Salt Stains

[CavScout10]

Being from up north i have customers asking me if i can take care of salt stains. Ive tried with an extractor but no luck. Anyone have any advice? Ive heard 50-50 white vinegar and warm water...?

Thanks, Seth

[cduprey]

Last weekend I took my mom's floor mats, which hadn't been cleaned in 2 years, and tried getting the salt stains out. Tried folex with light agitation then used my bissell proheat, did that twice and it got better, but not perfect. The third time I basically soaked them in folex (sprayed a lot) then sprayed even more hot water on them. I used a tire brush to scrub the crap out of them(this time it was very sudsy). Did a few rinses with clean water in the bissell and they came out looking brand new.

If that didn't work I was going to try the 50/50 vinegar route, I had read that worked some people. Good luck!

[Every_detail]

I've had good luck with a carpet brush and warm water also. Takes some elbow grease but does come out.

[octane]

what kind of extractor did you use? I use a mytee lite II and just the hot water gets rid of all salt stains.

vinegar will leave a smell so you really need to rinse it well

[primo spaghetti]

my extractor blasts them out too.

you can also try salteraser. it works pretty good, but if your extractor didnt touch them, im not sure salteraser will help.

[rwright]

There is a dedicated product for this called "Road Salt Remover". A quick search of the interwebs will reveal it. There are demos on YouTube as well.