Carpet Care

[shawn]

I saw in the maintenance section about carpet care and they recommend using house detergent.  What is considered house detergent?

[Capt Rick]

No use carpet cleaner, not soap. Sometimes a good pressure cleaning will help, if it has mildew.

[PSullivan3]

I used my house carpet cleaning machine comes up great

[toyotafreak]

Boat wash solution. No complaints yet, but no big stains to deal with either. I've seen the pressure washer really lift matted nap on a SAN. My carpet's getting pretty matted down in the aft part of the floor.

[lesman01]

Anyone had luck using a carpet steam cleaner machine like you rent at the grocery store or home depot?? Mine needs a good dematting

[phenom_1819]

Pete rented one and said it worked well.  I use a Bissell Little Green Machine carpet cleaner and it works pretty well -- costs like $90.

[cyclone]

I usually pull all the floor panels and do them in the driveway.  Then, I use a home style Bissell upright steam cleaner. I use the hand attachment for the corners. You can allways do it the old skool way, you can always use a scrub brush to bring the knap back. You can use a hose to gently soak the carpet and let it drain out the bilge drain. A bucket and some liquid laundry soap will do'er. It doesn't really take any longer either way, just use a shop vac to extract the water if you use a hose so it will dry more quickly.