Hey what's up guys! Welcome to another episode of Pan The Organizer! So today, an easy DIY
tutorial on how to remove salt stains from your vehicle's carpets. So during the winter months,
as you go in and out of your vehicle, there's a lot of road salt that can accumulate and form
some crusts in your carpet, and if left unattended they can burn through and permanently damage your
carpet. So today I'm gonna give you all the tips all the tricks and you're gonna see just how easy
it is to do. So you know the drill! Without further ado, let's go ahead and start the show!
So hey guys! I'm Pan! Welcome to the show. I hope you guys are having a great day! So
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all the equipment, tools, and products that I'll be presenting today I'll leave some links in the
description under the video for you guys to check them out, so just sit back relax,
and enjoy the show! So as I said today i'm going to show you an easy DIY method
of removing salt stains from your vehicle's carpets because during the winter months,
pretty much all the municipalities and cities well they use magnesium chloride and calcium chloride
which is very different compared to your regular table salt, and those can leave stains or crust
and over time, if left unattended, they can burn through your carpet fibers and leave permanent
stains or damages. So that's what we're going to do today is go ahead and remove those and also
at the end I'm going to show you how to protect the fabric to prevent that from happening and
making cleaning a lot easier. So the first method, before we go ahead and do the demo in a vehicle,
is pretty simple because it's pretty much household items that you probably already
have at home. So we're talking about a few brushes, so stiff bristle brushes, that we're
gonna use to clean carpets. You can use an old toothbrush as well. We're going to use a sprayer,
a microfiber towel, and some water, and some white vinegar. So your household vinegar that you use
for cooking. This is going to help to dissolve all those minerals. Very important, so it's
more acidic in nature and that's going to help to dissolve any calcium chloride, magnesium chloride
,and salt that is in your carpets. So what we did here is what I recommend: you can use hot water if
you want but I recommend boiling water. So we're going to do a 50/50 mix of water and vinegar
and we're going to put that in our sprayer. So this water here is actually boiled so we used
a classic boiler we're going to have 12 ounces of each, so boiling water and vinegar. The boiling
water just makes it a lot more efficient. So you do your mix and then we're going to pour that
into our spray bottle. So this is going to help to quickly dissolve because it's going
to loosen the fibers up and do a quick job of dissolving as well then you add your vinegar.
So this is a 32 ounce spray bottle but you can adjust the volume of what you're putting in there
as long as you're using roughly a 50/50 mix. Don't over think it and if you don't want to boil your
water you can just use hot tap water that's fine as well. So we have our spray form that's done,
we're gonna mix it up and shake it well so our solution is good to go.
Now for the more advanced steps later on, so this is the easy DIY and that should get rid of pretty
much 95% of the salt stains that you have. What you can also do is use a carpet and upholstery
cleaner if you have some stains in your carpeting. Very important you want to go ahead and remove
those and if there are deep crusted kind of stains that won't get removed with the water and vinegar,
you can use that as well sort of like a pre-treat or use an all-purpose cleaner or multi-purpose
cleaner and degreaser that's properly diluted. So in this case I'm using extra tough diluted 20:1,
perfect for fabrics and carpets. And for those tougher stains, you can also use a drill brush
attachment like this, so this is going to help to get that foam going and really do a deep clean,
so you're going to pre-treat the surface by spraying the chemical and then you work
the product in with your brushes or the drill brush attachment and then at the end
I have a new tool that i'm going to be using in many videos because you guys requested that I do
so. So I got a carpet extractor. This is a brand new model from Bissell Spot Clean Professional.
This is a more evolved or the newer version of the Detail Geek, a friend and another YouTube
channel. So Mitch if you're watching this this is the new model! But basically there's a hot water
tank with some cleaning solution and you have a wand here that injects some cleaning fluid
and some hot water into the fabrics and then sucks it back up just like a vacuum would do. So that's
for a deeper clean, and we're going to do that at the end to make sure that we not only remove the
vinegar smells if you don't want that to linger because you're going to see when you're going
to use the water vinegar mix it's normal that you're going to have a bit of odors left over for
two to three days, but keep in mind that's a good disinfectant and after a while it just go away, so
don't worry but if you want to immediately remove them you can use a carpet extractor just like this
and then at the end, once we're done and we have a clean surface, well we're going to go ahead
and protect the surface with a fabric guard. So for upholstery and your carpets these are not
only U.V. protectants but they also prevent liquid spills they make the carpets and upholstery a lot
easier to clean and to maintain and they're going to prevent that from happening a lot in the
future. Oh by the way guys, just to prove to you how simple these tips and tricks are to perform,
well my girlfriend Isabelle volunteered today to do the work on her own carpets and the carpet
stains and you guys requested to see her in some videos so today is that day. I'm gonna give her
instructions on how to do this, because she has no detailing experience, and you're going to see
the job is going to be done to perfection. So the first step is going to be to vacuum your
surface. So I know you're dying to see the demo guys! Let's go ahead and do the demo! Okay so
before we start the cleaning process, let's have a look at the current state of the carpets. Guys,
as you can tell, a lot of salt stains so encrusted over the years, around the gas pedal is a common
place where you'll also find some, basically this is the over spill from your winter mats or your
floor mats that you have, near the foot rest here some salt stains, some deep staining, we're going
to see if we're going to be able to remove all of those. Hopefully there's no permanent damage.
