nasty carpet

[cdg1984]

So my carpet in my s10 beater is getting pretty nasty. It got rained in recently and smelling pretty bad. I was thinking about pulling the carpet out, and hitting it with a power sprayer at one of those d.i.y. car washes. Good idea? Bad idea? Anyone done this?

 

[Longroof79]

Try using some baking soda and carpet cleaner (Carbona, etc.)

 

[tc1959]

So my carpet in my s10 beater is getting pretty nasty. It got rained in recently and smelling pretty bad. I was thinking about pulling the carpet out, and hitting it with a power sprayer at one of those d.i.y. car washes. Good idea? Bad idea? Anyone done this?

It works pretty good it just take a long time to dry out.

 

[cdg1984]

Thanks TC. I figured it would work, I just wasent sure if it would be too much water and start to get moldy and mildewy before it could dry.

 

[Phoenyx]

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[cdg1984]

ill be taking the carpet out

 

[tc1959]

Thanks TC. I figured it would work, I just wasn't sure if it would be too much water and start to get moldy and mildewy before it could dry.

I hung mine over a fence for a couple of days. It came out pretty good mine was packed with mud.
I scrubbed it with dish soap and a stiff brush. Bring lots of quarters :lol:

 

[axisg]

I bought a cheap shop-vac years ago and only use it for wet !! Pull the carpet, set it in the driveway with some water a little ( and I mean a little ) laundry soap and a stiff brush. Go to town, hose it off, and suck up what you can with the shop-vac. Repeat the process 2-3 times and it will be clean as can be. The shop vac helps get rid of most of the water so it doesn't take as long to dry.

 

[cdg1984]

There will be quarters a plenty 🙂

 

[dan2286]

I did the same to my carpet and it turned out great. I didn't use anything to scrub it, just used the power washer with whatever soap they used and spent like 5 minutes on it. Be prepared to get wet :wink: Instead of using a shop vac to vacuum up the water, I just used a smaller carpet cleaner to vacuum it up, just didn't use anymore soap.