Since my roommate(whose truck only gets washed when it rains) and I work for a carpet cleaning company, we figured that we would steam clean the inside of our trucks. We both have 01's and they've both never been done before. I knew the inside was dirty despite vacumming it every time I wash it (I try to do it once a week). I knew the truck would look better but I didn't realize how much better it would look. I've got the camel colored interior and it cleaned up real nice. Looks almost brand new. My roommate's truck has the dark interior and it cleaned up even better than mine. The headliners really cleaned up nicely. I don't know how much a company would charge to do it but if your truck's interior is looking dingy, get it steam cleaned. Now it's time to go out there and wash the outside of the old girl.

 

Hey Big Blue not only do I have the same badges, but I also work for a carpet cleaning company (though not steam cleaning). I too cleaned my truck when I bought it with our process. Boy was it dirty.

 

We just dumped the dirty water tank and needless to say, that water definately wasn't clear. 5 years of mud, galveston sand, bark mulch, manure, water, and anything else you can think of got pulled out of the carpet. How do yall clean the carpet? We just use straight steam at 400psi, no chemicals. Works really well and doesn't leave a residue.

 

We use an all natural carbonated mineral solution, cold. If it is really bad we can heat it up. The minerals break up the dirt and the carbonation lifts it to the surface. It is also just a surface spray (no wet pad that way). Glad to hear you don"t use any soaps.

 

Hey Blue,
I think you should try steam cleaning the outside of your roommate's truck

~Rob

 

Yeah, well he was going to wash it that day but typical hunter, he figured he'd just let the rain clean it. Oh well. Maybe next time.

 

Your not going to believe how I do it. I take a bucket of warm soapy water and flood the carpet. I mean you could float a small boat in the foot wells. I scrub the carpet by hand with a brush and use a wet & dry vac to suck up the soapy water. Then I take a hose and flood it with clean water to get rid of the soap. I then park the truck in the sun with the doors open. Dries in a couple of days. I do this every year and I've done it this way for decades, but I would not do it when you have high humidity. Wait for a dry warm sunny day.

 

Your right. I don't believe how you do it.

 

...and then you pour a half yard of concrete in the bed and smooth it all out, put a nice brush finish on it and wait a couple days for it to dry too, right Hoss?

 

If we did that 'Gecko' method down here in S. TX we'd definitely have a diesel powered mold & mildew machine on wheels! .
I didn't have the fancy carpet cleaning equipment like you guys do so I just jerked the seats out and then pulled the carpet. Hung it over the fence and borrowed a pressure washer from work.. That way all the low spots (like where the seats mount) get cleaned and dry properly.
Pulling the seats was not that difficult. Just don't realize you need to reposition the truck after you get the driver's seat out.
The P.O's cigar smell, sand,manure, his grandkids sticky pink soft drinks and the nasty stuff the dealer sprayed on the carpet to mask the smell all came washing out. OMG that was a filthy truck!
Driving it around for a few days with no carpet and padding sure makes you appreciate how much noise the carpeting absorbs..

K.

 

What's wrong with that??

 

You mock me, but we'll see who's laughing when you're scrubbing your carpet with soap and a brush and I'm just spraying my concrete floor mats down with a water hose.

 

Hoss, if you sealed your concrete with a sealer, you could just use a sponge or something to wipe it down. That much faster. Maybe even do a checkerboard effect like the Nascar garages...

 

Or maybe use that garage floor sealer that has the pretty sparkly things in it.

 

Thats for when you store your bass boat in your garage....