carpet cleaning?

[bimmernut333]

What's best to use for cleaning up a dirty tan carpet? Any suggestions?

[StealthiE30]

Go rent a rug doctor from your local supermarket, only use half of the recommended soap, and give a a double extraction to soak up as a much water as possible. The key is to not use too much soap as it will leave residue behind and attract more dirt later on...

[RunningFlynn]

One of the best ways to clean your carpet is vacuum cleaning. But you must be careful while working with carpet fiber as there is risk of getting stuck in vacuum cleaner.

[bimmerfreaKs]

Put some TIDE in a spray bottle with water. (or any other fabric cleaner)
get a nice thick scrub brush.
Spray the floors and scrub out the dirt and stains.
Vacuum.

Never use water and soap in a bucket, you don't want water. Water does nothing but wet the carpet and make it all worse..
Spray, scrub, vacuum.. It's not rocket science

[SlamedIAm]

In my experience your best bet is removing the carpet and power washing it. You'd be amazed at the filth that will come out of it. Leave it in the sun to dry and then reinstall.

[bimmerfreaKs]

In my experience your best bet is removing the carpet and power washing it. You'd be amazed at the filth that will come out of it. Leave it in the sun to dry and then reinstall.

Thats all unnecessary work. Good luck getting the carpet back in after you just ruined it with all that water.

[Skunkworks]

In my experience your best bet is removing the carpet and power washing it. You'd be amazed at the filth that will come out of it. Leave it in the sun to dry and then reinstall.

I detailed for years, I did this plenty of times wet it use Tide Powder and scrup it with a broom and let it sit for 30 mins. and then powerwash away.

wash until you see clean water. wet vac it and let it air dry in the sun.

The carpet is nylon, its not wool or berber. Water wont hurt it.

Its a car not a house....

[Skunkworks]

In my experience your best bet is removing the carpet and power washing it. You'd be amazed at the filth that will come out of it. Leave it in the sun to dry and then reinstall.

[SlamedIAm]

Thats all unnecessary work. Good luck getting the carpet back in after you just ruined it with all that water.

How exactly does water ruin carpet?

I don't see how removing two seats is "unnecessary work." Even with any trim pieces that need to come off pulling a carpet isn't terribly difficult and then power washing takes a matter of minutes. Scrubbing a carpet removes some of the dirt but pushes most of it deeper to reappear next time it gets wet. Power washing it removes the dirt completely.

[Skunkworks]

How exactly does water ruin carpet?

I don't see how removing two seats is "unnecessary work." Even with any trim pieces that need to come off pulling a carpet isn't terribly difficult and then power washing takes a matter of minutes. Scrubbing a carpet removes some of the dirt but pushes most of it deeper to reappear next time it gets wet. Power washing it removes the dirt completely.

I wouldnt say that, 1000-3500psi will push grit into it but the purpose is to power wash it and then extract what you have knocked loose.

I have cut the plastic backing off of carpet that has been just powerwashed and it does leave grit behind, but much less than extraction alone.

if its a woven back carpet you power wash it from the back first and then extract.

[rodrigo]

Stoner carpet cleaner, some warm water and a scrub brush. Elbow grease for 2.5 hours after the seats were removed. Propped up carpet to dry thoroughlt on a warm sunny day.

Before:




After:




The lines you see in the after picture are from vacuuming with a shop vac to suck up as much water as possible.

[cabriodster87]

In my experience your best bet is removing the carpet and power washing it. You'd be amazed at the filth that will come out of it. Leave it in the sun to dry and then reinstall.

Yes, done this with 65 mustang convertible, amazing result.

[ProjectCab]

Yes, done this with 65 mustang convertible, amazing result.

I power washed mine and the foam underneath took a week to dry. maybe i went too crazy. carpet is super clean though

[Bimmerguy91]

I power washed mine and the foam underneath took a week to dry. maybe i went too crazy. carpet is super clean though

After it dries for a day you can vacuum it up with a shop vac and it will suck the water out

[Jszy25]

I really need to do this but way too lazy.