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  • #1

    Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

    What can i use (live in canada) that could get my carpets looking new and fresh?

    Thanks in advance,
    "Learning Everyday To Spend More Money"

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    Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

    Send RaskyR1 a personal message and ask him. He lives in Minnesota and he deals with that all the time.
    Shane
    1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL

    If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away. - Aaron Tippin

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    • #3
      Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

      Haha I was just about to say just fly Rasky up there! he could take care of it no problem, he does some of the best interior restorations ever!

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      • #4
        Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

        The best solution I have found is Folex. I have tried all the carpet cleaners, this one just seemed to work.
        If its fast, loud, and runs on a flammable liquid...count me in.

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          Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

          I've never had a problem getting salt out of carpet. APC or Folex and a stiff brush should work fine for you. The one thing I tend to do is use more water with salty carpets than normal ones. Seems like the salt gets crystallized and grabs onto the fibers, the water helps to dissolve it so you can extract it.
          Scott

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            Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

            Originally posted by BlueZero View Post
            I've never had a problem getting salt out of carpet. APC or Folex and a stiff brush should work fine for you. The one thing I tend to do is use more water with salty carpets than normal ones. Seems like the salt gets crystallized and grabs onto the fibers, the water helps to dissolve it so you can extract it.
            Thats what I do too. I have an upholstery cleaner at home, so pour hot water in there with some shampoo and clean my carpets like that.
            mujjuman

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            • #7
              Re: Help Removing Salt marks from Carpet

              Me and a buddy had to take out 6 years worth of salt stains from a client's '03 Hyundai Elantra GT's driver's side footwell. We ended up making a 2:1 (pretty hot water:vinegar) mixture. Water was straight from the kettle.

              At any rate, we basically put it on the carpeted areas and pretty well saturated it with the solution (as mentioned in posts above mine, saturate it pretty well). Let it sit for a few min. Then took a stiff-bristled brush and brushed the **** out of it. We also used some APC+ and another stiff-bristled brush. Then used a terry cloth and tried to absorb as much as we could, then went over it w/the wet/dry shop vac. Took maybe 15 min total and it looks pretty damn good

              Ended up coming pretty well out (98%). No more salt stains and no more 'crusty' carpet.

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