HDT05
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Hi All
I have a bit an unusual problem with my truck. Yesterday my wife and son went down to the local shop and on the way home she drove over a large-ish dip in the road which somehow meant a bottle of Gentleman Jacks that was with the rest of the shopping fell over and just exploded.
Jack Daniels all over the floor in the back of my truck.....
Luckily they could smell it straight away and stopped, and as I have the FX4 rubber mats it held a large part of the liquid so with some paper towel from the shopping they were able to get a lot of it out.....
The problem is though that it overflowed over the mat and soaked into the carpet under the drivers seat...... Unfortunately it's right into the underlay/sound padding so if you put your hand under where it overlaps under the seat it's soaked through...
We have a basic carpet cleaner and once they got home we got a lot of it out, but all day today as soon as you hop in the truck in the heat it smells like a big night out at the bar..... I'm sure if I got pulled over the truck would fail a sobriety test
So having had water affected cars years ago I'm not interested in the deodorizers and home remedy cleaners because it always come back on a humid or wet day....
I'm thinking I'm going to have to pull the rear carpet out and completely replace it. I've done this before though on other cars and it never goes back perfectly...
So here's my question... I'm in Dallas and thinking to go to an upholsterer so it's done right..... this is my first Ford though and first truck... can it be done myself if I source it or is there too much specialized stuff around that means just suck it up and get a pro to do it?
Any comments welcome!!!!
Thanks and Cheers!
I have a bit an unusual problem with my truck. Yesterday my wife and son went down to the local shop and on the way home she drove over a large-ish dip in the road which somehow meant a bottle of Gentleman Jacks that was with the rest of the shopping fell over and just exploded.
Jack Daniels all over the floor in the back of my truck.....
Luckily they could smell it straight away and stopped, and as I have the FX4 rubber mats it held a large part of the liquid so with some paper towel from the shopping they were able to get a lot of it out.....
The problem is though that it overflowed over the mat and soaked into the carpet under the drivers seat...... Unfortunately it's right into the underlay/sound padding so if you put your hand under where it overlaps under the seat it's soaked through...
We have a basic carpet cleaner and once they got home we got a lot of it out, but all day today as soon as you hop in the truck in the heat it smells like a big night out at the bar..... I'm sure if I got pulled over the truck would fail a sobriety test
So having had water affected cars years ago I'm not interested in the deodorizers and home remedy cleaners because it always come back on a humid or wet day....
I'm thinking I'm going to have to pull the rear carpet out and completely replace it. I've done this before though on other cars and it never goes back perfectly...
So here's my question... I'm in Dallas and thinking to go to an upholsterer so it's done right..... this is my first Ford though and first truck... can it be done myself if I source it or is there too much specialized stuff around that means just suck it up and get a pro to do it?
Any comments welcome!!!!
Thanks and Cheers!
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