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BRUHA
07-25-2004, 10:31 AM
I decide to clean out the interior of my girlfriends Mercury Cougar yesterday. It was a hand down from her grandmother and was extremely dirty. I took the car to the gas station to use their high powered vacuums (since I live in an apartment and really don`t have a shop vac). Well, to make a long story short, two vacuum sessions and $1.50 later...there was still dirt embedded in the carpet. It seemed like this dirt was so ground into the carpet, that the vacuum wouldn`t even pick it up. Is there another instrument that I could use to remove this embedded dirt???



Here are some pictures of how dirty the interior was (WARNING: This is extremely graphic material!!!):



http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/783714/DIRTYCARPET.JPG



http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/783714/Jul24037.JPG

imported_Bence
07-25-2004, 10:53 AM
:shocked :scared



Roll the windows down a bit then blow the whole interior full with foaming cleaner (Demolition Man) and let it sit for a little (er, a year?!)... and you can try to finish it.



Man, BIG :bow!!! Post after pics!!!!!!!!!!



Honestly, try some aggressive industrial strength carpet cleaners/extractors. Did Granny live in that car? My dinner wanted to be free again...



:xyxthumbs

BRUHA
07-25-2004, 11:02 AM
I totally understand your feeling...I`ve seen welcome mats that were cleaner than this carpet. She definitely got a large piece of my mind after I tried to vacuum that car. I told her that this was the worst carpet that I have ever seen in a car. Thanx for the advice.

3Dog
07-25-2004, 11:06 AM
Try using a dry "stiff" brush to loose up some of the dirt, then vac. After that get a bucket of soapy water and start scrubbing then wet vac....and probably do that over again.

See you next week!!!!