Killtodie Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Did this last days of summer, I hear people taking their carpets to a high pressure car wash, but I found this alternative works much better. Here is before and afterhttp://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7684/img4826.jpghttp://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2042/img4827.jpghttp://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5417/img4830z.jpghttp://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5165/picture002l.jpghttp://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5851/img4858.jpghttp://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9112/img4867r.jpghttp://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2679/img4871.jpghttp://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5216/img4889n.jpghttp://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8458/img4894.jpg Worked for about 6 hours total, refilled the Rugdoctor at least 10 times, used OxyClean and then Simple Green.With an hour left to return the RugDoctor it was still sucking out dirt from the carpet O_O I also did all the seats and a little touchup in the quest. Only cost was the rental, $21. Didnt care to use carpet cleaner as it did nothing. Edited January 8, 2010 by Killtodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marso Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Usually in the bath or shower. http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif Edited January 8, 2010 by marso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hours of work with a rugdoctor, or 10-15 minutes with a pressure washer... -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtodie Posted January 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Hours of work with a rugdoctor, or 10-15 minutes with a pressure washer... -Robert I dont know, first thing the rug doctor also is a vacuum so it sucks out the water, it's 90% dry afterwards. This Civic carpet has a lot of foam and fiberglass backing that I was afraid might get damaged with the pressure wash. Transporting a wet carpet after pressure washing it was not an option to me anyway. also, 15 minute at a pressure washer is the same amount as rental Edited January 8, 2010 by Killtodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniSRT4 Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 good thread! My car sat with 2 broken windows through last winter caus someone decided they wanted stuff out of it. So the inteirior had that gross stank to it, Been wonderin how I can shampoo em outside of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Ha, that reminds me, I pressure washed some really gross 85.5 seats I got last summer. They were stained pretty bad, but now they look great. Dried out fast in the hot summer. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Here's some carpet and seat cleaning info. Works great on the carpet if you're pulling it out anyway, and doesn't require you to own/rent a steam cleaner or pressure washer... http://www.26liter.us/forum/index.php/topic,2817.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtodie Posted January 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) You seem to have gotten similar results. What I did was try a carpet stain cleaner on a few dark spots, it made that spot lighter but Simple Green did a better job, so I stuck to it. I was using a purple color one, didnt dilute, just added a cup to a bucket of warm water for the rug doc. Before using simple Green I used the rug doc with Oxy Clean powder and went over the carpet 2 times. After that I rinsed it off with just warm water and looked at the results, I still had a lot of stain and discolorations. I sprayed Simple Green over the entire carpet and went to refill the doc with Simple Green, went over the carpet about 6 times, each time I can see it sucking away dirt. Each pass it got lighter. I didnt notice any color from the Simple Green penetrating the beige carpet but to be sure my second to last pass was again with Oxy Clean and then one last time with just water, I went with 2 refills of clean water just so I could resoak and vacuum out the really dirty spots and suck out as much water as I could. I let it try in the setting sun for about an hour and put it back in the car. Let it sit for another hour with the windows down and the still slightly wet seats inside. The rug doctors furniture attachment is very nice, has a good atomizer for the spray and a clear suction hose so you can see everything it pulls off. I will do the same for my Quest when it gets warm again, its not really dirty but there is a TON of dust on everything inside, I used a normal vacuum on it but the dust is deep. Edited January 8, 2010 by Killtodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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