White95Max
08-25-2005, 02:12 PM
OK long story short. Here goes...
I went fishing today, brought home a pair of minnows for my fishtank (I like having native fish in my tanks). I had a 3gal bucket that I transported them with. I filled the bucket about 2/3 full, and set it down on the floor in front of the passenger seat. I drove home, holding the bucket with one hand whenever I was braking or turning. Everything was well until I got about 3 blocks from my apartment, when a squirrel decided that it was time to cross the road. Well I slammed on the brakes, as I saw the squirrel hunch over and prepare to be squashed. The squirrel did not get squashed, but I DID hear the bucket of river water tip over next to me. :mad:
I had about a gallon of water leak out of the bucket onto my floor. The floormat seemed to absorb the majority of the water. Initially there was actually a puddle of water on my floormat. I quickly drove home (holding that d*mn bucket all the way) and took that floormat out, and used over two dozen microfiber towels (cheap ones) to absorb every little bit of water in the carpeting. The first few towels got pretty wet. The ones after that didn`t pick up much, but I kept reaching for a dry MF because it just seemed like it would be more absorbent. After 6-8 MFs had been used, I took the fish inside, moved them to the fishtank, and hurried back out to the car. I took some OxiClean/water mix, APC/water mix, Meguiars Odor Eliminator, and some Autoglym Interior Shampoo.
After absorbing all the water I could with the MFs, I cleaned the area with the OxiClean/water mix and a scrub brush, then the APC/water mix and brush, then the Odor Eliminator (with a brush for good measure), and finally the Autoglym Interior Shampoo (with a brush).
I then proceeded to eat lunch outside, so that I could leave my door wide open to let the sun shine on the floor. After about 30 minutes, the sun went behind the clouds, so I drove the car around for about 25 minutes with the heat on full blast, and the fan dial set to FLOOR. I stopped at the nearest DIY car wash, where I used the big *** vacuum that they have there. I was just about finished vacuuming the area when it turned off. I couldn`t believe how little time you get! 5 minutes maybe. It didn`t matter though, I wasn`t concerned about any sand or grass in the rest of the car.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/WaterProblems1.jpg
If you look closely, you can see the many streams of water pouring out of the bottom of the floor mat. :( It sure looks/smells nice now that it`s all clean though! :)
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/WaterProblems2.jpg
I went fishing today, brought home a pair of minnows for my fishtank (I like having native fish in my tanks). I had a 3gal bucket that I transported them with. I filled the bucket about 2/3 full, and set it down on the floor in front of the passenger seat. I drove home, holding the bucket with one hand whenever I was braking or turning. Everything was well until I got about 3 blocks from my apartment, when a squirrel decided that it was time to cross the road. Well I slammed on the brakes, as I saw the squirrel hunch over and prepare to be squashed. The squirrel did not get squashed, but I DID hear the bucket of river water tip over next to me. :mad:
I had about a gallon of water leak out of the bucket onto my floor. The floormat seemed to absorb the majority of the water. Initially there was actually a puddle of water on my floormat. I quickly drove home (holding that d*mn bucket all the way) and took that floormat out, and used over two dozen microfiber towels (cheap ones) to absorb every little bit of water in the carpeting. The first few towels got pretty wet. The ones after that didn`t pick up much, but I kept reaching for a dry MF because it just seemed like it would be more absorbent. After 6-8 MFs had been used, I took the fish inside, moved them to the fishtank, and hurried back out to the car. I took some OxiClean/water mix, APC/water mix, Meguiars Odor Eliminator, and some Autoglym Interior Shampoo.
After absorbing all the water I could with the MFs, I cleaned the area with the OxiClean/water mix and a scrub brush, then the APC/water mix and brush, then the Odor Eliminator (with a brush for good measure), and finally the Autoglym Interior Shampoo (with a brush).
I then proceeded to eat lunch outside, so that I could leave my door wide open to let the sun shine on the floor. After about 30 minutes, the sun went behind the clouds, so I drove the car around for about 25 minutes with the heat on full blast, and the fan dial set to FLOOR. I stopped at the nearest DIY car wash, where I used the big *** vacuum that they have there. I was just about finished vacuuming the area when it turned off. I couldn`t believe how little time you get! 5 minutes maybe. It didn`t matter though, I wasn`t concerned about any sand or grass in the rest of the car.
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/WaterProblems1.jpg
If you look closely, you can see the many streams of water pouring out of the bottom of the floor mat. :( It sure looks/smells nice now that it`s all clean though! :)
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/WaterProblems2.jpg