hth
good luck lol
Ok, I got carried away having a half hour tidying the garage yesterday and started to take apart a CV joint.
I've now managed to trample CV joint grease into the carpet in the hall, stairs, landing, office and little bedroom (in theory its probably in
the lounge but as i deliberately got brown carpet before the g/f moved in we can't see it).
So - how do i get it out, especially important as some of the carpets have only been down for a couple of months.
(yes i'm in the dog house)
it was your house before she moved in, therefore you can do what you want with it. if you're ok, with it, thats what matters
hth
good luck lol
Thinners will shift it, but might damage some types of carpet so be very careful - it will also be highly inflammable for some time afterwards, so
once anything like clean would suggest a good scrub with detergent. A safer alternative would be to use a swarfega type grease dissolving detergent.
Either way much scrubbing & wetness will be involved, having a wet vac handy would be good but don't use it on carpet with thinners on as it
could eplode!
its your house, your rules, if you want black sploges on the carpet then you can! Other than that I very much doubt you will get anything to remove it completely......
If you find something let me know because I've been blamed for walking grease up a new beige stair carpet.
Actually I've got the majority out with swarfega, then water and an aqua vac, then re scotch guarded it.
when amy dropped the iron on the carpet we thought best oppion would be a new corner sofa lol
try brake cleaner i have used it on car seats with grease on . not to sure on carpet
Hello all
Use TFR (Traffic film remover) i use it to valet seats in cars etc brings out stains a treat.
Pour a bit on neat and use a small nail brush to scrub it to foam and then use a damp cloth and rub it out.
Never had a problem with colours running but it maybe worth trying in a small piece in the corner first just to be 100% sure.
I have done dining room chairs and alsorts with it.
Hammerite thinners (xylene thinners) should do the trick without damaging the carpet.
Only downside is it stinks.
Al.
my wife dont care about the grease, she just fails to see the relevance of getting delibertly brown carpet before your gf moved in ???????????
TFR smells nice!!
Urgent - how do i get CV joint grease out of a carpet?
I tried for years, i had to buy some in the end
Brake cleaner works for me
I agree with the TFR solution.
I use something called Tar and Glue remover ( I think is the same thing ) and it shifts anything to do with that type of dirt.
P.S make sure you try some somewhere in a small patch on the carpet that you cant see it just in case!!!
I did the same thing a few years ago and the solution we found was something totally unexpected.
Problem is neither my wife nor I can remember for our lives what it was.
Brake/Carb cleaner worked also - but test it on an unseen patch first though!
You can also get a 'litle white sponge' in Halfords that is supposed to work.
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Originally posted by philw
Urgent - how do i get CV joint grease out of a carpet?
I tried for years, i had to buy some in the end
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Originally posted by clairetoo
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Originally posted by philw
Urgent - how do i get CV joint grease out of a carpet?
I tried for years, i had to buy some in the end
That made me laugh
(but it made me laugh too 
)
Swarfega will do it, it works on hands as well. Take your boots off next time, I have slip ons for going in the shed (riggers) so I don't go past
the kitchen in them.
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Originally posted by Peteff
Swarfega will do it, it works on hands as well. Take your boots off next time, I have slip ons for going in the shed (riggers) so I don't go past the kitchen in them.
brake cleaner is the best bet.
i had some oil from a oil change i did and my cat walked through the bucket and went inside the house.
i used brake cleaner i got from a local garage and it got it out with about 2 or 3 tries.
and my carpet is cream.
good luck
dave
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Originally posted by jossey
brake [or carb] leaner is the best bet
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Originally posted by jossey
brake [or carb] leaner is the best bet
Got the carb cleaner, cleaner spray from Sainsburys and hand cleaner, tried them all on a spare bit of cream carpet (knew there was a reason i kept
the carpet sample). Left it 5 minutes then washed off. All seemed fine.
Decided to be brave and use the carb cleaner - dissolved the grease as it hit it. Washed the carpet using warm water and washing up liquid. Moving out
from the centre of the grease patch and it seems fine (apart from the smell in the house).
I'll let you know if it has any adverse affect in the next few days.
(done a test on the brown carpet and waiting to see if its fine. I got brown cause a) it actually looks nice & b) means in a few years there
isn't an obvious grime patch where i sit on the lounge floor in my garage clothes like the last carpet.)
update - don't use carb / injection cleaner in the house. G/f has got a migraine and gone to bed. Now banned from ever using it in the house
again.
(didn't have the heart to tell her i've not finished cleaning the carpet - suspect i'll have to do it now when she's out for the
day)
Told you to use TFR it smells ace and you would have been in her good books
didn't have any tfr in the garage and when i looked on the bay or evil it was all 25l drums.
Can you get it in small quantities from auto factors?