So I spilled fruit punch Gatorade on my carpet and now I'm trying to sell my car and was wondering what the most effective cleaner to clean the stains would be. I've tried some cleaners but to no avail. Also, is there some technique that I should use to remove the stains?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Don't drink in your car(especially fruit punch).
I usually use Blue Coral to get stains out of my carpets.

 

where are your carpets?

 

bissell little green

 

Blue coral also works for me too .. but for future reference try the Detailing forum

http://forums.maxima.org/forumdisplay.php?f=69

 

Is it a red stain? They have something for that...

check the detailing forum or www.autopia.com forums

 

i use tide breaks down the molecules of thestuff stuck to the carpet
or so they say works good for me and its always around the house

 

The best carpet cleaner is carwash.....! Make a bucket of the carwash, a get a scrub brush. Dip the brush in the bucket, and immediately scrub the carpet. Repeat a few times to get all dirt and stains out, and to get it nice and wet, but not too wet. then get all the water up with a wet/dry vac. And if you use the Meguires deep crystal carwash, your car will smell really fresh afterwards because its scented.

 

19.99 at your local grocery store you can rent the rug doctor!! may as well steam clean them it may help your sale

 

good luck man... I had a bottle of fruit punch spill on a road trip in my back seat and it was a few days before it was found. ( i wasn't driving my car once we arived) and now my carpet is tinted pink. Unfortunately its on the actual carpet and not just the mat but you cant see it unless you pick the mat up. either way it blows. I tried everything but that **** is damn near imposible to get out.

 

OXY CLEAN...like the guy in the commercial...haha

You might want to try to use Krud Kutter. Its generally used to get old paint/grease/etc... up

 

Just go to any car place and you probaly can find something there.

 

And how exactly are you going to use a rug doctor inside a car

If you're selling it, just get some carpet paint or spray paint the color of your carpet and spray over the stain. That way they won't notice the stain at all.

 

If you have access to a "little green clean machine" from bissell, that worked great on my rugs. I remember reading a post in the detailing section regarding cleaning your interior. there was a bunch of info in there. From now on, no more fruit punch in the car!

 

**** yo- i have some fruit puch under my passenger seat on my car when i bought it but you can't see it i tried a bunch of things nothing works ooo well you can't see it anyway

 

on the blue coral good stuff

actually the rug dotor comment was good you can use it if you remove the seats. Think about it

 

NAPA auto makes a carpet cleaner that works excellent for getting stains out..you name it..coffee, soda, juice, it's taken them all out.

 

For most red stains, you need a special red dye stain remover. Consumer grade stain removers are not very effective on removing red dyes. I believe the one I've read great reviews about on www.autopia.org is called "Red Out" or something like that. Try a search on there for "Red Out" or for user Anthony Orosco, as he's a pro who did a write-up on it.

Dave

 

My mother taught me a foolproof method. Use plain old Windex on spills. Spray it on, leave for a few seconds, get a paper towel, dab the paper towel on the area & don't rub. Windex has just the right about of ammonia in it to remove spaghetti sauce stains from carpets, red wine from white couches etc, etc. I swear buy it and it doesn't discolor the carpet or leave any residual blue if its blue Windex you are using.

 

whoever said little green earlier is correct! ive used little green to get every kind of stain accumulated over 10 years out of my car, and its a wonder!