Deep Cleaning Seats on a Budget

tubafeak

tubafeak

Weight is the enemy.
Well, I've been driving my CRX around for about a week now, and it smells like a really old car. It doesn't have carpeting right now (weight reduction by a former owner), but I think the smell is coming from the seats. I don't think they have ever been shampooed, but I'm willing to work on it while I wait for the funds for a pair of CF buckets. I have a Bissel Little Green Machine and am willing to try a few different chemical combinations and a little (read a lot) elbow grease. Is it possible to get it fairly clean with all that, or do I need an extractor. If I get an extractor I'll be poor for a while, so I don't want to do that if I don't need to. Any ideas?

By the way, masking the smell with an air freshener doesn't really work, so I've given up that idea.
 
Dont forget a lot of smells hiding in the head liner!

Yeah you can get pretty good results without an extractor. I would use something like oxyclean (cheap and locally found) on the seats to clean them up. If you are really serious have a professional fog/ozone the car to remove the smells. It shouldnt cost a whole lot due to the small size of the vehicle.
 
use the oxy mix on the seats and then your little green to rinse and extract you should have good results, just a very small amout of downy in the rinse water makes the fabric soft and smells good to
 
Sean's method sounds like the one you are looking for. It's relatively cheap and it works well. Link

Or I guess you could just go to the nearest Wallmart and buy some All Purpose Cleaner (APC). People on one forum were very pleased with Castrol Super Clean (it is about 6-7$ per gallon, and you can use it almost everywhere). There are also other brands - Poorboy's (also very good reviews) and Meguiar's.
Hope that helps.
 
Thanks for the input. I tried the little green concentrate last night, so we'll see how that worked, but the oxy clean sounds good, and the downy is a good idea. I'll post when I know how it went.
 
the downy works good on the carpet as well, i cant remember who i read did that but it does help alot, i just use plain water in my little green to help rinse any soap or oxy residue out of the seats, and just a VERY small amount of downy is needed, just a couple drips basically
 
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