First really bad interior.

Damonsfcd

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Hey all, hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I wanted a little feedback to some questions, so I found the 101 forum right for the job.

So I had someone call me about a 2015 Ford Fusion. They said their baby had spilled some milk in the back seat. So I drove down to have a look. I was surprised. The car looked several years old inside, but the odometer was reading just over 10k miles. Well, I don't yet have an extractor so I decided to rent a good ol' rug doctor. The clients were friends so there wasn't any money involved.

My process was as follows:
Pretreat with Folex.

Extract. Oxy Clean was in the rinse container. I dumped three scoops in a 5 gallon bucket and filled it up to the top, mixed well and filled the rinse container with that.

Using the extractor, I made one pass with the trigger squeezed and then two to three passes with the vac only. Repeat until stains disappear.

Then I let the carpet/upholstery dry.

Lastly, after everything was dry the first time, I spot-treated remaining stains with Wolfgang Carpet and Upholstery Restorer.

Here are the results:
Rear driver seat before:
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And after:


Rear driver floor:



Front Passenger side:





Front driver's side floor: (seat was ok, despite the rest of the inside)



Rear passenger side:
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So my question is: Should I be discouraged at the results? How can I improve this process?

Thanks!
 
Usually what Ill do to save alot of time is vaccum everything out all at once. then work on stains and everything. Just so that there is no dirt while working.

I like folex as do alot here for carpets and seats. Works well and is cheap. Oxy clean is probably good too
 
Nice job, but spoiled milk can be a hassle to remove the odor. You will need to use an enzyme to completely kill the bacteria.
Wrong color seats to have with kids. A set of seat covers would help.
 
Usually what Ill do to save alot of time is vaccum everything out all at once. then work on stains and everything.
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Ah I forgot to mention I did vacuum everything first :)

spoiled milk can be a hassle to remove the odor. You will need to use an enzyme to completely kill the bacteria.
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You know, I looked at a line of different fabric cleaners. Many said they contained enzymes, but did not specify. I was looking for protease, but couldn't find one that said explicitly that. And the few that said they contained enzymes and had a list of what they were for indicated they were for tannin stains. In the meantime, do you have any product recommendations?
 
U haven't seen nothing yet .I once found a piece of steak in glove box it was horiffic.
 
Damonsfcd said:
Ah I forgot to mention I did vacuum everything first :)



You know, I looked at a line of different fabric cleaners. Many said they contained enzymes, but did not specify. I was looking for protease, but couldn't find one that said explicitly that. And the few that said they contained enzymes and had a list of what they were for indicated they were for tannin stains. In the meantime, do you have any product recommendations?
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Google, Mark V Bio Zyme.
 
a little off topic,I was working at a Mercedes Benz par time at night we would do new car detail,and service retail detail,I was detailing a E320 and under the trunk mat where the spare tire is there was 80 k in cash.And no I didn't take anything.
 
GSKR said:
a little off topic,I was working at a Mercedes Benz par time at night we would do new car detail,and service retail detail,I was detailing a E320 and under the trunk mat where the spare tire is there was 80 k in cash.And no I didn't take anything.
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You're right that is a bit off the wall, it must be nice to have cash like that just laying around the trunk, sheesh.
 
GSKR said:
a little off topic,I was working at a Mercedes Benz par time at night we would do new car detail,and service retail detail,I was detailing a E320 and under the trunk mat where the spare tire is there was 80 k in cash.And no I didn't take anything.
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But you did count it!
 
My personal favorite carpet cleaner is carbrite xd cleaner, wait till you get a minivan full of kids( chocolate milk when spoiled doesn't smell good)
 
No didn't even touch it owner came in real fast next day to reclaim cash and mgr said it was 80 k what a idiot if u can forget u have 80 k in trunk u have some real major issues.
 
Carbrite makes really good products for production detailing they had a tire dressing called eclipse back in the day it would leave the tire extremely wet with no sling ,there crystal shine is a pink lotion polish stuff was great .Today there whole product line changed cause of voc laws.Not to mention they also had a wash n wax car wash soap that made your car so shiny there is no products that perform 10 years ago today .Detailing for 23 years I've used probably 90 percent of all car care products,has anyone heard of tops all out of ny ?
 
GSKR said:
U haven't seen nothing yet .I once found a piece of steak in glove box it was horiffic.
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I once found a pork chop! In the trunk of a Prelude!!! It was the most disgusting smell on the planet. It was liquified inside a ziploc bag with the bone.

This is what we use at work for stink:

Got Stink | Auto Vaccine
 
See I knew somebody else encountered of 2 month piece of meat hidden in the car
 
This lady bought a brand new s550 spilt trays of chili all over the inside of car mechanic took out the carpet and I cleaned it as much as possible with pressure washer followed by extractor .i charged 400 new carpet was 3000 never heard of her after.idiot people why not put it in the trunk .Some rich people I don't understand they have zero common sense and ask yourself I did they make it this far in life .
 
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