Cleaning carpets

[Ondonti]

So Im quiting my short lift job doing portible carpet cleaning (using some huge thing I have to carry around) and I decided to clean the carpets/seats/doorpanels of my daily driver.

EWE.

13 years of...people....is disgusting.
I thought was basically clean until i dumped out about 15 gallons of coffee colored water


BTW that kind of dirt in your interior leads to things wearing out prematurely because the dirt tears up the fibers etc when you "traffic" it like its sandpaper.

[bansheenut420]

[moparfwdsleeper]

Ohh god I use to work for a company that did carpet cleaning, I quit too! Never did take the chance when I had it to clean out the old car I had...

[looneytuner]

I was in a customer's house once and the "lady" was pointing out about 40 poodle piddles to the carpet cleaner. Have you ever seen the effect of dog piddle on brass pedals on a piano?

[Dodgeglht]

I was just cleaning the worn out carpet in my GLH & I know what you're saying. It ws coming out disgusting. idn't do that good a job as it's shot anyways, just had to get it better. So much crap in it the carpet was stinking up the interior something bad.

[phantomrt]

I recently had a '97 intrepid to fix up and sell. Car is long gone now but I had it in the garage for an engine rebuild, and while it was in there, I just left the windows down. The interior of that car stunk up the entire garage. Eeeew.

I pull basically the entire interior out of cars, lay the carpet on the driveway and give 'er hell with the pressure washer, a bunch of liquid Tide, and a scrub brush. Some interiors I've done turned out amazing.

[Bkwales]

thats how i do it too... every summer i pull the interiors COMPLETELY out down to metal.. and check the floorboards and just clean everything on the way back out.... and i do the carpets and non powered seats the same way.... hi pressure sprayer and liquid soap.... you shouldve seen them the FIRST time i did this.. can you say puddle of mud when i was done?

[GLHNSLHT2]

I hang the carpets over the fence and spray them down with the hose till they stop pissing brown water. Yes it's amazing what comes out.

[Dodgeglht]

I'm tempted to pull the carpets & let tehm dry out. I cleaned them but the water is soaked into the padding so it won't stay dry. Just keeps going from the padding to the carpet.

[RedDaytona]

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Originally Posted by Bkwales thats how i do it too... every summer i pull the interiors COMPLETELY out down to metal.. and check the floorboards and just clean everything on the way back out.... and i do the carpets and non powered seats the same way.... hi pressure sprayer and liquid soap.... you shouldve seen them the FIRST time i did this.. can you say puddle of mud when i was done?

How hard is that? Is it fairly easy to re-install the carpets? Do the fasteners tend to break or fail on re-installation?

[lowprofile]

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Originally Posted by Ondonti So Im quiting my short lift job doing portible carpet cleaning (using some huge thing I have to carry around) and I decided to clean the carpets/seats/doorpanels of my daily driver. EWE. 13 years of...people....is disgusting. I thought was basically clean until i dumped out about 15 gallons of coffee colored water BTW that kind of dirt in your interior leads to things wearing out prematurely because the dirt tears up the fibers etc when you "traffic" it like its sandpaper.

he he he, I can see the picture

I wash carpets and actually I'm cleaning a lancer later.
I have never cleaned my ride's carpet...

[Bkwales]

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Originally Posted by RedDaytona How hard is that? Is it fairly easy to re-install the carpets? Do the fasteners tend to break or fail on re-installation?

just take out the seats.. very easy to do, just look around and you will find all of the nuts and bolts you need to take out.. then take off your center console carpeting and the carpet will just peel out from there.. and will go back in just as east.. no fasteners on the carpets.. just reverse your order on the way back out.

Brian