyone know his username?

[@ObsessedGarage]

bringatrailer.com/member/scott_ales/

[@smitty4699]

this guy is drier than the ice he's shooting

[@johnpaull135]

So now Matt that it’s soo clean why don’t you ceramic coat it 😀 Jp

[@iponce011]

i would like to asses the PPE you are using. hearing protection - NRR rating? plugs used with muffs? dBs of your work area over 90 ? gloves - Temperature rating? you said no mask have you considered a full face respirator with p100 filters ? might as well if you want to use a face shield but not half face respirator.

[@ScottAles]

Sensear headsets www.sensear.com/products/smart-headsets/sm1p02-wireless-wired-headset Gloves are latex first, then regular work gloves. I learned living in Iowa that air space between coverings is a great insulator. I always use a full face shield, occasionally wear a n95 mask, mostly when I'm doing wheel wells and brakes.

[@C0DG0D22]

Just curious, why knock off the cosmoline if that’s the “factory finish”?

[@ScottAles]

Cosmoline is applied at the factory just like the white film stuck to the outside of cars today. Or, like the green spray that used to come on white wall tires new. And if you bought a German built car in Germany, they didn't apply the cosmoline as liberally. I actually found an option code for US cosmoline to protect the cars on the boat ride over. There are many factory installed protective things on new cars which are designed to be removed before use or sale.

[@C0DG0D22]

@@ScottAles good to know. so why remove it?

[@C0DG0D22]

Because it chips and looks ugly?

[@ScottAles]

@@C0DG0D22 because it has decades of sand, grit, tar, road kill and who knows what else clinging to it. How long do you keep a fly trap? Not to mention these cars are no longer used in harsh climate daily. Would you spray new cosmoline on a custom built, nut and bolt restored restomod? Or how about a concours level car?

[@C0DG0D22]

@@ScottAles I guess it makes sense for a Florida car. I live in ny, cars can’t get enough rust protection here

[@NeoB-Lac]

Jumping on the and wagon 🙄

[@myalfie]

Love to know the cost of this undercarriage clean?

[@argyleandplaidful]

He talks about this in the first few minutes of the video.

[@par__m3]

On a recent podcast they estimated somewhere around 25-30 hours for this car to get to OG specs, so you can do the math at an hourly rate of $250-300.

[@gebhardt2]

No X-brace but some aftermarket exhaust? I thought this was OEM perfection. It just feels like a newbie video. Sorry. I've had better days.

[@ObsessedGarage]

What? I just got the car. This was step 1.

[@alfworks]

I think I saw you missing a spot...

[@ScottAles]

I'm not finished...

[@zaceryhammond1144]

@@ScottAles jokes aside man this is incredible I could only hope to obtain this level of detail with my undercarriage

[@eurospek]

Total cost of cleaning?

[@ScottAles]

25 hours, $300/ hour

[@eurospek]

Thank you!

[@greasyginzo]

Can we get a cut of this series of just the actual cleaning? The information is nice and interesting but this dude repeats himself and stops way too often.

[@harjotpanesar7835]

Doesn’t he kinda look like Steve carrel

[@pbob3161]

First

[@82Bjarni]

So what? im second