Today in the Detail Garage,
we're cleaning the floormats from this Ferrari F355 Spider.
We have the floor mats removed from the car, and you can see they are tan.. or should be tan!
After years of being driven... well, being left in the garage most of the time!
But the few times the driver actually took the car out, he obviously had dirty feet.
You can see back here is where the driver's heels and feet go when he's operating the pedals.
All this goes behind the pedals, and you can see it's the stock original color.
The rest is stained and full of dirt and grime.
We're going to pull all this out today using a couple products and a couple detailing methods.
To get started, I'm using Lightning Fast Stain Extractor.
This is a specialty fabric cleaner perfect for carpets or floor mats.
I'll just give it a light mist over the carpet...
This product is formulated with special stain-busting compounds.
It'll help release the stains, dirt, and grime from deep within the fabric.
So now when I agitate it with a brush, it'll help pull the debris from deep within the fibers,
and release it to the surface where it'll stay suspended in the liquid cleaner.
Now, I can sit here all day with a Stiffy Brush,
or I can use a stiffer Heavy Duty Induro Detail Brush to agitate the dirt and filth.
Or I can attach a dual action scrubbing brush to my TORQ 10FX polisher.
I'll turn the machine up to speed setting 3,
and scrub out and agitate these stains from deep within the carpet.
You saw the machine start to bog down and the lines in the backing plate stopped spinning.
That happens when you put too much pressure on the machine, or if the bristles get caught in deep carpet.
So pay attention to that. If it happens, just lift up on the machine
so the bristles can untangle themselves.
I'll do one more pass on the middle of the carpet.
You can see the whole floor mat looks a lot better already!
We've broken up the stains and agitated all the debris from deep within the fabric.
I'll do one more pass in the middle where the saturation is the worst.
This is not out of the realm for any hardcore enthusiast detailer, or for any professional
if you have a dual action polisher.
You can attach the scrubbing brush directly to the hook and loop backing and pull out
any grime and debris from the fabrics.
Now I'll blot out some of the dirt and filth from the fabric.
To get a more thorough clean, you can see I am removing some dirt from deep within the pile.
Just to make sure I'm extracting everything out completely,
because I don't want any of this dirt, grime, or filth left in the carpet,
I'm going to use a detailing extractor to help pull up any of the remaining dirt.
Every extractor has a vacuum side and a sprayer,
so as I drag it in one direction, it sprays hot water into the fabric,
then vacuums up the water and any debris that we agitated with the brush
directly out of the carpet in one pass.
So now you can see a clear difference in the before and the after!
After agitating all the dirt out with Lightning Fast and a detailing brush, by hand or machine,
you can use a hot water extractor to pull out all the dirt and debris with the cleaner.
This is the way to go!
I'm going to do this process over the floor mat, and I'll spot clean any dirty areas inside the car.
This is the best way to extract and fully remove any dirt, stains, and debris
from the carpets in your vehicle.
Now you've seen how to use a detailing extractor and Lightning Fast Stain Extractor!
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