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What's the best way to get oil out of carpet and cloth seats? My wife bought a gallon of motor oil and left it in her truck and it ended up tipping over and soaking in everywhere. This was about a month or more ago and she is still having oil residue after trying to soak it up and vacuum. What's the best procedure and products to use please?
What's the best way to get oil out of carpet and cloth seats? My wife bought a gallon of motor oil and left it in her truck and it ended up tipping over and soaking in everywhere. This was about a month or more ago and she is still having oil residue after trying to soak it up and vacuum. What's the best procedure and products to use please?
What's the best way to get oil out of carpet and cloth seats? My wife bought a gallon of motor oil and left it in her truck and it ended up tipping over and soaking in everywhere. This was about a month or more ago and she is still having oil residue after trying to soak it up and vacuum. What's the best procedure and products to use please?
I think for motor oil the best way to go is find someone with a professional extractor. Motor oil is hell to get out. I had some 80w90 spill in the back of my blazer. I never could get it out. I had to replace the carpet.
I'll look into that thanks.
Update to this.. I had Stanley Steemer come out and address the issue. Before they came out I removed the front and rear seats and pulled up the carpet. Thank god I did that as there was about 1/8" of standing oil on the floor pan and all soaked into the sound deadening. The guys did a great job cleaning the carpet and I'm going to use some old U-haul furniture padding to make new sound deadening lol. Thanks for the tip LilJay.
Update to this.. I had Stanley Steemer come out and address the issue. Before they came out I removed the front and rear seats and pulled up the carpet. Thank god I did that as there was about 1/8" of standing oil on the floor pan and all soaked into the sound deadening. The guys did a great job cleaning the carpet and I'm going to use some old U-haul furniture padding to make new sound deadening lol. Thanks for the tip LilJay.
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Try the Blackfire Midnight Sun wax on top of it for some crazy gloss. Just make sure you give the BFWD 24hrs before you top it with wax.
I just got some BFWD and previously Ive been using Megs M16, would this combo not work together well? I was going to just use the BFWD but Im just curious now..
You can use the M16 as a topper over the BFWD if you'd like with no adverse effect. Try it out on a section and see how you like it beforehand, and if you like the results, go ahead and do the whole car. Personally, I use the BFMS over BFWD and the results are always stunning. As Gofast stated above though, make sure you give the BFWD 24 hrs before you apply the M16.
I literally just did a full decon/correction on a 2013 Tauras SHO black metallic paint, and noticed zero difference (looks wise) between the Midight sun vs. Black Ice. Just my $0.02
FWIW, the above car was decontaminated, polished, washed, BFWD (two coats over a 48 hr span, then half the hood waxed with midnight sun, the other half with black ice. Car looked amazing, but I couldn't tell you any difference between the two sides, even in the bright sun.
For the $150 price point, you can do better imho. Zymol Glasur comes to mind, and it's 2/3 the price..
Last edited by Rare96LT1Formula; Jun 28, 2013 at 08:06 AM.
You can use the M16 as a topper over the BFWD if you'd like with no adverse effect. Try it out on a section and see how you like it beforehand, and if you like the results, go ahead and do the whole car. Personally, I use the BFMS over BFWD and the results are always stunning. As Gofast stated above though, make sure you give the BFWD 24 hrs before you apply the M16.
I know its been covered but I guess I didnt take notes on it, anyway whats the cure time for BFWD? Im not going to top it with any wax so Im just wondering how long to leave it on before I wipe the car down.. Thanks in advance.
-Matt
-Matt
There is no specific time for bfwd. Some people leave it 2 hours, some leave it 24 hours. Be sure to let it at least 24 hours after you wipe it off if you plan on topping it with a 2nd BFWD coat.
You will see better results and performance the longer you leave it on. There's not really much difference between 1-3 hours but there is after 8-10. Even if you aren't going to top it or layer it leave it on as long as you can.