Hey Guys - Ask your wives something for me-

[CherryBlossom]

What's the best way to get grease outta your CARPET in the house??!??!
I've tried a few things...some work better than other's...but I want a MIRACLE cure, since it happens so often!

thanks!

[Fat Hack]

Make hubby go barefoot in da house! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

(Is he so busy killing innocent tudors that he can't take his shoes off? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

[Roothawg]

Wifey follows me around with a bottle of "stain control" that's the name of it. It is amazing stuff. Made by Odoban. Got it at Sam's wholesale Club.

[CAMPFIRE]

I clean the thick crap off first, then spray (soak) it with 409 or windex then get a shopvac and then let it suck in the vertical position. hope it works!

[Roothawg]

CB, that stuff I am telling ya about is so good that most of the time ya don't even hafta scrub....they just disolve.

[Roothawg]

Here ya go.
stuff (http://odoban.com/pages/products/hh/odobans_stain.html)

[fuel pump]

My wife wouldn't know cause I've NEVER got grease on the carpet http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
And if I do I blame it on the dog http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

ya might not wanna use it in the house, but on clothing (with fresh grease) I've had really good luck with starting fluid or brake parts cleaner! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[CherryBlossom]

LOL! yeah, i think i'll keep all the other vehicle fluids to a minimum - and outdoors for that matter http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Root- looks like menards and sams club are the only places that carry it around here....I think I'll go buy some! I hope it works well for me - we have a grease TRAIL from the shop to the computer....ok...it's not THAT bad...but it drives me crazy!

[Roothawg]

My wife was telling me that she even got the stain up around the back door. It was a red Oklahoma mud stain. She said he had shampooed it 3 times and tried all the stain removers out there. She sprayed it last night and left it. This morning it's gone!!

BTW, I don't work for the company. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[andysdeuce]

If I were you I would make Mike strip down naked before he left the garage!!! That way by the time he got to the house most of the crud would fall off of him or be left on his clothes in the garage. Might give the neighbors some entertainment too!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ray]

my girlfriend SELLS carpet, she could ship to you! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[buzzard]

We use Capture. It is a dry cleaning powder and we get it at Home Depot. You sprinkle it on and scrub with the brush it comes with. We have really light carpet so any wet cleaners leave a stain.

Also, we were told that wet cleaners will pull off the protection that the carpet has in it. So it is easier to stain from then on.

I'm not an expert by any means. Just retelling what the carpet guy told us. First time we've not had hardwood floors.

[Tman]

Not that it helps but I have found that it is worth it to buy good carpet. A few years back we bought a tight weave true Berber. It was crazy expensive (ray has been here, this tiny room was $1200) but has held up like new. I roll my Mtn bikes over it, the 2 cats trie to tear it up, it gets beer spilt on it. Still like new.

[CharlieLed]

We use a product called "Spot Shot", it's in an aerosol spray can and is kinda like dry cleaning solvent. Spray it on, let it sit a couple of seconds, then soak it up with a rag or paper towel. Works like magic on many stains. I polished my shoes once with liquid polish and put them on before the liquid had dried; left footprints on the carpet. Sprayed with Spot Shot and watched the black dye vanish as I sprayed it onto the stains! Also works great for upholstery and for stains on clothes. I buy it here in SoCal at COSTCO...

[Samantha]

I use "GOOF OFF"...works on grease, oil, pen, marker, etc. Comes in a little yellow tin can w/red writing & works like a charm.

[McGrath]

Ether works good if you can get some windows open nearby and blow all the pilot lights out. Works good to clean greasy baseball caps too, but its best to do it outside.

The best Carpet cleaner I have seen is made for Car carpets and its called "Lifter One". Walmart keeps it with the Car cleaning stuff. Its probably pretty close to the "spot Shot" charlieled mentioned. Its like a dry cleaning fluid.

[Evilfordcoupe™]

Mine ripped the carpets out, then had the concrete stained. Carpet is discusting!!!

-Jason

[kritz]

the only thing that works for me is woolite oxy deep...available at any grocery store. good stuff.

the wife thought that the oxy deep was a miracle cure when it removed the greasy footprints from the carpet in our kitchen.

[Ayers Garage]

We do upholstery for a side job. Nothing works as well for me as Zippo lighter fluid. It dissolves the grease and evaporates away clean. I use it on all light colored materials to remove stains.

[zonkola]

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...we have a grease TRAIL from the shop to the computer....ok...it's not THAT bad...but it drives me crazy!

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Sounds like a good argument for buying a 'shop' computer. Something second-hand and cheap, to be used just for HAMB'ing...

[BUICKNAILHEAD]

THE BEST STUFF I found is Brake Kleen from Kleen Flo. It is the same formula in dry cleaning and it evaporates quickly...plus you will have that oh so fresh shop smell for an hour. But yeah when ever I get thick grease on my clothes,carpet interior...I break out the Kleen Flo Brake Kleen!!!! It's rad http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[SwitchBlade327]

I asked my fiance', and she just asked, "why the fuck is someone asking about carpet cleaner on a hot rod message board?". Ah, I love this girl.....

[DrJ]

I use "RESOLVE" in my Astro Van to clean the carpet after hauling greasy engines in it.
It's a semi-dry powder/flake that you sprinkle on and brush till it lifts and absorbs the grease then vacuum it out.
I think it works like that stuff that absorbs oil spills in the ocean.
I repeat a couple of times and it's clean.
Always has worked for me on grease although I have one tranny fluid stain that hide from me for a coupe months that you can still see a little.

I don't know about in the house. I just have bare oak floors because the carpet was making a great flea nursery for my five cat's buddies so I took it all out.

