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[jomo187]

Salutions all,

I am new to this forum thing I am happy that their is a cite for the detailing pros. A breif history of myself. I detailed cars for about 3 years one with ziebart tidy car 2 with a dealership detailing trade ins and problem customers. Anyway I have read a lot of treads most of the chemicals mention are confusing to me. I like the basics. I detail every car like it was own. I am planning on going mobile. Their is no real comp in my area except in and out's and drive ups. I want to seperate my business from theirs by offering the best job hands down. I was hoping that i could find some info on carpet dyeing. I can buff, clean, and renew better then most. Yet the job seems incomplete with dingy carpets. Like in neglected mini vans, fleet vechs, and suv's. I have a carpet extractor it does a great job, but for the been to hell and back cars it just makes alot stress and mud.

 

[ALAN81]

WELCOME JOMO187.................................I just wanted to say that some people that post on this board are not PROS but know more then them.I never really cared if you are a PRO or you detail for fun or for piece of mind you will find out that people on detail city know what they are talking about.Welcome to the BEST detail site around

 

[Don]

With some cars that have been abused for a long time, I have had to clean & extract the carpets more than once. Just like you can't make the paint perfect with one pass of a polish, you can't get carpets their best by cleaning & extracting once.

I have goten my best results by extracting three times. I spray a light mist of water on the carpets, then add the cleaner and scub. After extracting this mess, I'll spray on a bit more clear water (and more cleaner if needed), scrub and extract again. Finally, I have a 3 gallon garden sprayer filled with water and a small amount of laundry fabric softener. I thoroughly wet down the carpet with this mixture, then extract. On this final extraction, I will spend a lot of time making sure that I've pulled up as much water as possible so the carpet's as dry as I can make it. If I happen across an area where dirt is still being pulled up, I will hit it with the rinse mix again.

Yes this is time consuming, but it's the best method I've found.