[V8] Carpet Pad Antifreeze Cleanup?

[dsaad@icehouse.net]

You may want to rethink that drier part - unless you are moving to a compact
car...

I am pretty sure the carpets are made of wool. A drier will shrink them beyond
usable if they are. Plus, the foam will come apart in the drier.

To clean, my trick has been to make up a bucket of soapy water, with the soap
being laundry detergent. I soak them good, brush with a hand brush, and then
hose off to rinse, and hang to dry.

I have NEVER done this with the Audi carpets though - only the synthetic stuff
in my Fords, and I do it to them all the time. In fact, I pull out the whole
carpet every couple of years for a solid cleaning.


Dave


Quoting diemarthadie at aol.com:

> no coin operated laundry around you guys or what?  afraid they'll shrink?
> ;P
>
> hose them out as described and throw $1 in the local dryer and beat them
> around for a bit.  might shorten that dry time a bit and they should be able
> to take it, they're pretty heavy when dry...
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>; Klein, Nathan P
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> Cc: V8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:30:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [V8] Carpet Pad Antifreeze Cleanup?
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> >
> > If you are going to throw them out, I'd first give this a shot:
> > take it to a coin-operated car wash and hose it down with soapy
> > water, then rinse it well.  Let dry well before re-installing.
> > You could probably do the same thing at home with a bucket of
> > soapy water, a mop, and lots of rinsing with a hose.
> >
> > --
> > Kent McLean
> > '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> > '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
> >
> >
>
>
> Been there, done that. Works fine with the hose. They take *forever* to dry.
> Like three days in the sun at 100degrees in Vegas.
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
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