imported_capspackle
05-13-2002, 10:14 PM
This afternoon i tried out something i have seen very often on the boards.. The tide/Oxiclean mixture. I made a homemade, trial version mixture to see how it would work on a gray carpet with soil, mud, and ketchup. Here is my procedure:
I took an old Windex Bottle for reference of size. I took one entire scoop of OxiClean, and put it in the bottle. Then, i took 1/2 of one of the cups that comes with the Tide, and put that in the bottle as well. Next, i filled the bottle with warm-moderately hot water, until the water was overflowing from the bottle. In order to mix it all well together, i put it into a small bucket, and stirred it around with my hand a couple times until i was sure that all the oxiclean had dissolved. I took a hose, and wet the carpet. Next, i pured the entire bucket of solution onto the carpet. With a fairly stiff bristle, intended for tires, i scrubbed the solution into the carpet. I let it soak in for about 2-3 minutes. Then, began to rub it in a little with my hands, extracting some of the excess water at the same time. I took the hose, put it on "stream", and began spraying the carpet, pushing out the water and foam. Took about 10 minutes before i was satisfied that all the solution was gone. Placed the carpet in the HOT tropical sun and it was dry in about 4 hours.
the result: INCREDIBLE.. I purchased these carpets about 4 months ago, and i was amazed at how closely they resembled the day i bought them. For anyone owning a pathfinder, you know the front carpets have white lettering on the carpets saying "Pathfinder" this lettering used to be a dull gray, and was now back to its original white.
For anyone wanting an effective, cheap way of cleaning carpets, i HIGHLY recommend this.
I took an old Windex Bottle for reference of size. I took one entire scoop of OxiClean, and put it in the bottle. Then, i took 1/2 of one of the cups that comes with the Tide, and put that in the bottle as well. Next, i filled the bottle with warm-moderately hot water, until the water was overflowing from the bottle. In order to mix it all well together, i put it into a small bucket, and stirred it around with my hand a couple times until i was sure that all the oxiclean had dissolved. I took a hose, and wet the carpet. Next, i pured the entire bucket of solution onto the carpet. With a fairly stiff bristle, intended for tires, i scrubbed the solution into the carpet. I let it soak in for about 2-3 minutes. Then, began to rub it in a little with my hands, extracting some of the excess water at the same time. I took the hose, put it on "stream", and began spraying the carpet, pushing out the water and foam. Took about 10 minutes before i was satisfied that all the solution was gone. Placed the carpet in the HOT tropical sun and it was dry in about 4 hours.
the result: INCREDIBLE.. I purchased these carpets about 4 months ago, and i was amazed at how closely they resembled the day i bought them. For anyone owning a pathfinder, you know the front carpets have white lettering on the carpets saying "Pathfinder" this lettering used to be a dull gray, and was now back to its original white.
For anyone wanting an effective, cheap way of cleaning carpets, i HIGHLY recommend this.