Bought a nice 9gal Craftsman Wet/Dry Vac....Just scrubbed all the carpets using a bucket of dishwashing soap and water then sucked it up.

Any other tips of tricks/products that may do it better?

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1988 Pearl Grey Metallic Mercedes 300TE - 132k
2002 Silver CLK320 (Girlfriends) - 115k

I've used laundry soap and simple green.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 224,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Transmission time again...

2012 Passat TDI. 29,000 miles. More space, power, and fuel economy than the Benz
1999 Jetta TDI. 288,000 miles.
1992 Jetta ECOdiesel. 156,000 miles. 1 of 48. Sold.
1991 Jetta ECOdiesel. 430,000 miles. 1 of 700. Sold to VeeDubTDI, totaled in front of our house

Some tips in this thread

How have you cleaned your parcel shelf carpet?

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone

Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Any brand of commercial upholstery cleaner. Put it in a trigger spray and pre-treat the are you are going to extract. Give it a minute a or two and continue to treat as necessary. A soft brush with help with problem areas.

Don't use detergents as the suds is something that you do not want to vacuum up. Also detergents (dish and like) do not contain surfactants.

If you are trying to stay low budget Lemon Ammonia (1 QT to 3 QT water with 2 TBS of Tide and 2 TBS of rubbing alcohol (used as a defoamer) is a good alternative.

I have said Lemon Amomonia as straight uncented amomonia can take your breath away especially in close quarters of car.

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BENZ THERE DONE THAT
12 VW Bora TDI
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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***I dont subscribe to threads to much email******

I'm going to rent a big carpet shampooer for the house this week. My hope is to get the handheld thingie to do the cars as well. Probably pre treat then go all out!

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John Breslin
89 300CE, 62 220SEb
Music City, TN

Use the upholstery tool to pretreat by spraying the fabric with the trigger. If you put upholstery tool to fabric, pull trigger, then extract soloution 2 inches later it doesn't give the "best" results. Repeated use will, but they do want you to buy the chemicals

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BENZ THERE DONE THAT
12 VW Bora TDI
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
(o\|/o)
***I dont subscribe to threads to much email******

I used simple green (cut down) and the hand tool, worked wonders! even a few days later it still smelled great! So good I sold the car!

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John Breslin
89 300CE, 62 220SEb
Music City, TN

for red stains like kool aid I test carpet with bleach,then add bleach to solution.Or use Woolite Steam cleaner soap.

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1983 300 SD strait exhaust,wrapped also,true cold air,monark injectors,no ALDA .15psi summer winter 18 psi

1999 S320 cold air intake,one muffler,Nitrous kit 125
shot ,ceramic brake pads,removed belly pan,hood slats,and modified grille for cooler air.
no kittens Denso plugs 170f thermostat,best time so far 14.67 in the 1/4. wrapped exhaust, Borla'muff
215 55 16 front tires The Runaway Files by Tennessee Nate

I think hot water with deteregent is the best option for carpet cleaning. you can also use carpet extractor and dry carpet cleaner.

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Cleanscape

Just bought a carpet cleaner/extractor last week from Sears. Things one of the best investments I've ever bought. The water once done was just completely black. Pretty disgusting what you have been sitting on in your house...
Don't fall for those stupid solutions you buy @ $20/gallon. 50:50 mix Simple green and Vinegar works as good if not better (~$6-7/gal)! (yeh sure smells a little for a few hours, but then its gone).

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1988 Pearl Grey Metallic Mercedes 300TE - 132k
2002 Silver CLK320 (Girlfriends) - 115k

Step 1: Call the mobile detailer.
Step 2: Open a bottle of beer.
Step 3: Put feet up.

Repeat steps 2 and 3 as necessary.

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2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid SEL Premium (Sparky)


It's a car not a science experiment! Open the throttle!

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

Another very good product is LA's Awesome, you can get it at most of the Dollars stores for $1 a quart. It's a yellow/orange liquid that is a fantastic grease cutter. You can use it straight on bearing grease on your carpet and it will remove it, dilute it and use it with an extractor it works great.