shlen

Not sure if this is the right section but I am looking for suggestions on how to clean the interior carpet in my truck?
I have a few small grease/oil stains.
One small RED slurpee stain.
And a thick mud stain beside/under the gas pedal.

I have tried car carpet cleaner, water, baking soda, vinger.

If anybody else has a sure fire ways to get these out I would love to hear them.

Also any truck care/cleaning tips or ideas would be great too.

Thanks

cougar

I use a hotsy in the spring, But sound like you don't get it that dirty.

1-2-3

I use a green machine from bissel on tough stains. the one with the heat works well. I also keep a hand broom in the door pocket and sweep it out every time I get out. The bottom section of the console is where I store soft paper towels, Windex, and Armour-All. I like to try to keep my vehicles at least 10 years. More if I can.

rockcrawler304

The grease and oil stains can usually be cleaned with a contact cleaner (electrical parts or brake cleaner) just make sure to test it first to see if it affects the color of the carpet.

I use the hand attachment on my house carpet shampooer with a good carpet cleaning solution for the rest of things.

Lil Dog

Rent a Rug-Doctor. The home steamers (I have a bissell) don't have enough suction. Then get some OxyClean for the stains and hit it! I would test the carpet for Oxyclean not to bleach out.

infidel

I open both doors on a windy day and use a gas powered leaf blower.

Tejas TJ

I'm gonna rent a rug doctor this weekend and let you guys know how it works.

whiteeye42

might try simple green cleaner i have used it for stains and it seemed to work good

high bid

Crapsman power washer....@ 200+psi there's nothing it won't remove.

sledhead01

I have WEATHER TECH MATS so I do not have any of these problems. Sorry could not resist.

shlen

Thanks Guys
Going to try out a few ideas this weekend and see how clean she gets.

15 Digger

Same here, learned from past stains and work to clean. They are worth the money.

firestorm

Same here.

Hvytrkmech

I have had fantastic luck with Gojo hand wipes to remove the grease stains I have put on my headliner,( from greasy ball cap) and floor mats. Gets all the grease out without staining anything.

Jim Lane

What color is or was the carpet?
I have done quite a few interiors on trucks and even the dirtiest always looked good.

I take the carpet out of the truck and lay it flat on the ground then after I get it wet I spray on Simple Green full strength and go at it with a stiff hand scrub brush scrubbing every inch of it, then I hang it across a saw horse and hose all of the soap and dirt out of it then I leave it out to dry.

I use my big Rigid wet dry vac to try and suck out as much water as possible.
I takes a few days to dry in the sunshine.

I worked on a fleet of Chevy Luv's driven by slob roofers, they got tar everywhere, I would gut out the interior of the truck, remove the tar using diesel fuel then clean it out using Simple Green, within a week they were filthy again, sometimes I had to clean them out with the Hotsy first.

Some people are always going to be pigs.

I never let mine get dirty, every time I get out of my truck I brush out the carpet with a brush I keep beside the door.

I have been told I have OCD
Jim