73 Tii Carpet Material

[Tbone1209]

Hi folks-

 

I've got this stain in the rear of my otherwise super clean Touring and though I believe the carpet material to be partially wool, I wanted to see if someone out there knew for sure. I've tried a few less aggressive approaches to removing the stain with little to no luck. I believe it's been there for a long time. I thought it may be a rust stain but that proved incorrect. Before I attack it more aggressively I wanted to confirm the material.

 

 

[esty]

spray it with hydrogen peroxide, that always works for me when all else fails...it might not work but won't hurt anything

 

[Tbone1209]

3 hours ago, esty said:

spray it with hydrogen peroxide, that always works for me when all else fails...it might not work but won't hurt anything

 

Cool, I'll let you know what I find 

[esty]

14 minutes ago, Tbone1209 said:

Cool, I'll let you know what I find 

get it wet and blot it with a clean rag

[Tbone1209]

So simple hydrogen peroxide didn't reall work as well as I'd hoped so after looking at some videos, I used a suggested mixture of Dawn, hydrogen peroxide to get the stain wet and scrubbed a bit to get the stain fully saturated. Then I powdered the top of the stain with baking soda and pushed it around with my fingertips until it was a paste and ground into the stain. I let that sit for 15 mins, cleaned it up and did it once more and the stain is completely removed! The fibers did get a bit ruffled from all the scrubbing over the years but the stain is gone and it's not nearly as noticeable. 

[stephers]

Could try brake clean    has the same basic ingredient as dry cleaning solvent      took a lot of stains out of things with some brake clean on a rag 

 

Thanks, Rick

[esty]

good job, you get a Good Housekeeping award

 

[joebarthlow]

I just used this on the same carpet in my 2002 on some dirt stains, came out great. I also used it to remove a condensation stain on the headliner carpet in my 2006 Sprinter and it worked great. spay on and used a lintless cloth rag to rub with

 

Edited July 29, 2022 by joebarthlow