Its gonna be 55 degrees saturday and i have a date with the car to clean her up a bit. I cant wait for spring soon enough.

THe interior could use a carpet cleaning and im wondering if any owners with cloth seats have tried any products to clean up their cloth seats. Or, has anyone tried using a portable carpet cleaner before on their interior to get the car lookin good on the inside as well as the outside.

thanks

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2007 Impala SS - 30k 5.3L V8
1997 LeSabre Limited - 115k
Gone but never forgotten:
2001 Bonneville SE
1992 Bonneville SE

any thoughts?

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2007 Impala SS - 30k 5.3L V8
1997 LeSabre Limited - 115k
Gone but never forgotten:
2001 Bonneville SE
1992 Bonneville SE

I have used my little green machine by bissell. You want to make sure you have good enough weather for them to dry. It might take awhile if it is cool.

spray some Tuff Stuff, scrub the fabric with a brush, & then use the absorber towel to grab the dirt out of the fabric. I use a bucket with clean water to clean the absorber every time I wipe a part of the interior. & the water gets dirty very fast, so you must change it a lot. hope this helps.

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2001 Blue SLE - 1995 Black SSE - 1988 Black GTA

The most important thing in cleaning carpet or upholstery with a consumer-level machine is removing the excess water. Failure to do so leaves a dull appearance from the detergents used , and can lead to water damage. This time of year is dicey.

I'd suggest that you mix up some laundry detergent and a little Oxi-Clean in a bucket of hot water. Don't go too heavy on the cleaning agents. they are concentrated in the bucket, a little will go a long way. Get some clean micro-fiber towels, and scrub the upholstery with this mixture, concentrating on heavily soiled areas first. Do one area (setback, door panel, etc.) at a time. When you're satisfied with the result, take another micro-fiber that has been dipped in clean water and go over the area and scrub away as much soap residue as possible. Then take a dry micro-fiber to that section to remove all the excess water you can.

Same procedure for carpeting, but you can use a stiff upholstery brush to clean with. If you have a shop vac, vac it after you're done to remove water. Make sure it is thoroughly vacuumed before you begin.

Mark

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'14 Silverado LTZ
'08 Acura TL
'05 VW Passat GLS

i went to wal-mart and picked up a yellow bottle of this cloth cleaner spray with a brush attached to the nozzle, it worked great :-)

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No bonnie!
93 s10 ex cab: 2.8: t5: exhaust: tbi mods. 5.3, 76mm, and a D.r cam on a stand

to much water is a bad thing. it can loosen and stretch the fabric.
55 degrees is nice, but I would wait till it gets warmer, your going to want it to air dry in the sun for a spell.

and if you or a friend don't have a carpet extractor you could always rent one at a tool rental place. maybe they will have one for furniture, its basically a smaller version but works well.

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Jim

thanks for all the input... i have a bissel little green. Im gonna wait until Spring, put it on the TO DO list lol. Im sure it will take time, but im going to actually try that oxyclean idea, never thought of that. Good idea.

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2007 Impala SS - 30k 5.3L V8
1997 LeSabre Limited - 115k
Gone but never forgotten:
2001 Bonneville SE
1992 Bonneville SE