Steam clean carpet

[Bass Cat Boats]

on the older boats I have had, I pressure wash the carpet then use a stiff brissle brush against the flow of the carpet to stand it back up and let it dry

[Bass Cat Boats]

You can carefully flood the carpeting with water and then use a soft bristle brush to pull the knap up with a wet/dry vacuum also.

[GRR884]

We have a household carpet cleaner with a hose attachment. I soak down the carpet then spray a light mist of Simple Green cleaner and scrub with a soft bristle brush. Then use the hose attachment to suck everything up and rinse and suck up again.

[SuicideNemesis]

Lookn4five wrote: on the older boats I have had, I pressure wash the carpet then use a stiff brissle brush against the flow of the carpet to stand it back up and let it drySteam clean mine about every 3 months or so. It generally helps with fluffing the carpet by starting with what Lookn4five does. I also use a wet/dry vac against the grain. Its a lot easier said than done, but looks really good afterwards.- Chaz

[Gasbasser]

I was told by a carpet industry person to never shampoo any carpet. Most soaps have some form of a fatty acid in them and this attracts more dirt. She told me to steam clean all carpets. Shampoos and soaps will work great she said but they will dirty back up quickly. I used a steam cleaner on my skeeter before selling it. It was a pain in the rear, but worked nice. I ended up spaying the carpet with shout stain cleaner, scrubbing with a brush then steam cleaning it. I then shop vacuumed it and fluffed it. My carpet in my Skeeter looked horrible before I cleaned it and I know I used Shout but was getting rid of the boat so I didnt care. It really did a nice job. Some drive up self service car washes have hand held carpet steamers.

[Flyswatter]

GRR884 wrote:We have a household carpet cleaner with a hose attachment. I soak down the carpet then spray a light mist of Simple Green cleaner and scrub with a soft bristle brush. Then use the hose attachment to suck everything up and rinse and suck up again. Gary, I did what you did but with no cleaner. Flood the deck like BassCat suggested. Then scrubbed with brush with bucket of water with some white vinegar mixed in then flooded it some more as a rinse then used the house carpet cleaner so suck up the water from the carpet. That carpet cleaner really raised the nap on my carpet to like show room fluff.

[schodackbassman]

Ill echo what gasbasser stated. I managed commercial office buildings for many years and can confirm you shouldnt use soap/cleaner on carpet. The water and the agitation by commercial carpet cleaner, at home model, or good old hand scrubbing (scrubbing the carpet to loosen the dirt) is what gets them clean. The vacuum action removes the loosened dirt suspended in the water. Ive seen more carpet made into a streaky mess by folks not trained to clean them then I care to think about. Best thing you can do to maintain carpet so it looks good for years is vacuum (dry) frequently and clean with clear water no more then twice a year. May have to spot clean on occasion in between to address spills. On the boat I just take a hose and flood it. Get out the old brush and go at it. I do it in 3 sections (deck, floor, aft deck) flooding, scrubbing, and using a wet vac on each section. You want to wet vac as soon as you can after scrubbing to get dirt out with water while still suspended. Its also a good idea to do it when the wife isnt around cause she will be after you to do the house when you get done with the boat if you let her see how nicely you cleaned the boat carpet…..

[jpost]

Our water down here in Texas is super hard. If you have the same issue 1 part vinegar 4 parts water scrubbed into a wet carpet works wonders.

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