So my new to me Excursion needed some interior love. The PO used it for hauling a food truck, and subsequently used the cargo area for food and supplies. As such, the rear carpet was soaked in cooking oil, to the point that the wells in the floor for attaching the third row seat, were filled with spilt cooking oil.

Here it is, smelling like deep fried turds.



so the first thing I did was pull the carpet out and use my handy, dandy pressure washer and a bottle of “Mean Green” cleaner and degreaser. It took 4 applications, deck brush scrubbing, rinses, and repeats for it to come clean.





once cleaned, I hung it out to dry in the sunlight for 4 days.
While that was drying, I used the same cleaner to scrub down the interior panels, and now exposed floor. I went through an entire roll of paper towels, soaking the oil from the wells.



I then reinstalled the carpet and freshly painted floor brackets, and rear trim panel.



Money spent so far:
$5.99 - 1 gallon of Mean green
$3.99 - 1 can dupli-color fast drying gloss black paint.

up next, the third row seat cleaning.......

 

That looks a thousand times better!! Great job, I'd be proud as hell of that.

 

That looks great! Is the carpet gray with all the other tan interior?

 

Thanks.
yes it is. I’m not sure if that’s the way it was from the factory, or if someone replaced it at some point. But it looks factory to me.

 

So when I bought it, the third row seat was not in it. The PO told me he had it, but he just never used it. After schedule conflicts for a couple of weeks I was able to meet up with him to pick up the seat.
it was gross.
he informed me then, that it had been under his patio for over a year. It was covered in mud, the rails were rusted, and when I opened the seat, all kinds of ants and creepy crawlies scattered in all directions.





so once again, out came the pressure washer and Mean a green!







the seat came cleaner than I thought it would, but was still stained from the neglect. I didn’t get a picture, but at some point a child...at least I hope it was a child...had written “Fart” on the seat. So before I tackled that, I worked on the rusted rails. I didn’t take before pictures, because I honestly wasn’t expecting good results. However I used a product by Rust Oleum that “turns” rust into black primer. Following the instructions, I removed loose rust with a wire brush and washed away the dust. Then sprayed the area with the product. I did 3 coats, 2 minutes between them, then let it sit overnight. The next morning I sprayed with the gloss black paint from before. I think the results were quite nice. You can see in the picture where the rust had gotten on the fabric and stained it.



Rustoleum rust fix product: $7.99

 

To cover up the “fart”, and take care of the stains on the seat, I used Dupli-color vinyl and fabric dye in their “medium beige” color variant.
It dries darker, so that threw me off at first.



dry:

 

Super nice! Well done!!

 

Wow, makes you feel great huh? Thx for sharing your success.

 

Nice job revitalizing it!

 

Thanks. I have more to do, and I’m thinking of changing up the color a bit. Seems Ford went with a tan and grey, and I’m kicking around the idea of changing that grey to black.
Here is the third row seat installed.





i still need to remove the masking tape from the seat belt buckles, but wanted to get the seat out of the garage. Next up is the second row seats and console..

 

I removed the seat covers from the second row, fully expecting rips and general nastiness like what I encountered in the third row area. I was surprised to find the seats in good shape. They need some cleaning, but no major work. I will be removing them, along with the front seats, center console, and carpet to deep clean the carpet, which looks like it’s in better shape than cargo area as well.

Now, I do have 1 rear air vent that is no longer attached to the ceiling. Does anyone have a recommendation of an adhesive for this task?