I gave the car a good cleaning today and will probably clay bar and nanowax it tomorow. However I have a couple of stains on the rear carpet( stupid tan interior)
I tried resolve and oxy clean and got a couple out with oxyclean but it didn't work on a few. Anybody got some tips besides stop letting the kids drink in the car? :innocent:

This post has been edited by 06beigelx: Apr 22 2008, 10:42 PM

go old school ... try a lil baking soda warm water and a toothbrush

What about those auto carpet cleaning machines at the self serve

car wash? Its $5.75 and someone here said it worked quite well. I'm

not sure I had ever seen one before this car wash in Needles, CA.

try some gasoline on a rag.

unfortunately, that is the best idea-make sure the kids are properly hydrated before you leave and make them wear diapers until they buy their own car. If they whine about the diapers just tell them "when you're older you'll understand."

You asked for tips. How did you clean the mats? For example, when I clean my carpets, I remove them from the car and completely saturate them with a hose. Then I apply a generous amount of “harsh” soap and scrub them very hard with a scrub brush. Then I hose them down until the soap and dirt is gone and let them dry in the sun for rest of the day. That technique usually removes everything but tar and gum. Sometimes a light solvent may help for tar. Obviously do that before you soap and soak the mats. If the stain is gum, sometimes it just doesn’t come out.

or the easiest way... take the carpeted mats out and put in some "all-weather" ones...

of course, this is assuming that this is the actual mats we are talking about.. sounds like what you are talking about is the carpeting itself, not the mats....

i would try some oxy carpet cleaner, spray a bunch on it.. let it dry overnight see if the stains are still there.. if they are, wet the area, and try using a good scrub brush and see if you can work it out that way...

or just leave the stains there and cover them with a large all weather mat :grin:

Carb cleaner works great - followed by soap & water (to remove the smell). A car-dealer buddy taught me this trick and I have to say it does wonders... :thumbsup:

Windex, I swear to god it works. I spilled paint on my carpet and it got nearly all of it out. A simple search on google works pretty well.

for grease spots try using gojo hand cleaner rub it in
and use a clean cloth to remove it

I usually rent an industrial type steam cleaner every spring and do the entire interior to get rid of all the nasty winter muck.
I've thought about buying one, but anything decent is well over $200 and that seems somewhat counter productive to use for two or three days a year.
On older project cars, I almost always take out the carpet and replace it, or at the very least take it to a wand style carwash.

It is amazing just how cheap you can get a replacement carpet for, usually around $125-200.... In fact I'm considering it for the sonata, going with dark grey or black just so it won't look quite so terrible between cleanings.

My dealer shampooed all my mats for $10... The shampoo machines at the car wash work okay...

sorry, this may be a bit :offtopic: , but does $150-$160 sound like a decent price for a complete car detail, inside & out with sealant, buffing, shampooing inside, etc?

That's not too far off, depending on the quality of the work. I paid $140 a couple months ago for a full service wash that included interior detail, seat and carpet shampoo, hand wash exterior, clay bar, hand wax and buff. I think I made them nervous though, cuz I watched them the whole time. (Hey, if I'm paying for all those services, I'm gonna be dam sure I get them.)

here's the kicker (forgot to mention it).. this is at a car dealership (not Hyundai).. they do "outside car detailing" only 1 days a week.. but its our receptionist's husbands brother who is the manager (sound like i dont know the guy, but im good friends with the receptionist and her husband)... if the manager (husband's brother) knows it is a close friend of his brother, he might bemore likely to make sure they do a good job.... AND they will come pick up the car from my office and bring it back to me when they're done...

does it being at a dealership make it less likely that they will do a good job? (they do the clay-barring as well)

Since it's gonna include delivery service, and you'll probably be in good hands knowing the manager, $150-160 sounds like a good deal.

it sounded like a good deal since i saw some places online in my area on NJ that wanted upwards of $225-$250 for a full detail.. thought that was sick pricing...

COST at our dealership is $225.00. They don't clay bar. They do blow every speck of dirt out of every nook and cranny inside and on the engine.