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I have a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the mopar floor mats. I cleaned them yesterday. It removed the salt but they still have dirt in them. What do you guys use to clean rubber floor mats? Thanks.
 
I have WeatherTech floor mats and just cleaned mine with the WeatherTech floor liner cleaner and protectant (2 products). The cleaner didn't get them 100% clean, could still see some dirt left behind, but the protectant hid it fairly well.
 
I also have Weathertechs and use their dedicated cleaner and protectant. The cleaner did not do such a great job on the first attempt so I used straight Megs D101 with a small brush. That seemed to clean the heavy grime much better.

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I’ve had good luck with LA totally awesome and a tuf shine brush. But I also blast them with my power washer too.
 
Make it trice with WeatherTech floorliners and I too use the combo. I've also used leftover Bilt-Hamber Touchless or Auto-foam to clean them and it did an awesome job but those products are alkaline with a high pH. The protectant from WeatherTech is very good and made to work on their floorliners but I can't see it not working on all rubber mats

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clean my weathertechs with blackfire mat protectant, works well…..
 
Again with the WeatherTechs.....the ones in my daughter's Hyundai were really bad. Hit them with straight Optimum Power Clean and a white drill brush. I was able to get the bristles of the brush down into the edges and contours pretty well. I decided to try something different to finish them off with, as I've always used the WeatherTech protectant. One the drivers mat, I wiped it down with the new Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Graphene Interior detailer, as they are black and I thought it would make a difference.....it did indeed make a slight difference, and they are not slippery.

When you say "they have dirt in them".....are you seeing granules of dirt or just dirt stains in the rubber itself? I've actually had to take customers rubber mats and soak them in warm/hot water and APC to lift some of that out.
 
Factory Toyota Tacoma mats are a PITA

They have a similar amount of flex as Weathertech or similar mats but they also have a “rubbery” surface that collects dirt and is soft enough that even a fairly mild drill brush will leave scuff marks

Superclean and a medium stiff brush and a pressure rinse is about the best I have found but even that leaves some ground in red dirt

I have even tried P&S Brakebuster since they are rubbery but it’s less effective than Superclean

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Sadly they are in great shape otherwise and I’m not going to buy aftermarket mats to replace them

Dressing makes them look a bit better but it still bugs at me


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briarpatch said:
I've actually had to take customers rubber mats and soak them in warm/hot water and APC to lift some of that out.
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Man, I never would have thought of that but I am going to try it

I can kind of roll them up just a bit and get half at a time in a wash bucket and see what happens

Thanks
 
chilly said:
Man, I never would have thought of that but I am going to try it

I can kind of roll them up just a bit and get half at a time in a wash bucket and see what happens

Thanks
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I have a large basin sink in my laundry room that I was able to fit them in......seems like once they get stained it is very tough to lift those stains back out
 
i cleaned my floor mats which are half carpet and half rubber with ammonia glass cleaner and a brush and sucked it up with a wet vac. I do my mats once or twice a week, but they do come out very clean.
 
briarpatch said:
I have a large basin sink in my laundry room that I was able to fit them in......seems like once they get stained it is very tough to lift those stains back out
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My first thought was soaking them in the bathtub in the spare bathroom

Then I pictured momma seeing that…

On to Plan B…


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chilly said:
My first thought was soaking them in the bathtub in the spare bathroom

Then I pictured momma seeing that…

On to Plan B…


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Even the basin sink in the laundry room was unpopular.....until it got me a nice tip from the customer....then, somehow, it seemed okay
 
briarpatch said:
Even the basin sink in the laundry room was unpopular.....until it got me a nice tip from the customer....then, somehow, it seemed okay
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Money will change perceptions real quick

lol


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briarpatch said:
Again with the WeatherTechs.....the ones in my daughter's Hyundai were really bad. Hit them with straight Optimum Power Clean and a white drill brush. I was able to get the bristles of the brush down into the edges and contours pretty well. I decided to try something different to finish them off with, as I've always used the WeatherTech protectant. One the drivers mat, I wiped it down with the new Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Graphene Interior detailer, as they are black and I thought it would make a difference.....it did indeed make a slight difference, and they are not slippery.

When you say "they have dirt in them".....are you seeing granules of dirt or just dirt stains in the rubber itself? I've actually had to take customers rubber mats and soak them in warm/hot water and APC to lift some of that out.
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They are NOT weathertechs. They are Jeep factory mats from Mopar. There are brown stains in the rubber. I don't see granules.
 
I hace the Weathertech twins and they are ok. Probably won’t remove what your talking about.

For real dirty matts I use LATA neat. Start with flag tip Mother’s brush. Move to Tufshine tire brush if needed. Have a drill brush but haven’t needed it.

For protection I like Adam’s graphene spray coating.

It looks great and non slippery. Stuffs like Frank’s hot sauce….. throw that $h!t on everything.

Shine supply clutched worked well but was slightly slippery.

Not really a fan of the Weathertech stuff. But to note I don’t have WT I have Husky Xact contours and they are more rubbery than plastic.


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capnp72 said:
They are NOT weathertechs. They are Jeep factory mats from Mopar. There are brown stains in the rubber. I don't see granules.
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I know you do not have WeatherTechs....my opening comment was to say that I had them, just like all the folks who had replied before me. I was not saying that you had them too. If possible, try the method I mentioned in my earlier post about soaking them in very warm/hot water with APC. I was actually able to lift some of the stains out using that process. Hopefully it will help you as well.
 
Coatingsarecrack said:
For protection I like Adam’s graphene spray coating.

It looks great and non slippery. Stuffs like Frank’s hot sauce….. throw that $h!t on everything.
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Is that the regular or Advanced? I’ve thought about buying the Advanced Graphene spray multiple times but haven’t pulled the trigger. Thanks.
 
dgage said:
Is that the regular or Advanced? I’ve thought about buying the Advanced Graphene spray multiple times but haven’t pulled the trigger. Thanks.
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I have the regular but would order the advanced. Adam’s has a video about winter prep that shows thrm using the GCSC on floor mats.


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