carpet cleaning

[mattschepker]

what product or products do you use to clean your carpets?

 

[Julian]

I typically just hose it off and let it hang over a ladder. If I have a stubborn stain/dirt we have a "Little Green Clean Machine" carpet cleaner I use on it. Only done that once though as the hose with a normal garden sprayer does the trick 99% of the time.

 

[Glassman]

I hire COIT.

 

[Glassman]

well, you didn't specify, how was I to know....

I've found that a pressure washer and sun works great. Gets rid of the dirt and sand along with the funky wet carpet smell.

 

[Boat Crazy]

Wet carpet.. Spray with awesome spray cleaner.. Scrub with rv brush.. Stiff brush for stubborn stains.. Hose off... Shop vac excess water.. Hang to dry. Edited to state I remove the carpet first.

 

[rkluck]

We just hose off and if required use carpet cleaner in a bad spot (only had one spot to deal with so far). The carpet get dry very quickly. Most of the time we don't even take it up just hose it off.

 

[jetboat623]

I pull mine and take the carpet clean to it a couple times a season, then let it dry really well in the sun.

 

[mattschepker]

Wet carpet.. Spray with awesome spray cleaner.. Scrub with rv brush.. Stiff brush for stubborn stains.. Hose off... Shop vac excess water.. Hang to dry. Edited to state I remove the carpet first.

I have never seen or heard of awesome spray cleaner.

 

[Magic]

I have never seen or heard of awesome spray cleaner.

Apparently, its pretty awesome...

Is that the brand name or just an opinion?

 

[Magic]

Well lookie here! It IS awesome spray cleaner! Google is your friend! lol

 

[Andy S]

well, you didn't specify, how was I to know....

I've found that a pressure washer and sun works great. Gets rid of the dirt and sand along with the funky wet carpet smell.

X2 works for me every time.

 

[Andy S]

Well lookie here! It IS awesome spray cleaner! Google is your friend! lol

Great stuff, keep a bottle on the boat, I find it at the Dollar Store or Walmart.

 

[cane.mba]

I had a bottle of "Rug Dr" cleaning solution left over from the last time we cleaned the house carpets. So I wet the carpets with the house, sprayed them down with the Rug Dr spray, and then after 10 minutes or so hit them with a pressure washer. They came out looking brand new. I have to wonder what Yamaha coats them with, because it's the only substance in the world that hold off Georgia Red Clay!

Just be careful with the pressure washer...

 

[Boat Crazy]

I have never seen or heard of awesome spray cleaner.

@mattschepker .. I highly recommend you buy some. This stuff will clean the interior of a car like nothing else I have ever used. Awesome on door panels. $1.00 per qt sprayer at any General Dollar can also buy refill in gallons. I use the spray bottles for other things when empty.

 

[jaybro72]

I have 5 or 6 bottles

 

[itsdgm]

I usually just vacuum and then rinse down with the hose to clean. But if there's any stains I use simple green, scrub brush and rinse with hose.

 

[txav8r]

I would just hang to dry when wet unless they get sandy or dirty. Then I remove, hose off with nozzle pressure only, mix a bucket of common liquid laundry detergent mild in a 5 gallon bucket with water, use the boat brush to brush it into the carpets, then use a stiff floor brush to work on the stained area, then hose off completely until sudsing stops, shop vac the water out as much as possible, hang to dry from one end. Will dry over night that way. Do not leave wet carpet in the boat, it will mildew.