Get intimate with your carpets and give them a good massage!
So, what is this about a massage! When dealing with carpets, I have found one big no-no and one really good idea. First the no-no.
NEVER soak your carpets with soapy water. This is a favorite trick of dealership detailing shops. They don't know how to get cars looking and smelling like new without soaking the carpets and seats with hot soapy water. Then they park the cars on the lot and close the windows that night. Several days later you have enough mold spores to start a new universe. How do you avoid this? By not using soapy water and not soaking the carpets.
How, you ask, then do you get them clean. Here comes the good idea.
Use a product like Blue Coral Dry Clean. This is a product designed to clean carpets. Spray it on the worst spots and here is where the massage part comes in. Use your FINGERS to work in the cleaner.! Brushes will yank and pull the nap so you get "FUZZY" carpets that look old before their time. Use those fingers and a clean white towel to pat the spot dry. Then spray the entire area with the same cleaner and again work it in with your fingers. Lightly buff with the towel, or pat dry and you will have carpets that look clean, smell clean and won't start their own basketball team made up of green mold! The carpets will dry in about 15 minutes....be sure to leave the floor mats out till the carpet is dry.
You can use the same product on most cloth seat fabric.
As always, test a hidden area of the carpet before using any cleaning product to make sure your particular carpet is colorfast. Almost all factory carpets are, some aftermarket cheap products may look nice, but the dye can come out....so test first!
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