Alek@DeepClean
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- Feb 27, 2013
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This client recently bought a used 1991 Ford Expedition from a friend, who had used the vehicle since 2005 as a work truck for his home painting business. This vehicle has clearly been through some very serious neglect, although I suppose as a work truck, though, that isn't terribly surprising. The car also smelled heavily of paint, which the owner noted as a primary concern because it gave his wife a headache just driving it home when they bought it. Now, let's get down to business! Excuse the poor photography 
BEFORE:
At this point, the owner took me around to the back to see the cargo area. He warned me it was bad, and it was.
Some of what you see here is dried flakes of paint on top of the carpet. However, 90% of what is there is globs of paint dried deep into the carpet. Had this guy never heard of drop cloths? Or closing paint buckets?
I looked up, prepared to yell angrily at the heavens, when i saw this:
I don't think the door jambs on this truck have been cleaned since it rolled off the lot in 1991. Time to quit yapping and get to work!
AFTER:
This one came out weird. I promise the floormat doesn't have that brown discoloration in the center! :xyxthumbs:
And of course, the cargo area's big reveal!
The owner was ecstatic. His wife had originally scoffed at my $100 price tag, but came around after seeing the results. "It's like a whole different vehicle now!" The owner confessed to me afterwards that he had thought there was no way the 5-6 year old paint was coming out of the carpet, and couldn't believe I had even taken the job in the first place. Apparently he had already had another detailer come around, who told him there wasn't much to be done about it at this point. I showed him! :dblthumb2: Thanks for reading, everyone!
BEFORE:
At this point, the owner took me around to the back to see the cargo area. He warned me it was bad, and it was.
Some of what you see here is dried flakes of paint on top of the carpet. However, 90% of what is there is globs of paint dried deep into the carpet. Had this guy never heard of drop cloths? Or closing paint buckets?
I looked up, prepared to yell angrily at the heavens, when i saw this:
I don't think the door jambs on this truck have been cleaned since it rolled off the lot in 1991. Time to quit yapping and get to work!
AFTER:
This one came out weird. I promise the floormat doesn't have that brown discoloration in the center! :xyxthumbs:
And of course, the cargo area's big reveal!
The owner was ecstatic. His wife had originally scoffed at my $100 price tag, but came around after seeing the results. "It's like a whole different vehicle now!" The owner confessed to me afterwards that he had thought there was no way the 5-6 year old paint was coming out of the carpet, and couldn't believe I had even taken the job in the first place. Apparently he had already had another detailer come around, who told him there wasn't much to be done about it at this point. I showed him! :dblthumb2: Thanks for reading, everyone!
