Ford Escape Horror Interior - Visual Pro Detailing

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Well folks, it's been a while since I've posted some of my interior detailing antics, and this Ford Escape was a good place to start on some of my backlogged pictures from my interior projects.

To let anyone know ahead of time, I will take on basically any interior job, no matter how bad, as long as I think I can get a good result and get paid accordingly. I actually enjoy some of these bad interiors because the before and after pictures are rather amazing and the challenge is excellent.

This Ford Escape sat in a field for over a year. There was mouse poop everywhere, dirt, dust, and grim in every nook and cranny. It had a horrific smell that was a mixture of mold, musk, and mouse urine.

Before I even started on the detail I fogged the entire vehicle using the DrivePur system and SHOK to kill most of the bacteria and allergens. That being said, it was still a full respirator, double glove job.

Total detail time: 10 hours

My process was as follows:

DrivePur antibacterial treatment
Glove up, respirator up
Vacuum
Blow out nooks and crannies with compressed air
Vacuum again
Clean hard surfaces with Tornador Black and Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner
Clean all hard surfaces with Megs APC diluted 1:10, by spraying on surfaces then agitating with boar's hair brush
Pre-Treat carpet with Hydrox Encap carpet cleaning solution, diluted 1:4
Clean carpets with Tornador Black using Hydrox Encap 1:10
Extract Carpets using my Cleanfreak extractor
Repeat carpet cleaning process
Let dry, thoroughly vacuum
Clean headliner with Megs APC 1:10 by hand
DrivePur Heavy Odor Removal treatment
Dress interior with 303 Aerospace
Clean Glass 2x using Detailer's Pro Crystal Glass cleaner

And on to the pictures...
Fun..
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Driver's floor board area
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Lots of nastiness in all nooks and crannies
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This was not all dust, it was mostly deeply embedded dirt and grime
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Fun... yes that is a live cartridge in the center console
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Passenger floor board... mouse droppings
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Yeah.. did I mention I take on just about everything?
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Drivers side floor board after
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Seats look a lot better, but there was some residual staining that could not be removed.
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Looking much better!
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Center console came out great!
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The section formally known as "mouse dropping central"
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That's about as close to brand new looking it was going to get!
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Rear storage compartment. This area was not really bad before, forgot to snap picture.
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Rear seats after, 95% improvement
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Nice clean door panels
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Thanks for looking! I have several more jobs similar or worse than this job on my camera that I will be uploading when I get to it.
 
VERY, VERY nicely done! I was quite concerned after reading it sat in a field for a year haha
 
Well done! A good interior job is always rewarding to me when it is done. You knocked this one out!
 
Great job, Mark. Unbelievable turnaround!!

Walter

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7.3powerstroke said:
Great job mark, thanks for posting. Did you leave the seats in or pull em?
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Thanks! I Left them in. I only pull seats if it will make a big difference and if the customer is willing to pay significantly more.
 
Looks like it was never parked in a field for a year. After all the droppings and trash were removed and the interior extracted did that get rid of the horrible mouse stink?

But I wish there was a back story to this.
Why would anyone park a decent looking vehicle, undriven, in a field for a year?
I had a car parked in my back yard for almost ten years once. But it had something to do with the rod sticking out the side of the block. Plus it had absolutely nothing made of fabric inside of it anyway. So that heap had an excuse.
What was the Escapes?
 
Great job! You certainly did an outstanding job. I'm sure the client was thrilled.
 
Nice job, hopefully they appreciated your hard work. Is that a 5.56 round in console?
 
Nice job great turn around, i agree on getting some bad interiors every once in a while its nice to have a good challenge. It really shows how dedicated you are and how good of work you can do
 
Fantastic work! I hate doing interior work, but love seeing threads with complete turn arounds like this!
 
oldmodman said:
Looks like it was never parked in a field for a year. After all the droppings and trash were removed and the interior extracted did that get rid of the horrible mouse stink?

But I wish there was a back story to this.
Why would anyone park a decent looking vehicle, undriven, in a field for a year?
I had a car parked in my back yard for almost ten years once. But it had something to do with the rod sticking out the side of the block. Plus it had absolutely nothing made of fabric inside of it anyway. So that heap had an excuse.
What was the Escapes?
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Not really sure the complete story. I know it had to have some mechanical work done after the detail, and they were planning to give the car to a relative. Perhaps it was a third or hand me down vehicle for them.

The mouse smell did come out. The DrivePur heavy odor removal treatments are very strong and will even remove heavy smoke odor if pre treated properly.
 
Mark,

Awesome job as usual!

Which cleanfreak unit do you have? This is the first time I heard of that brand. A quick search shows favorable reviews. Also, what air compressor are you using?
 
DeansDetailing said:
Mark,

Awesome job as usual!

Which cleanfreak unit do you have? This is the first time I heard of that brand. A quick search shows favorable reviews. Also, what air compressor are you using?
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It's a Cleanfreak cold water spot extractor, 2.5 gallon I think. Very inexpensive unit that works just as well as a hot water extractor with proper pre treatment. My compressor is a fairly small 35 gallon Husky purchased from Home Depot.

I have up of a mold covered car I will try and get up in the next week or so.
 
I dont know why I am still surprised at the freaking awesome work that everyone posts here on AG! That was a really nice save! They got their monies worth for sure.
 
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