And some stains again on the side here so the over spill of the floor mats so first step is going
to be to vacuum to remove any loose dirt on from the surface and any dust. So Isabelle, go ahead.
So now for the second step, you're going to start to spray
the water and vinegar mixture so again we had a 50/50 mix of boiling
water and white vinegar in the sprayer. So spray generously on the surface. That should start
to loosen up the fibers and to dissolve the salt stains so you spray liberally on the stains.
So now you're gonna take the stiff
bristle brushes and you're gonna vigorously scrub. So this is the mechanical action.
Make sure you get into all the nooks and crannies. That's why you can also use
different size brushes, as Isabelle is using here. So some smaller ones to get into the
more intricate areas sometimes and the big one for the big surfaces. You can also use a
used toothbrush, that's always a good thing.
But yeah you can do a few lighter applications if need be of the water and vinegar. So you repeat.
You basically spray on the surface, you let it dwell for a few seconds,
you brush with your stiff bristle brush or your carpet and upholstery brush.
So maybe start mopping it up. That's the next step with the microfiber towel. You want to blot
any excess liquid. You can use the drill brush with the drill brush attachment.
All right start mopping all that up with the microfiber towel and then we're going to use
the carpet extractor and finish this off.
So a pretty dramatic difference and whatever is left is basically only burnt in fibers.
So now Isabelle is going to go ahead and apply a protectant. So open the trigger
and you're going to do a light mist.
So make sure you cover everything up and that way the fabric is going to be protected.
You're going to let that dry, and then you're good to go. All right so these are the final results!
Look at this! What a dramatic improvement guys! So let's have another look at what the carpets looked
like before the treatment. So as you can tell, tons of salt stains. And now let's have another
look at the final results. I think Isabelle did a great job. Keep in mind she's not a car detailer,
so she doesn't have any real detailing experience, but the carpets came out pretty nice.
There are some stains left here on the side a little bit, I don't know if you can see those,
and on the footrest, but that's because they were left unattended
for a long time. But compared to what we started off with, I think this looks very nice
So guys at the end of the extraction job with the carpet extractor, look how dirty this liquid is,
and the vehicle wasn't that too dirty in appearance right? So imagine what it does to even
dirtier vehicles! Let's empty this and check out the gunk that this thing removed. Look at that!
Absolutely disgusting! So guys, the vehicle now looks awesome. We have clean carpets, and they're
ready to go for the next winter months. And just as a short recap, well don't worry of course,
I'll drop the links to the tools and products in the description under the video for you guys
to check them out. But basically, the easy DIY method was to use a few stiff bristle brushes or
carpet brushes, we had a microfiber towel, we had a sprayer that and inside it we added a 50/50 mix
of boiling water and white vinegar, or you can use hot tap water and white vinegar if you want,
that's fine as well. For more complicated stains, if you do have those, you want to pre-treat the
surface and clean the surface with a carpet and upholstery cleaner, or you can use a multi-purpose
degreaser or an all-purpose cleaner, as you want. Always make sure you have the proper
dilution for fabrics and carpets. You can also use a drill brush and drill brush attachment.
So you can go ahead and agitate the chemicals deep in the fibers. Then at the end, when the
surfaces were all clean, well we went ahead and did a deep clean by injecting some hot water and
a carpet cleaner into the fabric, and then it was sucked up again by the carpet extractor.
And then for the final step, we went ahead and used a fabric guard or fabric protectant which
protects upholstery and carpets against "space space space", spills and stains and protects them
against U.V. rays depending on which version you get, and basically make maintenance a lot easier
during your future maintenance interior cleanings. So guys, I hope you enjoyed it!
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