Motor Oil Stuck in the carpet...

[Addicted2Bling]

This poor woman wants me to detail her car and she`s got motor oil stuck in the trunk carpet. I was thinking degreaser and hot water extraction, anyone have any experience with this?

[Beemerboy]

This poor woman wants me to detail her car and she`s got motor oil stuck in the trunk carpet. I was thinking degreaser and hot water extraction, anyone have any experience with this?

Pull the carpet section out. Use a good APC (not 409 or Simple Green) I use PB APC..Then Shop Vac the area up best you can and use a brush to lift as much as you can. Pre-treat the area with APC at 100% and let dwell then use a stiff brush with HOT water. I get a pot of boiling water to use..soak the area and brush, then shop vac and repeat as needed.

attached are two before and afters on a car that not only had grease but years of ground in grime..The carpet when I started didn`t have a nap to it. I cleaned it using the above method.

[Mr. Clean]

If you have access to a janitorial supply distributor, 1) apply a citrus based degreaser, 2) agitate lightly to work product into the carpet fibers 3) rinse, blot and "extract". If this doesn`t remove the stain, ask for a POG product and follow the same procedure as above.

[Addicted2Bling]

Pull the carpet section out. Use a good APC (not 409 or Simple Green) I use PB APC..Then Shop Vac the area up best you can and use a brush to lift as much as you can. Pre-treat the area with APC at 100% and let dwell then use a stiff brush with HOT water. I get a pot of boiling water to use..soak the area and brush, then shop vac and repeat as needed.

attached are two before and afters on a car that not only had grease but years of ground in grime..The carpet when I started didn`t have a nap to it. I cleaned it using the above method.

Thanks man, I went ahead and bought a whole gallon of that APC you speak of, can`t wait to try it out;)

[Beemerboy]

Thanks man, I went ahead and bought a whole gallon of that APC you speak of, can`t wait to try it out;)

I`ve used tons of APC`s and some years back decided to try Steve`s haven`t used any other brand since :D

[Bill D]

I stumbled across this product (http://www.oillift.net/) and bookmarked it a while back. I`m wondering how well it actually works because it appears to be pretty revolutionary but it`s all hype in my book until I`ve read some real testimonials.

[bears]

If you can pull the carpet out and soak it with a good greaser then pressure wash it. Back when i was a mechanic I managed to pump 21 quarts of motor oil into the floorboard of a old Porsche 911. Its not often but sometimes you just have to pull the carpet.