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Originally Posted by alamostation
For years I have kept all my auto supplies in the cars I have been working on. No problems even in dead summer here in Texas.
About a month ago I bought some Rotella T on sale and put it in the back floor of my car. Two windows have been lowered about a quarter inch, so heat would not build up. Two gallons of Delo have been there for years with no problem.
I now have one gallon of Rotella T in the carpet. Good thing I got working on the car tonight, the other gallon jug was all warped just waiting to dump.
I take a lot of the blame for assuming that the packaging would work as it should. On the bright side, I did not have the oil in the house when this happened.
Any suggestions for the best way to get oil out of carpet?
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If you have not already started this, first spend 2.00 and buy a small bag of very fine flour. Pour enough to cover the entire affected area. Rub it in and watch it absorb the oil.
Vacuum with a garage vacuum, not mom's best.
Repeat twice.
You will get much of the oil out.
If you can get some " perc" from the local dry cleaner, it will get the rest out, then rub the flour into the stuff to get the perc and the remaining oil.
If not, try a cream-based hand cleaner and rub it in deeply.
Vacuum and repeat.
I got dried barf and God knows what off of Diana Ross's fur coat in 1969 when I was in the fur business, working my way through college.
This is what I used.