How Do You get Gasoline out of Carpet?

if not a TIT scratch, then TIT dents.
I'm sure some sort of TIT damage occurred....

 

my first set of mechanic gloves, $20 type parts store type. had them on while holding a rotor and cleaning it with brakleen. week or so later i noticed holes developing in the gloves. Was wondering what type of shitty gloves these were, damn things dont even last a couple weeks! then remembered the brake cleaner.

 

Anything you try, I'd try it first in an out of the way place to make sure it doesn't affect your carpet. You might consider Go-Jo or Goop-work it in and then the gas becomes water soluble and you can wash it out. That's what we use in our hospital for cats who have fallen into motor oil.

 

If nothing else works for you take the carpet out and use a pressure washer with soap like at the carwash and wash and rinse it real good and then use a carpet machine or wet vac to get as much moisture as you can out of the carpet. After that just let it dry in the sun before reinstalling. I have salvaged some pretty bad carpets this way.

 

Hahaha! Reminds me of this:

Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns




Dear Walter: I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor lady. I am 32, my husband is 34, and we have been married for twelve years.

When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counseling and I'm afraid I can't get through to him anymore.

Can you please help?
Sincerely, Sheila





Dear Sheila: A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the carburetor float chamber.

I hope this helps.

 

I've always been a breast man from way back as far as I can remember and I say, You Can't Beat A Pair!! Now about that stain,the cat at the detail shop used shaving creme on carpet. Spray a test spot first>>>>.

 

Honestly, even on a Friday night after a long day at work when I could use a smile, and a drink, this response is just so meaningless. It's not funny, it's not helpful,not cute and probably insulting to the author of the thread. A perfect storm of idiocy and juvenile behavior. A really good reason why threads drag on forever without actually addressing author's original plea for help. But, ever the optimist, I am hopeful that when you get to fourth grade some common sense will be taught.

 

Go buy a bunch of apples, cut them into small pieces and scatter them on the affected area. This gets the smell away. Good luck

 

It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep, and if you replaced the word "Gasoline" with "Gum", it would just be another article from good housekeeping. I see no reason to view it so seriously

PS she's a Chicago gal on the H.A.M.B. I sure she will get over it...
I added more Smilies for the humor impaired

 

What I want to know is what was a blind man doing in a car with a can of gasoline? I know the ATM's are written in braille but really........

 

I would point a fan at the spill , with the car out in the sun with the windows down and the doors open it will dissipate

 

okay, no foolin , try vinegar, [hell i don't even know how to spell vinegar.] but i spilled some kerosene once and my dad taught me to use vinegar. took the smell right away. he said his buddy used to work on a fuel truck, and the only thing that would take the smell out was vinegar. seroiusly...but on a litter note, for the next few weeks anybody gets in ther car there are going to ask you what doucebag have you had in here!!!!!!. but the vinegar does work . good luck cadillac dave

 

i'm starting to wonder if some here purposely try to get our overlords to lock and/or edit the threads.

 

I think some absorbers "kitty litter" types melt when put on gasoline. I remember having to scrape the garage floor for hours trying to clean it up after a gas spill.

Get up as much as possible with a sponge or towel. If it has soaked into the under padding, you might have to pull up the carpet and maybe remove it completely for it to evaporate all the way. then use Fabreze as suggested.

If it is not that much, then let it evaporate.

 

if a dead skunk is not available , soap and water followed up by some carpet fresh should do the trick.. if all else fails break out the handy dandy all time favorite of guys everywhere the power washer..

 

go to the auto parts store and buy carpet cleaner or if you don't want to buy it use a mix of water, landey detergent w/ a brush dry with hair dryer

 

This is the funniest damn thread I have ever read...you guys are KILLING me!!! Senseless and immature? Yes Helpful? Maybe Fun? Hell yes!!!!

 

the gas will evaporate quickly, but the smell stays. for the smell try a bowl of white vinegar with a slice of white bread in it . place it on the floor with the car closed up for a few days. ( read this a long time ago , as an old home remedy) this worked good on my `56 chevy that sat for years with mice living in it.
i know, then it smells like vinegar with a slice of bread. but it's an improvement.

 

Scrubin' Bubbles !!!

 

I always thought you got gasoline out of crude oil. Maybe we can solve the fuel crisis here!

 

I was going to suggest the same products. They are top rated and popular with the exotic sports car guys.

Most carpet cleaners will probably get what gas that isn't already evaporated out though. You might have to respray and scrub it a few times to get all of the smell out though.

 

You Sir, are a hopless optimist.

 

So, poor DiceKitten is whimpering on her mother's shoulder after her treatment here, 2 or 3 HAMBers are castigating one another for sexism and rudeness, everyone else has left for a beer, walking right through that puddle of 140-EP at the garage steps and across the living room carpet...
Actually, probably not. And the gas has probably evaporated down to a faintly pleasing shadow of itself all alone...

 

I say white vinegar, it will get the stain and the smell out, and you don't have to worry about the moisture from it causing rust on your floorboards if it gets that soaked. Use a good chamois also, it will help lift everything out. But im assuming since she hasn't signed on here since the 27th im hoping she figured out a way of cleaning it by now.