[rikaguilera]

Castrol super clean..
This stuff works on everything. You might even have to add a little water to it, or the dye in the carpet may come off with the stain. I have used it many times on auto carpets, and it even removes blood! dont'ask....
Rik

[purple]

<font color="purple"> Well, since I'm technically a carpet cleaner, I only use our products we have at the shop. But you can't get it over the counter. If it is a worked in trail that you have tried to clean already, I bet nothing can get it out now. Many products will not touch the stain, but will set the stain. Once set, nothing will budge it. If you do find something that makes it dissapear, it pobably is still there. Wet cleaners soak down and take the grease with it, then when it gets wet again it wicks back up. Also, if the cleaner you use has a lot of soap, the soap will attract dirt and will get dirty again making you think the stain came back (but its all new dirt).

So I don't have a recomendation for you other than save up for a professional or get a throw rug. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Most professionals have a minimum charge. They will do traffic lanes (where you walk) only if you want. Just have them do enough of the carpet to meet the minimum charge. </font>

[MarkX]

Fast-Orange hand cleaner with pumice ..... works on clothes too

[MarkX]

and then buy a roll of that clear plasic carpet runner

[kustombuilder]

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...we have a grease TRAIL from the shop to the computer....ok...it's not THAT bad...but it drives me crazy!

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Sounds like a good argument for buying a 'shop' computer. Something second-hand and cheap, to be used just for HAMB'ing...

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my new best friend!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif thats a great idea! honny.....

[CharlieLed]

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Castrol super clean..
This stuff works on everything. You might even have to add a little water to it, or the dye in the carpet may come off with the stain. I have used it many times on auto carpets, and it even removes blood! dont'ask....
Rik

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I use this Castrol Super Clean product all the time. I pick it up at WalMart for less than $5 a gallon. This stuff is a super-strong alkaline and will remove acrylic paint and anodizing from aluminum. BE VERY CAREFUL with this product, if you get it on your hands (or other skin areas) it will remove your skin! This is a super cleaner, as the name implies, but it is also very hazardous in it's concentrated "out of the bottle" state. Water will dilute it very rapidly but by the time you feel it burning, it's too late. I speak with the voice of experience...be careful with this stuff.

[LIMEY]

Its a major problem in our house, good old brake cleaner does the trick.
I needed a poo real quick the other day.....i mean like to quick to get my boots off, damn it she made me put plastic bags on my boots so as not to dirty the carpet, i never seen her laugh so much! you had to be there.....it was just the situation i was in! trying to hold the bags on &amp; holding my a-- ah too much info.

[av8]

Saw a commercial for Clorox Oxi Magic a couple of weeks back, thought what the hell, gave it a try on some light greasy footprints on ligh beige carpet and it worked like, uh . . . magic! The prints are gone without a trace, the carpet didn't melt and didn't even discolor.

[=mike=]

hard wood floors .

[CherryBlossom]

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...we have a grease TRAIL from the shop to the computer....ok...it's not THAT bad...but it drives me crazy!

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Sounds like a good argument for buying a 'shop' computer. Something second-hand and cheap, to be used just for HAMB'ing...

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LOL...yeah, and I might as well live alone too!

[CherryBlossom]

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I asked my fiance', and she just asked, "why the fuck is someone asking about carpet cleaner on a hot rod message board?". Ah, I love this girl.....

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Because if it weren't for hotrods I wouldn't have grease on my carpet....she sounds like a real 'winner'.

[CherryBlossom]

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<font color="purple"> If it is a worked in trail that you have tried to clean already, I bet nothing can get it out now. Many products will not touch the stain, but will set the stain. Once set, nothing will budge it. If you do find something that makes it dissapear, it pobably is still there. Wet cleaners soak down and take the grease with it, then when it gets wet again it wicks back up. Also, if the cleaner you use has a lot of soap, the soap will attract dirt and will get dirty again making you think the stain came back (but its all new dirt).



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I think thats exactly the problem.....

[Bugman]

GoJo, or Goop. Always worked for me. Not recomended on a white carpet, but off white is ok.

[atch]

bugman,

i was thinking about gojo or goop ('cause they work so well on greasy clothes if you rub it in before throwing them in a washing machine) but how do you get it out of the carpet? do you then have to get the carpet wet and use a wetvac?

[Bugman]

Since it's made to be used wet or dry, I put it on dry, and rub it in. Then I wipe with paper towels until dry. Repeat if it's a really tough stain. You could rinse I suppose, but I never have.

-Bugman Jeff

[InPrimer]

We have an attached garage, I take my shoes off before i get into the house, its called commom courtesy

[Missing Link]

used bubble gum

[296 V8]

just got a wood floor i can see its going to be a good thing.

[Sam F.]

i have to take my shoes off,,,no matter what

[Nads]

The best way to get Grease out of your carpets is to not watch the movie in the first place.

[BLAKE]

We've had good luck with spray Resolve, boiling hot water and a stiff brush.

[fatabone]

Afta. You can get it at Lowes or Home Depot. It works on oil or grease based stains apply small amount on white cloth or a piece of scrap carpet and rub gently. Do not pour it directly on the carpet! Fat

[scarylarry]

I also now use starting fluid after seeing the guy at the Ryder shop clean the velour door panel in my Freightliner with it. Stinks for a while, but no stain from grease or fluid.

[onelow48]

Hard wood!

[Bruce Lancaster]

Remember, no rodder should purchase any textile product that isn't black or off-black...
Brake cleaner for practically anything, carb cleaner will actually allow chewing gum to be removed from carpet. Both products need to be used in sufficient quantity to imperil all life in the house, so soak it and go for a walk.
Brake cleaner will kill an invading insect INSTANTLY--they just drop out of the air when hit.