HELP! messy spill

[adam morley]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:38:32AM -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> At 8:21 PM -0800 2/19/02, adam morley wrote:
> >HELP!  juice spill in trunk!  bottle smashed open against rear seat,
> >sloshed down rear seat, all over rear trunk, and under the rear
> >seat.  i've got the bench part out, mopped that up, and cleaned in
> >there.
>
> <snip>
>
> >  other ideas?
>
> If you can afford it, and the stuff got everywhere, take it to a
> professional shop promptly.  Consider it an excuse to get the whole
> car's upholstery done up, if you've got a cloth interior.  Follow it
> up with a little TLC some weekend on the dash etc(dust everything,
> vinylex, clean up all the windows, etc), and the car will look, smell
> and feel like a million bucks inside...and hey, that's where you
> spend most of the time, right? :-)

AH!  good idea.  what kind of pricing do you think this would run?

>
> If the pro side it too expensive, then resolve carpet cleaner and a
> shop vac will work wonders(the only thing special about carpet
> cleaning machines is that they've got that neat little squirter :)

Hrm.  Okay.

>
> Don't bother with the foamy stuff, just regular spray will do nicely.
>
> As for the odd torx bit, if you don't have the right bit(don't use an
> allen wrench!), MCM electronics sells a variety of bit kits,
> including one I have that has something like 100 bits and cost about
> $20.  The handle is crap(ratchet function broke immediately), but the
> bits haven't let me down yet.  I'll probably look for a good handle
> to go with it and throw out the one that came with the set.

Actually, its more that its tight.  i'm wondering if wd40 or the like would be a good idea?  or just a cordless drill and "break" it loose?  i do have the right screwdriver (its the same as the headlights, which i was going to spend tonight swapping, but this came up....)

it seems that it might've soaked into the foam rubber --- is this possibly?

>
> hope this helps somewhat
>
> Brett
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adam

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