General Cleanup - Coffee stain and Pot smell

[blueZ71]

So I'm driving my truck today and I'm thinking it's a mess. I recently took out the back seat to clean the carpet and whatnot but I can't get out these dang coffee stains from the previous owner. It also smells badly of pot thanks to the previous owner. I've shampooed the carpets but to no avail. Even the seatbelts are stained with coffee!! If anyone knows how to clean the coffee and get rid of the herb smell I'm thinking that would be the economical route. But depending on how much it costs to throw some new carpet and seatbelts in I might just do that. I tried febreeze too, that didn't do much, smells like fresh grass or something. I'd really like to replace the seatbelts just because of the simplicity of it I just don't know where to buy oem seatbelts other than a dealer and in no way do I condone buying parts through a dealer.

[bassalive]

You could probably "Roll up the Carpet", light it and go on a MAGIC CARPET RIDE so to speak............lol.

[Steve]

There is some stuff that's called smoke out at the Autozone, that worked for me in my TB. The previous owner was a heavy smoker and I sprayed that around it it worked great. Caution, don't get into your ride for an hour at least if you unload a whole bottle like I did!

[DaveyBoyo]

Junkyards are great for this kind of stuff. Lately I've been hitting up local junk yards about once a week. You should be able to completely replace the carpet and seatbelts for under $100. However, if you go to a 'U-Pull It' junkyard, you will need to have a special screwdriver bit to remove the seatbelts. The bit costs about $10.

If you want to go the cleaning route, a buddy of mine who formerly worked in the upholstery cleaning business told me that he never found a stain that wasn't removable with Windex. His company would fill up bottles with Windex and spray it on any tough stains. They would have customers offering money for their 'magic formula' and they would sell whole bottles of Windex for twice what they paid for it, laughing all the way. I've never tried it myself, my favourite upholstery cleaner is Turtle Wax POWER OUT.

I would try cleaning it first using either of the suggested products, and using a Deodorizer for the pot smell.

Failing that, definitely hit up the junkyard.

[vncj96]

ammonia with water will help, its like one tablespoon ammonia with one gallon water, it worked to get the grease out from a whole crockpot slilling sloppy joes in the front foot well in my truck

[Mindi51982]

ammonia with water will help, its like one tablespoon ammonia with one gallon water, it worked to get the grease out from a whole crockpot slilling sloppy joes in the front foot well in my truck

Ammonia is great, but just be careful with it. It's super strong and the strong smell will kill you (figuratively speaking). We've always used vinegar w/water for smells that we can't get out. It does wonders taking the smell out of carpets from cats/dogs and it won't leave any stains behind. I think we used a 50/50 mixture. If you use vinegar please make sure it's white vinegar and not apple cider vinegar...that might stain the carpet.

[blueZ71]

You could probably "Roll up the Carpet", light it and go on a MAGIC CARPET RIDE so to speak............lol.

I'll call you up if I do.. haha


Thanks for all the tips guys one of these is doomed to work. I'll try a few and let you know which one works best.

[highmilageklr]

Sounds like it smells expensive inside. Let me know if you find anything GOOD! Simple Green

[cascott325]

try reslove

[04sierracrewcab]

try reslove

I used that to get a small coffee stain from previous owner