A friend spilled a soda (Coke) on the passenger mat/carpet. Fortunatly I had a towel with me and he moped up most of it. I went out this morning, the carpet looks okay, just a little damp that I took care of with paper towels, but the floor mat had a pretty big stain and was still wet. I figured I'd just hose it off on the driveway and moped up the excess water with a towel, then just hang it up to drip dry for a day or two. Should this work okay to get the stain out, and do I need to re-scotchguard the mat when it's dry?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(txtabby @ Apr 22 2007, 01:48 PM) [snapback]427894[/snapback]</div> My wife said try club soda let sit for 5-10 min,. then rinse and dry if you have a shop vac suck it up
I swear by 303 Cleaner and Spot Remover. I think if the Coke didn't get a chance to dry you'll be OK if you wet it and blotted it. Coke contains corn syrup (sticky bacteria food) and phosphoric acid (toilet-bowl cleaner ingredient) so it can be hard on fabric if you don't get it off.
After hosing it off and letting it 'drip-dry' for a couple of days all the stain seems to be gone. If I suspect there's still some residue I can break out my 'Little Green Machine' from Bissle I'm going to replace the front and back 'cargo' area mats with black rubber ones anyway.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(txtabby @ Apr 23 2007, 09:02 PM) [snapback]428728[/snapback]</div> I bought the OEM all weather matts IMMEDIATELY when I bought my vehicle. I took the carpeted matts out. Where I live, they are just impractical, as they would get so dirty very quickly.
