Removing Salt & calcium off Carpets

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Mar 8, 2010 | 03:18 PM

BCD-1

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Removing Salt & calcium off Carpets

Winter is almost done, Carpets have a few spots salt / Calcium
I thought of using Vinegar & and warm water combo ....
50/50

any other suggestions would be Great

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Mar 8, 2010 | 03:58 PM

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Winter is almost done, Carpets have a few spots salt / Calcium
I thought of using Vinegar & and warm water combo ....
50/50

any other suggestions would be Great

BCD-1

For removable carpets, I soak them in water with a little bit of soft cleaner and some C L R. After 30 min, all the calcium is gone, then I rinse them in clear water and let them dry suspended.

For the carpets in the car, I use the same mix but in a higher concentration and brush the calcium spots with a carpet brush. After, I rinse the mix as much as I can with clear water and suck it dry with a shop vac. This removes all the stains but you need to do it several times for the calcium build ups.

Mar 9, 2010 | 01:22 AM

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Thank you Martin

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Mar 9, 2010 | 01:50 AM

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Martin, do you have Audi Q5 Winter mats front & rear ?

If you due let me know what you are using to clean them.
I do have the full set. They are Tuff to Clean.... The holes or the Square boxes on them are Tuff Deep !

I have been using a brush with dish Soap, Hot water that kind of thing ....

Any suggestions would be great

Thanks Again BCD-1

Mar 9, 2010 | 03:55 AM

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all weather mats

We got our Q5 a month ago and got all weather rubberized mats for the winter. Such a life saver for keeping the car clean. I am getting rubber mats for our other car before next winter.

Mar 9, 2010 | 04:29 AM

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We got our Q5 a month ago and got all weather rubberized mats for the winter. Such a life saver for keeping the car clean. I am getting rubber mats for our other car before next winter.

The Audi Q5 weather mats work great.
They are just tuff to keep Clean

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Mar 9, 2010 | 05:22 PM

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I am getting my Q5 this friday (three days earlier than expected). It will have the standard mats, I didn't pay for anything else.

However the receipe for cleaning the mats was used on for different vehicles: Honda Accord, Jeep Grand Cherokee limited, Dodge Caravan, and a Mazda Protegé (all my previous cars...) And it worked great with all of them. Of course on the mats made of fabric. For the rubberized ones, I normally clean them using mild soap, and for tough spots, I spray a little bit of wheel cleaner. Outside of the car of course!