Hall's Custom Detailing: 2004 Ford Explorer

[CumminsCrazed]

Hey guys, had a fellow hunting partner need some detail work done on his Ford Explorer. His main concern was a quart of spilled milk that had sat in his explorer for 3 days after it spilled without the vehicle being driven. Beyond that he also wanted a basic wash and wax, or my "basic" Premium Detail, he also chose the Ult. Premium interior detail due to odor. Anyway, heres my process with pics to follow.



Process



Wash/Clean



* Wash w/ Gold Class shampoo/conditioner, 2 buckets, grit guards

* Wash wheels w/ all wheel cleaner

* Clean tires w/ Westleys Blech-Wite

* Clean fenderwells w/ GC soap and a long handled brush



Prep



* Clay w/ Smooth Surface Clay Kit, Last Touch 1:1 as lube

* Tape of any/all plastics in direct contact with painted surfaces



Protection/LSP



* M21 Synthetic Sealant on paint

* Ultimate Protectant on all exterior black plastics

* M40 on/in fender wells

* Endurance high shine tire gel (purple stuff)



Interior



* Wipe down/scrubbing of whole interior with APC+

* pre-treat all carpets with APC+

* LGM with an odor control cleaner x2 on affected milk areas (worked WELL)

* QID on all interior plastics/vinyls/rubbers etc.

* new Odor Eliminator x2 on all carpets/seats







Befores

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Afters

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[VDawg]

I thought the first couple pix were the after shots.. I was like oh man, this guy sucks. Ha. Nice work!! Did you have to saturate the area where the milk spilled with cleaner? contact time? You didn't show the after of the wheel wells! Great job!

 

[CumminsCrazed]

yeah i missed wheel well shots but you can kinda see em in the afters, a saturated the milk spilled area and scrubbed it and extracted it heavily 2 times, the milk had sat in the vehicle 3 days without moving the vehicle or even being in it, owner couldnt figure out the smell, finally felt around and found the milk jug, shampooed carpet heavily 2 days in a row after that and then finally had an "odor bomb" done at a local dealership, that still didnt work so he brought it to me.

 

[BigAl3]

nice save on that interior... :up



while i'm not a fan of the explorer, the new one coming out don't look to bad...

 

[XL Advantage]

One thing that works really well to get rid of spilled milk on carpets is to use an enzyme/bacteria digester. If the smell comes back pm me and I might be able to help.



Tim

 

[CumminsCrazed]

ok very good, the first tim ei got in the suv i thought i was going to vomit!

 

[Street5927]

By the look of all the leaves on the ground, fall started a little early in Iowa..lol

 

[CumminsCrazed]

nah, those are just from a ton of storms weve had in the recent weeks that dropped leaves early