What`s your can`t-miss approach for salt in carpet?

[Oneheadlite]

As the title says, what`s your can`t miss method for tackling salt crust and stains in carpet?

My new daily has a fair dose of it on the driver`s side that I`ve gotta address. I`ve heard of diluting vinegar into warm/hot water, what ratio do folks use? I`ve also heard of pounding the carpet for big buildup to help break the bond to the carpet.

Looking forward to some advice to make the task a bit easier to get through.

Relevant Tools/materials on hand: Carpet brushes (drill and standard), Tornador black, Carpet shampoo`r (full size Rug doctor style + little bissel spot bot), Optimum MDR (not sure if anyone`s ever used it on carpet, just throwing it out there). Griot`s interior cleaner, Citrus multi-surface cleaner. APC.

No steamer, though I`ve considered it (just so hard to justify...); no formal extractor.

[Fskof]

I use Nextzett Plastic Deep cleaner (Plastikreiniger). Spray on salt, brush lightly and wipe with a clean towel. It has worked great for me.

[Accumulator]

OneHeadlite- Yes on the vinegar.

Some white vinegar as a presoak then hot water + shampoo through your extractor, maybe throwing the Tornador in the mix as well? I never seem to have all that much trouble getting it out with the vinegar/extractor approach, but maybe your situation is beyond that.

[dcjredline]

I use Nextzett Plastic Deep cleaner (Plastikreiniger). Spray on salt, brush lightly and wipe with a clean towel. It has worked great for me.

That might work on a spot where water had salt in it and left a spot on a fiber but that aint going to work so easy on 1/4" crusted in pile of salt.

[dcjredline]

There isnt one answer to this. If its so bad its caked up 1/4" you arent getting it all out and its NOT your fault the customer doesnt take care of their car. I deal with it a lot here in Upstate NY too.