wet carpets

[latza]

didnt really no where to put this. but my carpets are absolutely drenched, ive tried everything to dry them but you just cant when there in the car, so there going to come out on monday,

i was just after some advice on how easy / the correct method to take them out,

thanks

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Wet-vac ? Space-heater thing ?

Why are they wet ? Got a leak or just been filling up with snow every time you get in for the last couple of week ?

 

[Damo_Sport]

mine at wet atm but thats cause of snow and ice

 

[LouisQ]

Heaters up high on feet setting with the windows cracked and leave it idling.

Worked for me.


Or stick a dehumidifier in it over night

 

[latza]

same mate but i just cant get the dry, think they need hanging in the garage infront of a heater

 

[Clio-Ell]

Would sprinkling cat litter on the carpets, leave it and then hooving it up dry them out?

 

[rich-6]

Take it down to a paint shop and ask if you can bung it in a booth probs charge £20 or so but it'l be dry

 

[latza]

pleased you said that mate, thers 1 at college ill be able 2 use for free,

 

[Cliotoby]

Well, ive just taken mine out, dripping wet, absolutely soaked, i cleaned mine with hot water and 1001 spot shot carpet cleaner, and used a large, hard brissled brush to work the shampoo in, brushed out the water and shampoo using hot water and the same brush, mpooed up the excess water with old flannels n s**t we have under the sink and left on the radiator to dry. They are almost completely dry after about 5 hours now.

 

[Bluebeard]

I'd be finding where the leak is coming from first!

 

[Cliotoby]

I'd be finding where the leak is coming from first!

Should i laugh at that or take it seriously.

Now if i remember correctly, its been snowing. So. Snow gets on shoes, i bash shoes before getting into car but not all comes off, so this gets repeated about 10 times over the time its been snowing and the snow gets all over my carpets. Snow melts into carpets. Carpets become drenched.

 

[Bluebeard]

Should i laugh at that or take it seriously.

Now if i remember correctly, its been snowing. So. Snow gets on shoes, i bash shoes before getting into car but not all comes off, so this gets repeated about 10 times over the time its been snowing and the snow gets all over my carpets. Snow melts into carpets. Carpets become drenched.

WTF?! I get in and out of my van 15+ times a day, 7 days a week. In the snow. And my carpets have never ever been wet.

There may have been the odd drip here or there, but just driving with the heaters on is enough to sort it. There's certainly not enough to warrant removing my carpets!!

Do you have size 457 shoes that are shaped like Shovels ffs??

 

[Peperami]

Im with Dan on this one, no need for the silly reply really Toby.

Neither my own car, or my work cars carpets are wet, and ive been in and out in foot deep snow since its been snowing.

Maybe you're making snowmen inside the car and theyre melting?

If so i wouldnt do this, you'll get wet carpets.

 

[littleC18]

HAIRDRYER!!!! use the missus to your advantage! worked on mine

 

[Cliotoby]

WTF?! I get in and out of my van 15+ times a day, 7 days a week. In the snow. And my carpets have never ever been wet.

There may have been the odd drip here or there, but just driving with the heaters on is enough to sort it. There's certainly not enough to warrant removing my carpets!!

Do you have size 457 shoes that are shaped like Shovels ffs??

Im with Dan on this one, no need for the silly reply really Toby.

Neither my own car, or my work cars carpets are wet, and ive been in and out in foot deep snow since its been snowing.

Maybe you're making snowmen inside the car and theyre melting?

If so i wouldnt do this, you'll get wet carpets.

Sorry didnt mean anything by it.

Size 11 feet so year like snow ploughs. Been so cold i guess i just jumped in without giving a s**t and the snows melted as ive taken it in the car on my shoes. Carpets are fine but the mats are drenched.

 

[alex-avfc]

If you have a sunroof, it will be coming from the drainage that surrounds it. It caused my rear footwell to become saturated without showing any obvious sign as to where it was coming from. I paid £170 to have it put right as the problem surfaced just before I sold the car but theres a guide on here for how to fix it.

 

[anthander]

i also have wet carpets which i am worried about :S doesnt seem like it from wet feet either, but nothing is really drying out in this weather ??

 

[Peperami]

Possible its from scraping the underneath on snow and getting snow in the vents in the footwells? Im not sure how the footwell vents work but know people have had issues with them before.