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05-24-2014, 08:32 PM
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Cleaning carpet?
Can anybody give me some ideas,tips, or tricks on how to clean my nasty carpet? It's got a crap load of dog hair and other "unknown" substances on it..
 . Trying to restore the interior a little at a time. Thanks for feedback
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05-24-2014, 09:00 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Take to car wash, rinse and use foam brush. Rinse again. Let dry in sun for a day. The sun not only dries it but made mine warmer so it bent back easier. This helped mine some... Only problem was after that it made my door panels n seat look that much worse haha.
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05-24-2014, 09:58 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Yes thats what I would door buy a new carpet ..
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05-24-2014, 10:43 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Any good sources to get reproduction rubber mats?l
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05-24-2014, 11:03 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Vacuum the carpet as best you can.
Spot clean the worst areas with cheap spray carpet cleaner from the dollar store - get 2 bottles. Also get spray foam carpet cleaner from the dollar store if they have it, or get spray foam cleaner anywhere. Sun dry is a good idea, because with all that chemical soaked into the carpet it will need drying out. |
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05-25-2014, 09:50 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
I will second the car wash.... That's exactly what I did
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05-26-2014, 07:01 AM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
 
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
I hang mine over a fence and pressure wash it. You'd be surprised at the nasty black water that runs off of even a clean looking carpet. If it's all intact, don't waste your money on a new carpet until you at least try pressure washing or car washing it. You'd likely be very happy with your results and save some cash.
I speak from experience on this. Just yesterday I pressure washed this carpet out of my 4x4 truck. No after pictures yet because it was still drying when I came to work this morning. 
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05-26-2014, 10:42 AM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Thanks Kevin. I just pressure washed it, then scrubbed it. It came out new looking, and smelling!
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05-26-2014, 11:02 AM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
I saved some cash by powerwashing the cheap faded aftermarket carpet that came in my C10, and then soaking it in a tub of laundry dye. Came out pretty good and now matches my black interior.
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05-26-2014, 10:17 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
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05-27-2014, 06:04 AM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
I remove and pressure wash the carpet.
Works great I soak its spots with spray nine and let it soak in a bit first. Seen the salt come out of carpet like froth.
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05-27-2014, 05:50 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
In follow up to post number 7 where I showed a used Craigslist carpet. I got it all installed today. Pressure washing it made a very remarkable difference,
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05-27-2014, 07:43 PM
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05-27-2014, 08:09 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
First pic is of my carpet after cleaning in, and I thought I might as well post some other pics of my interior. 2nd is of my AWEOSME old man seat cover
(I actually do love it) Third is of the common cracked dash, 4th is how im trying to "restore" out of another dash pad I have.
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05-27-2014, 08:11 PM
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Re: Cleaning carpet?
Also my truck has factory optioned, A/C, cruise, tilt wheel,clock in the gauge cluster, and heavy duty rear leafs.
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