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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Those were disgusting when you started. You need to talk to the owner to take better care of those mats!
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Looks brand new!
How bad was the splatter when doing this? The pictures make it seem like it was pretty clean but a brush like that with that amount of liquid on a semi-hard surface makes me think there'd be a lot of splatter.
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Originally Posted by
BSoares
Looks brand new!
Yeah... they came out nice but I also scrubbed the heck out of them.
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BSoares
How bad was the splatter when doing this?
The pictures make it seem like it was pretty clean but a brush like that with that amount of liquid on a semi-hard surface makes me think there'd be a lot of splatter.
Not to bad actually. I was wearing my work uniform so I didn't care if I got dirty. I ran the PE14 on the 1 speed setting - that's 900 RPM.
I did the work at the end of the bay by the garage door and rinsed the mats off in the utility sink down the hall.
I would have much rather take replacement but I think INFINITI vendor for their mats must have made them on a Monday?
I'll send the guy we worked with the link to this thread. He/They can do with the info what they will.
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Cool. I guess speed 1 is why it didn’t splatter as bad as I was imagining it.
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Originally Posted by
BSoares
Cool. I guess speed 1 is why it didn’t splatter as bad as I was imagining it.
I started out feathering the trigger but then went ahead and locked the speed trigger in place on the 1 speed setting and it wasn't any worse than feathering the trigger.
If it were not for the rotary power I don't think I could have saved these mats. Not sure what caused the weird staining but my guess is something to do with the injection molding process?
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Originally Posted by
Mike Phillips
I started out feathering the trigger but then went ahead and locked the speed trigger in place on the 1 speed setting and it wasn't any worse than feathering the trigger.
If it were not for the rotary power I don't think I could have saved these mats. Not sure what caused the weird staining but my guess is something to do with the injection molding process?
Definitely some issue with the molding process. Maybe they messed up the mix of products and it ended up that way. Hopefully the ones you fixed will remain that way and not turn white again with time.
Did they just give you the money back and said keep them?
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Originally Posted by
BSoares
Definitely some issue with the molding process. Maybe they messed up the mix of products and it ended up that way. Hopefully the ones you fixed will remain that way and not turn white again with time.
Cofidence is high we fixed them. They look good. Meant to take a picture last night but car was parked a ways from our house.
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BSoares
Did they just give you the money back and said keep them?
I think so, it was a fine with us. They actually offered to send us another set for free but it had the same problem.
I'll try to get some pictures of the mats back in the car and also the interior after using the complete PBL line on the leather.
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Re: Extreme Floor Mat Makeover - How to machine scrub floor mats to remove stains
Nice work and excellent write-up as always, Mike! You are the master!! And the white staining is the Release Agent in the rubber- it comes to the surface as the liquified rubber cools off in the mold during the manufacturing process. This is the reason that we have to scrub new raw bumper covers with an abrasive chemical agent and then bake them prior to painting them here in the collision industry. If we don't do that, the release agents come back to the surface (underneath the paint) in the painting process, and eventually the new paint will delaminate down the road.
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