Cleaning Carpet

[myowneq]

I want to pull my carpet out the car to give it a really good cleaning. What all has to come out to pull it out? Front seats and center console for sure. What about the back seats?

Thanks,
Timothy

[Satsuriku]

seats, center console, the trim on the doors, seat belts probably, and maybe your dash but someone is going to have to correct me on that. back seats might, i cant remember though, i have to look again

[jaybs02]

Why would you have to pull it out of the car to clean it?

"J"

[Oldsnut]

I would just pull the seats out to get under there properly. Ya know, all that fast food and junk that everyone eats in the car, and for all you Cananadiens that spilled beer. Otherwise leave it alone, you'll just create more problems for yourself.

[steve-o]

Officer: "Sir have you been drinking and driving" Drunk: "why is there two fat bitches in my back seat" haha

[Satsuriku]

Officer: "Sir have you been drinking and driving" Drunk: "why is there two fat bitches in my back seat" haha

lol larry the cable guy FTW!!

[myowneq]

Oldsnut gots it. Lots of fast food in the car. But I do throw everything onto the back floor and things leak. :) I would just much rather pull it all out and give it a really good cleaning.

[TheEdgeofSanity]

hey, whats the best thing to use to clean automotive carpeting? i have alot of coffee stains in my car...

[antichrysler]

lol and i'll have you know those beer stains give our vehicles character

[TheEdgeofSanity]

lol and i'll have you know those beer stains give our vehicles character

haha, and a distinct odor!

[Ortz]

that's dumb,if your going to go through all the trouble of pulling your carpet out to clean it, why don't you just replace it?i would like to take mine out and replace it with black,but.to lazy,seems like a lot of work.

[rustyballs_69]

that's dumb,if your going to go through all the trouble of pulling your carpet out to clean it, why don't you just replace it?i would like to take mine out and replace it with black,but.to lazy,seems like a lot of work.

It not very hard to take out. The carpet doesn't even go up under the back seat.

[Cliff8928]

The carpeting DOES get cleaner if you can take it out. The aftermarket carpeting isn't nearly as good as the original either. A friend of mine likes to use the Bleech White cleaner for the tires on it, but I've never done it myself.

[STYeattes]

Ok well I did quite a bit of searching and I could not find anyone that sell black carpet for an alero. I was thinking about getting the darkest I can find and have it profesionaly dyed black. But that will be awhile, was just hoping I could just buy it.

[rustyballs_69]

http://www.auto-interior.com/olds6.htm#Alero They have black and damn near any other color you want.

[STYeattes]

Yeah but that ebony doesnt look all that dark...I want dark black, maybe its just a light pic....

[rustyballs_69]

Yeah but that ebony doesnt look all that dark...I want dark black, maybe its just a light pic....

It said black, call them up and tell them to send you a sample.

[STYeattes]

will do

[MixtapeMessiah]

ebony should be black, probably just the resolution of the pic

[jaybs02]

hey, whats the best thing to use to clean automotive carpeting? i have alot of coffee stains in my car...

I use a warm solution of OxiClean and spot clean with Folex. I have also gotten great results with using a 6:1 dilution of water and Woolite for both spot cleaning and general upholstery cleaning.


These are a few pics of some (probably) coffee that was spilled before I got my car in January, that the dealership "should" have cleaned up before I picked up the car, but I won't go there.

This was done with just Folex. I didn't have time to go over it again with any Oxi mix, but you can see a big difference just with the Folex.
Click for larger images
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture001.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture001.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture002.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture002.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture003.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture003.jpg)
After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture007.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture007.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture008.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture008.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/th_Picture009.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/jaybs95/02%20Alero/070630/Picture009.jpg)

"J"

[billytheman1188]

DAMN. ive got an 02, never had a mess like that on my carpets. you need to be more careful dude! haha

[Gr1m]

still looks bad but just put some mats over that

[Seaaan]

my car looked all clean from the outside, but then we took all the carpetting out and holy crap it was nasty... i blame the previous owner since they had it for 85,700 miles before i got the car :P... i didn't want to know what some of the stuff under there was..

[antichrysler]

^ Yeah... I get the same way with used cars. 2 years after I got my cavy I was still finding stuff from the previous owner

[jaybs02]

The thing is it wasn't my mess, the befores are the way I got the car "after" the shops detailer got done with the inside. I'll get the rest of it out, I just haven't had the time.

"J"

[CarlitosWay]

my car is in worse shape than that....the trunk smelled like old blood, and there are brown stains on the carpet in the back that resemble old blood....I spent 6 hours getting that smell out the trunk, but I cant get the stains out the carpet in the back seat area.....

[myowneq]

You know, I pulled out the trim off my center console and that was absolutely NASTY. If I pull the carpet out, I imagine it's going to be just as bad.

[Ortz]

blood that's nasty.when i bought my car it was so nice and clean,i thought it must have been owned by an old lady that just used it to go get grocery's.then i found a condom rapper and a parking stub from the other side of canada.well lets just say i broke out the upholstery cleaner and went at it all day.dealer ships should clean out cars way better before they sell them.

[Seaaan]

my car is in worse shape than that....the trunk smelled like old blood, and there are brown stains on the carpet in the back that resemble old blood....I spent 6 hours getting that smell out the trunk, but I cant get the stains out the carpet in the back seat area.....

dang and you wonder who owned your car before and what they did :ninja:

[TheEdgeofSanity]

can anybody say "half a big-mac under the driver seat" ? i can. i found it about a day after buying my car when i decided to find whatever smelled bad.
with the big-mac, i found lip gloss that had been poured all over after the bottle got lodged in the seat tracks and smashed open. that first cleaning is mega fun (sarcasticly)

[STYeattes]

Lol, yeah mine was really clean, honestly I think an old lady did have mine ( not sure im proud of that ) . But I cheer up when I hear that you found a condom wrapper in yours Ortz, maybe someones Alero got them laid....

[Cliff8928]

Wow, that sure makes me happy I bought my car new.

[myowneq]

Is this now considered a hijacked thread? I'm just curious. :D

[rustyballs_69]

Is this now considered a hijacked thread? I'm just curious. :D

Just a little!