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chrisritch
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5th Mar 11 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What do people use to dry the interior carpets etc?
Replaced the leaking heater matrix and my drivers side carpet is sodden and smells pretty rank.

any ideas?
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5th Mar 11 at 18:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How wet is it? leave some paper in there with something heavy on top so it soaks it all up.
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5th Mar 11 at 18:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dehumidifier (sp)

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5th Mar 11 at 18:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go on holiday in a hot country and leave the windows open

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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5th Mar 11 at 19:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good question, my rear carpet is soaked and need to dry it without removing it so will be watching this thread
Chris x
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5th Mar 11 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Dehumidifier (sp)

alan-g-w
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Just sit with the windows/ doors open whenever it's dry, might take a while but it will work.
chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
How wet is it? leave some paper in there with something heavy on top so it soaks it all up.



piss wet through tbh, you press the carpet and water comes through lol
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5th Mar 11 at 19:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Try the paper and a weight and leave it over night
chrisritch
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reckon newspaper will do it or need thicker paper?
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I've just used news paper and it's worked fine
chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
I've just used news paper and it's worked fine



going out now then. cheers dude
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quote:
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I've just used news paper and it's worked fine


This becomes a pain in the arse when you pick the paper back up and get covered in the ink that rubs off







hopefully not just me
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sit the car on idle with foot heaters on full but with the windows cracked, works a treat my saxo also did this after sunroof drain got blocked
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I had to take my full interior out and put it in a warm room for a few days because i left the cover off the scuttle and rain just ran into it and onto the floor

That sponge sound proofing shite holds some amout of water
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5th Mar 11 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I did the carpet in my girlfriends car this morning, just used a heat gun.
antnee
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5th Mar 11 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wet n dry vac, hair dryer and heater on
Rich H
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I can guarantee you the sound deadening underneath will be sodden too.

Best bet will be to get it all removed. Bin the sound deadening, replace with new stuff and dry the carpet and refit.

I know this as I flooded the cab in my van twice soon after setting up by leaving the water tank to fill up for too long
Cole
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you would of thought rich you would of learnt your lesson 1st time
Rich H
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I was just doing it to make sure. The second time I did it properly too. Forgot for about 15 mins and came back to water over the pedals
Cole
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oops
antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
I can guarantee you the sound deadening underneath will be sodden too.



Forgot about that, I spilt some coke in the passenger foot well of the ibiza, and the sound deadening was still wet months later
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My jeep was a tad wet but not sodden, drying was a nightmare as it was cd out and damp. A hairdryer and some kitchen towels, with running the car hot with zircon on full blast plus leaving loads of silica gel packets everywhere

Oh and to atop the smell novac1001 £2.49 from dyas
chrisritch
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6th Mar 11 at 00:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
reckon one of the little moisture trap things would work if i just left it under my seat?
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use a wet vac to get most the water out then leave your heaters on with ya window down about a cm that should work

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