Carpet Cleaning...*Old Oil Stains*

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Been testing out my new carpet extractor I picked up lately to really take interior details to the next level and figured my Blazer was a good area to test some of the new chemicals. The kid that owned it before me never took care of the interior and moved small CC motors around without covering them so the rear has oil stains everywhere and a VERY large one in the middle. The oil stains are pretty old and nice and heat soaked into the carpet. So tried out some new chemicals and the new machine to see how good it works and all I can say is....Very very nice!

What the rear carpet looked like when I first got the truck, all I have ever done was just vacuum the area...



After spending about 2 and a half hours on the interior doing every piece of cloth even the seats...



Not bad for a probably 10 year old oil stain. I will go back over it in a few weeks once it dries out with another round of the chemicals and probably pull some more out of each of those large stains.

[ph16]

I've never tried it on car interiors but anytime I get grease on my clothes, I put Lestoil on the spots and let them sit a few hours - then wash them and the grease is gone.

Just a thought and maybe something you might try.

[mcpp66]

I wonder if a steamer and heat-activated chemicals could do more for that carpet?

[Dubbin1]

Much better but whats with those dirty door hinges

[Larry A]

If the stains wont come out , you may have to dye the carpet. A auto parts store should carry the carpet dye in a spray can . Hope you can find the right color.

[Ty07allstar]

Just throw a mat over it.

[daveinsweethome]

be careful with the chemicals. they reach a point where they will dissolve the carpet very quickly. you might have to settle for nearly great. but the fun is in the learning curve.

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I've never tried it on car interiors but anytime I get grease on my clothes, I put Lestoil on the spots and let them sit a few hours - then wash them and the grease is gone.

Just a thought and maybe something you might try.

Most of yall are missing the point. A 10 year old set in motor oil stain is pretty dam hard to come out. I was just testing the extractor and chemicals out. The chemical used in this area was meant to get oil stains out...now I dont now if it is meant for this old and baked of one, but it did a pretty dam good job.

I wonder if a steamer and heat-activated chemicals could do more for that carpet?

Not much, odds are most of the oil bleed through and got soaked/dryed into the sheet below the carpet.

Much better but whats with those dirty door hinges

LOL You should have seen those door hinges when I first got it. If you saw the whole truck over-all those door hinges would seem amazing!

If the stains wont come out , you may have to dye the carpet. A auto parts store should carry the carpet dye in a spray can . Hope you can find the right color.

Oh yeah I knew from the get go that the stain wasnt fully coming out, I just wanted to see how well the extractor/chemical combo would work on a stain that bad.

Just throw a mat over it.

LOL Thats actually what I do. Generally I would all the floor mats placed upside down in the back covering most of that area up lol.