Need New carpet?....Nah! clean it!

[Dahoopd]

Ok this is for any one with their factory carpert all boogered up. I figured I would post, maybe it will help some of you. It works, so dont fear. I have done it twice but the second time worked better. The first time I did it was on an escort with blue carpet, I got the car from a crack head for 300 (cleaned it and sold it for 1000) must have been the carpet..LOL The problem the first time was letting the carpet sit and dry for 3 days in the sun. It shrank a little and some spots wouldn't reach to tuck back under the door strip shoe molding. Anyway I just did my SC (blue again) I pulled the entire carpet out. Its time consuming but the rewards are worth it. I took a hose saturated the carpet, then I took 2 cans of AJAX, (COMET,your choice) yes AJAX with bleach and dumped an entire can on the drivers side of the carpet and one on the pasengers. I took a scrub brush and brushed the entire thing. I then layed it over 2 saw horses (lawn chairs the first time) and rinsed it out thoroughly. I then took a shop vac and got all possible water out, I then layed it out on the deck for a day. It turned out awesome. It even brought back the nap where the drivers feet beats the mess out of the carpet. I am sure you think this is insane because of the bleach, but it works great with out taking out any color. ( Not sure on black). I figured what do I have to lose the first time, carpet was nasty anyway. It worked save for the drying part.

[Mike Puckett]

I'm doing similar with the carpet from the red 90 I'm restoring. It's been hanging on an A-frame ladder for the last week. I've cleaned it and hosed it but still when I brush it with a big stiff scrub brush, sand just pours out of it. There's quite a pile of sand under the ladder. At least that horrible mildew smell is gone. I'll keep it up till it's clean. It looks great otherwise.

[Dahoopd]

I'm doing similar with the carpet from the red 90 I'm restoring. It's been hanging on an A-frame ladder for the last week. I've cleaned it and hosed it but still when I brush it with a big stiff scrub brush, sand just pours out of it. There's quite a pile of sand under the ladder. At least that horrible mildew smell is gone. I'll keep it up till it's clean. It looks great otherwise.


Youhave to spray the **** out of it to get the sand out.It took me like a half hour per side to spray it out. Just sstart at the top and spray down, it will all come out and what doesn't will be loose enough to vaccuum out later. I am just doing it for now untilI I feel like spending the 100 to get new. I need to finish getting it running first. You can get new from ACC for 92 plus shipping in the original color. Its not the exact same pile its like an 1/8 shorter but fits nice and looks good. I put it in an 86 gt I had and it fit perfect. When you get it there are like air pockets under it when you put it in, but then the heat made it fit nice. Not bad for 100 bucks.

[getblown]

I just took all my stuff out to clean my carpet for a while and i use this stuff called "blue coral Upholstry cleaner" and it does wonders.

Spray it on thick rub through with your figures or a brush and let sit, rebrush when dry and then vaccum, my brown carpet came out grey, who would have known :D

jOe