worst carpet to work with?

Sheila@detailcity

Sheila@detailcity

My husband is always right!
Hey you all. Every once in a while, we come across a bear of a carpet. I mean crabgrass carpet full on sand. In your opinions, which vehicles are the worst offenders in this area? Any thoughts?:thanks
 
My wifes 2008 Corolla has some cheap carpet that I don't like. It is more like the cheap carpet you can buy in rolls at Wal-Mart not really carpet in my mind.
 
Mrs. Clean's ride is a VDub NB TS, so I'm as familiar with that carpet as any. We've had the Monster Mats in since new. True, they are helpful, but there are areas that aren't covered, and those tend to fray more than any other carpet I've seen.

I strongly encourage all of my customers to mat their vehicles and if possible with rubber mats. Most do, those that don't have OEM carpeted mats which are a lot easier to clean than the carpet.
 
Used to own a 98 Saab 900se. Leather interior, but the carpet was definitely a bear. It would take me a solid 2 hours to get dog hair to release from the fibers throughout the car. And sand never came out fully.
 
Lexuslover said:
Used to own a 98 Saab 900se. Leather interior, but the carpet was definitely a bear. It would take me a solid 2 hours to get dog hair to release from the fibers throughout the car. And sand never came out fully.
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Animal hair is a pain because it just seems like it becomes intertwined with the carpet or just glued to fabric seats. Sand can be an issue, I have found that when I attach the brush to my PC and have that going it brings the dirt to the surface...as I am doing that I am also holding a vacuum so I get everything the PC picks up.
 
I hate the short nap carpet in the back of Ford Expeditions. I have a customer who uses her Exp for family trips to the beach and the Christmas tree hauler. Sand, christmas tree "needles", her daughters hair etc. all get locked into that carpet! I bought a pet brush just for these carpets.
 
Short story, my thousand dollar Electro-SUX crapped out (for the 4th time) it's a canister type and the power head broke - last time was post warranty so I now use it for the mini-power head on brutal carpet, that spinning brush is the cat's arse!
 
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