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Re: 2004 Mercedes Benz S500 DETAILED
I sprayed APC+ on the mats and sprayed a bit more on the dirtier spots.
After I let it sit for a couple of minutes I began to brush out the stains which worked rather easily. On one of the mats you can see a dark spot which is actually gum and in no way was I going to remove that with just a brush. I sprayed that area until it was soaked & I left it like that for another few minutes while I worked on the next mat. To remove the gum I used a plastic razor and that worked perfectly. I then used the LGM to extract the water and then moved on to the other mats. I have noticed that as soon as you extract the water the mats look clean but after about 20 minutes or so dirt seems to resurface. At that point I would do the extraction again using clean water. I did this process 3 times and as you can see that water just kept coming out dirty. The mat on the lower right still has some visible stains. I started having trouble with the suction of the LGM. I since bought a new LGM. The previous LGM was used quite often for a couple of years so I think it was just it's time to go. So I think a few passes will be required to remove the resurfacing dirt. Another thing I've noticed is that if the carpet or mats look clean take a flash picture and sometimes that will reveal some dirty spots. Kind of weird unless I have sometype of magic camera. Hope that helped.
Originally posted by somarr
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After I let it sit for a couple of minutes I began to brush out the stains which worked rather easily. On one of the mats you can see a dark spot which is actually gum and in no way was I going to remove that with just a brush. I sprayed that area until it was soaked & I left it like that for another few minutes while I worked on the next mat. To remove the gum I used a plastic razor and that worked perfectly. I then used the LGM to extract the water and then moved on to the other mats. I have noticed that as soon as you extract the water the mats look clean but after about 20 minutes or so dirt seems to resurface. At that point I would do the extraction again using clean water. I did this process 3 times and as you can see that water just kept coming out dirty. The mat on the lower right still has some visible stains. I started having trouble with the suction of the LGM. I since bought a new LGM. The previous LGM was used quite often for a couple of years so I think it was just it's time to go. So I think a few passes will be required to remove the resurfacing dirt. Another thing I've noticed is that if the carpet or mats look clean take a flash picture and sometimes that will reveal some dirty spots. Kind of weird unless I have sometype of magic camera. Hope that helped.
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