How to clean blacktop dirt from floormats

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imported_RedlineIRL

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I have a crappy blacktop driveway, so whenever it gets wet the dirt, oils, and everything else in it seem to get on my shoes and transfer on to my floormats. While these are just an old set of OE floormats that I use, I'd still like to get them looking as good as new once they get so dirty. They are not too bad just dirty where my feet rest. I don't really have a high end carpet cleaner, I just have a Bissel little green machine that I use on stuff. Do you all think that this will be capable of getting out the blacktop oils? What process and cleaning products should I use on the flormat?
 
The only way I ever wash any floormat is simply to powerwash them. It just dosen't get any simpler or quicker or more effective. If you don't have one the local coin ops always have floor mat holders.
 
By blacktop, do you mean asphalt? Just curious :-) Do like Jakerooni told you or use a hose a brush and some APC, hang them up to dry.
 
Unfortunately I have shoveled enough of this stuff to know the composition.

It is a mixture of liquid asphalt (tar) sand, ash, stone, and some oil.



The two things that worked the best for me was Awesome orange which you can

find at Dollar Tree. Don't laugh this stuff really does work pretty well but make sure you get the orange and NOT the regular yellow formula.

The other thing to try is Spot Shot.
 
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