cleaning the carpet

[cobram at juno.com]

Do what the professionals do, if you have a kiddie pool, fill with water
& mix in a little clorox,  put in carpets and let them soak.  After
they've soaked for a while, scrub a while with a stiff bristle broom,
soak again.  Then scrub with some good soap (carpet place uses liquid
Tide), rinse and repeat until they're clean.  Wet vac and hang them up to
dry.  If you've got a compressor, blast them at close range with a blow
gun.  
Sounds like a PITA, and it is, but you have to remember, you're trying to
remove decades of imbedded dirt.  
YMMV, but it worked well on the tan carpets in my 300TD.

BCNU,
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"DeWitt Harrison" <six-rs at comcast.net> writes:
> I've got all my seats out to run new battery wire and new
> sound system wiring. (The old cable splice issue and the
> problem of ensuring plenty of juice for the amps in the rear
> have both been solved with a continuous run of 1/0 cable,
> front to battery.) This seems like the perfect time to
> rilly, rilly clean the carpet. I would be very grateful to
> hear of methods that have worked well for folks.