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HELP!
Im living in my girlfriends moms old house (luckily she doesn't live with us) and when I changed my cassette and chain last week I've managed to get dark oily patches on the carpet that haven't come out with warm water. The devil ain't seen it yet but I ain't got a clue what to use to get it out. Any ideas?
Cheers
Get some Swarfega and an old tooth brush and rub Swarfega in thoroughly then wash with plenty of changes of hot water with a little detergent. Try blotting the carpet in between washes with a dry towel to soak up the dirty water. This is likely to leave clean patches on the carpet if it's old but at least you'll have made the effort.
...or do what I did when I was 15 and I knocked over a full tin of silver Humbrol model paint on the brand new carpet in my bedroom: get a spare piece of carpet and a Stanley knife and, heart in mouth, cut out a square very slightly smaller, manoeuvre some carpet tape through the hole, sticky side up, then fit the patch in with the nap running the same way and hammer it flat. My Mum never noticed the repair.
Let her get a really close look at what you've done as you roll her up in it.
Aerosol brake cleaner
Good effort globalti! Haha. I could use her toothbrush!
Eucalyptus oil.
Buy it in a little bottle in Boots etc.
Our dog used to get tar in his paws from off the beach and would happily walk over carpet and sofas. I gets it out without leaving residual stains. (Clears your nose too!)
The most effective oil/tar cleaning product I have ever used is anything based on Orange Oils ([url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limonene ]limonene[/url]).
I have used this [url= http://www.shore.co.uk/sex-wax-x-wax-remover-8oz-bottle.html ]stuff[/url] before very succesfully, it will definitly get your oil out.
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Vanish powerfoam always cleaned it up well for me in the past.
'Mom' <sigh>
boblo, ain't nuffink wrong wiv mom, y'getme?
<shudder>
Wipe it with your girlfriend's favourite garment.
All the oil will magically transfer to that.
It's now like being in an episode of The Wire... Ya feel me?
WD40 and a clean tea towel. Trust me. Magic will happen. Magic.
Yebbut the smell! The smell!
Can't you just rearrange the furniture?
Leave your missus, change your identity, give up cycling. It's the only way you'll survive.
Nothing magical about WD40. It's just a solvent. Any solvent will do, so try bike degreaser or whatever you have to hand. However the spray can part of WD40 works quite well as you can jam the straw into the bottom of the pile under the stain, then place toilet paper over the top. The WD40 is sucked through the carpet and into the toilet paper by capiliary action, and blown through by the spray can pressure. Works pretty well.
leave the can of wd40 to stand and don't shake it - this will reduce the amount of oil in the spray giving you more of the kerosene that you need
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