MikeR
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:17 PM |
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Urgent - how do i get CV joint grease out of a carpet?
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)
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:19 PM |
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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
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russbost
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:21 PM |
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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
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AndyW
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:21 PM |
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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......
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r1_pete
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:22 PM |
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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.
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graememk
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:24 PM |
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when amy dropped the iron on the carpet we thought best oppion would be a new corner sofa lol
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JAMSTER
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:30 PM |
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try brake cleaner i have used it on car seats with grease on . not to sure on carpet
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sonic
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:35 PM |
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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.
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Wadders
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:40 PM |
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Hammerite thinners (xylene thinners) should do the trick without damaging the carpet.
Only downside is it stinks.
Al.
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dave r
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:43 PM |
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my wife dont care about the grease, she just fails to see the relevance of getting delibertly brown carpet before your gf moved in ???????????
I'd love to give my imaginary friend a great big hug,
but this jacket makes it impossible.
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sonic
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 06:45 PM |
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TFR smells nice!!
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philw
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 07:04 PM |
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Urgent - how do i get CV joint grease out of a carpet?
I tried for years, i had to buy some in the end
Must try harder
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 07:54 PM |
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Brake cleaner works for me
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pgtips
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 08:05 PM |
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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!!!
If I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for the price I told her I bought them for...
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StevieB
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 08:07 PM |
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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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clairetoo
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 08:18 PM |
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quote:
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
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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JoelP
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 08:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
quote:
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
you shouldnt be drinking on a sunday (but it made me laugh too  )
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 08:42 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mediabloke
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| posted on 7/11/10 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
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.
Or take a pair of slippers into the garage and don't come out without them on. Saved me from a few near-misses with the delightful cream carpet
in my last house..! [whistles innocently]
SWMBO reckons some Vanish on a damp cloth - guess she should know, having bailed me out more times than I care to count. Swarfega sounds a sensible
idea - anything that gets the stuff off your hands should get it off the carpet.
Although the orange soap that garages use might be better, if it's colourless: might also be less aggressive than thinners / Swarfega.
If we don't hear anything in a couple of days, we'll assume it hasn't worked and you're now living under the name of
Fido...
Francis
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jossey
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 09:08 AM |
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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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dhutch
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 10:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jossey
brake [or carb] leaner is the best bet
Yeah, i would go for the same.
- Mechcanically remove what you can if theres much.
- Spray the central confined area and dab out what you can.
- Then just spray the rest into the root of the carpet.
Works on carpet (even cream) as well cloths and the like. Do it asap.
Daniel
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dhutch
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 10:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jossey
brake [or carb] leaner is the best bet
Yeah, i would go for the same.
- Mechcanically remove what you can if theres much.
- Spray the central confined area and dab out what you can.
- Then just spray the rest into the root of the carpet.
Works on carpet (even cream) as well cloths and the like. Do it asap.
Daniel
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 03:19 PM |
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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.)
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 04:30 PM |
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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)
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sonic
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| posted on 8/11/10 at 08:03 PM |
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Told you to use TFR it smells ace and you would have been in her good books
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