Removing coolant (antifreeze) from carpet.

[bob terwilliger]

You COULD drill a hole from underneath, the same size
as a body plug and rinse-rinse-rinse letting it drain
through the hole into a shallow pan.  Leave it for a
day or so in the sun with the windows open a bit and
some baking soda sprinkled about.  Install plug.  May
not be quite as thorough and if you are like me, you
may not want to add holes to vehicles (then again,
there may already be a drain plug there?)....but it is
a lazy alternative.

John

--- Jim Haseltine <jim_haseltine at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> The only way to be certain that you've cleaned it
> all out is to remove the 
> carpet from the car. You'll be surprised how much
> can get under/through it. 
> Audi tended to use a thick underfelt back in the 80s
> and it soaks up any 
> liquid like blotting paper.
> 
> To deal with this sort of situation I remove the
> carpet, hose it down 
> thoroughly, scrub it with a hand brush then hose it
> again. It might take a 
> few days to dry but during that time you can deal
> with the underfelt.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Haseltine
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MXHOWES at aol.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:12 PM
> Subject: Removing coolant (antifreeze) from carpet.
> 
> 
> > How do you remove coolant (antifreeze) from the
> interior carpet? It's been 
> > a
> > real project replacing the heater core in my '88
> 80Q. Although I haven't 
> > hit
> > the road yet, I am constantly reminded of the
> sticky mess I have in the
> > drivers foot well as I am laving on my back trying
> to put together a 
> > million
> > screws, switches and connectors. I've been sopping
> up the mess with 
> > newspaper
> > placed under the floor matt and I keep changing
> the wet paper but it never 
> > seems
> > to get any better. What should I try? Baking Soda?
> Sugar? Detergent? .....
> > What  will cut Antifreeze? Also a word to the
> wise, if your 80 or 90 has a 
> > bad
> > heater  core, disconnect it, and sell the car to
> someone in the 
> > tropics......
> > Jim
> > 88 80Q
> > 85 4KQ
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