Best way to degrease van carpet?
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Best way to degrease van carpet?
My '96 needs its every 5 year carpet cleaning. A combination of dog dandruff, grease from used auto parts, and spilled coffee and coke are settled in. I have a shopvac that will suck the chrome off a trailer hitch, but need a tip on what will loosen the dirt and stains first. Any recommendations welcome.
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got a Rub Doctor rental or commercial carpet cleaner supply near you.
get their commercial strength cleaner and a bottle of the stain remover
pre soak worst spots full strength after first testing for color fast and bleaching
may be least costly to replace carpet
get their commercial strength cleaner and a bottle of the stain remover
pre soak worst spots full strength after first testing for color fast and bleaching
may be least costly to replace carpet
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I used to work for Stanley Steemer...I have seen miracles worked on carpet that I would have thrown away. We cleaned auto/RV carpets also; I think we charged about $30.00 then...now, who knows? They can really get em clean, though; you might want to check and see what they would charge. The problem with the rental type machines, is that you can almost never get all of the detergent/cleaner out of the carpet. It looks like you got it, but it's there, and when it is dry, it sucks up dirt like a magnet, and your stain is back bigger than ever. Plus you can have them Lysol it if it's stinky, and Scotchgard to protect it. Their prices have gone way up since I was there, it might not be worth it now...Just my two cents...
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I have never seen a stain that didn't come back from steam cleaning. The best way to take out grease is with a dry cleaner (it goes on as a foam so there is very little water). Dry cleaners for small crystals that absorb and attach themselves to oil compounds. Thy you simply vacuum them up. I replaced my carpet with a product called bedrug. It is a truck bed liner that looks and acts like carpet, but it is a non woven polyester fiber that is impervious to oil, dirt, solevents and all the usual abuses auto carpet may be normally exposed too. I only replaced the carpet in the back, since I use my van for work.
