Help with Coffee Stain

If it's deep in fibers and you cleaned it as u mentioned really good,wait for the wicking the take a terry cloth with lacquer thinner and rub it vigorously u will see a improvement and look at towel to see if you are doing anything.If not use a carpet cleaner designed for the coffee stain spray it and blow the stain out with a compressed air,if it deosnt work repeat a week later,or chuck it .Mats can be difficult to clean especially on Lexus and Toyota cars hope this helps or try the tide pen it really works good luck
 
GSKR said:
If it's deep in fibers and you cleaned it as u mentioned really good,wait for the wicking the take a terry cloth with lacquer thinner and rub it vigorously u will see a improvement and look at towel to see if you are doing anything.If not use a carpet cleaner designed for the coffee stain spray it and blow the stain out with a compressed air,if it deosnt work repeat a week later,or chuck it .Mats can be difficult to clean especially on Lexus and Toyota cars hope this helps or try the tide pen it really works good luck
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Never heard of using lacquer thinner on carpet or fabrics

Does this affect the rubberized coating on the back of carpets or the rubber backing on floor mats?



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AGOatemywallet said:
Never heard of using lacquer thinner on carpet or fabrics

Does this affect the rubberized coating on the back of carpets or the rubber backing on floor mats?



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I would never recommend using lacquer thinner on any type of carpet.

My company sells carpet spotting kits, carpet cleaning chemicals and extractors, steamers etc. to hotels, resorts, schools, hospitals. The carpet spotting kit has six different types of stain removers with it. We train our customers to identify the source of the spot and use the appropriate product to remove the spot. Coffee as I mentioned in my earlier post is organic and thus you use a tannin spotter. I have been factory trained by SC Johnson and 3M (by popple like Mike P in their respective fields) and I never recall them recommend lacquer thinner to remove spots. Not even for gum. One key factor is the longer a spot sits it soon becomes a stain, and a stain is stain.
 
That trick has been around for decades. You're not gonna soak the carpet more less dry clean it,Takes care of the wicking promblem real quick.Lacquer thinner take away tree sap as fast as you can say the name Jim .Its also great on huge white walls on classic cars also a great tar remover,And thinner if used in the interior doesn't leave a lingering smell also great on door sill plastic where the scuff marks occurre just one quick wipe and gone,Been doing this for 23 years .I wouldn't steer you wrong.
 
That's because you don't detail for a living real pros no all the shortcuts.
 
GSKR said:
That trick has been around for decades. You're not gonna soak the carpet more less dry clean it,Takes care of the wicking promblem real quick.Lacquer thinner take away tree sap as fast as you can say the name Jim .Its also great on huge white walls on classic cars also a great tar remover,And thinner if used in the interior doesn't leave a lingering smell also great on door sill plastic where the scuff marks occurre just one quick wipe and gone,Been doing this for 23 years .I wouldn't steer you wrong.
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Can you Pretty Please start using paragraphs?

Your posts contain some good information, but are very difficult to read.
 
GSKR said:
That's because you don't detail for a living real pros no all the shortcuts.
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That seems like an insult.

Did you read that he has been professionally trained in carpet cleaning and actually sells professional Capet cleaning supplies and equipment?
 
Like some have mentioned the Carbona Stain devil Coffee , Tea, Wine & Juice remover did nothing really. Guess that stuff isn't the same as Tannin remover. I just am not willing to buy a 50 dollar bottle of Tannin remover for this spot not knowing if it will even work.

I'm about done with it, its lighter then when I started this process but in no way out. I'm just putting the mat on top of it and forgetting about it.

Thanks all for the help with this.

Also wanted to add. I just looked at the original picture I posted and its much lighter just still not completely out. I'll post an updated picture to view. Again I've used so many products I don't know which one helps the most at this point.

Jay
 
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Tannin spot remover from the moon won't take away the promblem.Are you gonna listen to a guy who sells stuff and trains people ,or listen to a guy who has been doing this before he was even born.If the coffee has sat there forget it .Lacquer will lighten it up over time .
 
After pic . Original pic is in the first post

Thanks again for everyone who took time out of their lives to help.

Jay
 
I have not tried lacquer thinner yet. Next time I'm at home depot I will pick up a small bottle. I do have mineral spirits in my basement , not sure if that is similar.
 
Lacquer thinner is a mixture of solvents, including mineral spirits, naptha, ,alcohol, and some nastier solvents. It is designed to thin lacquer and make it more workable. (so not really a cleaner) Mineral spirits is basically modern, man-made turpentine, so it is somewhat oily on its own, and can leave a residue if you want to use it for cleaning. Naptha is better as a cleaner, because it dries much cleaner, and evaporates easily. Naptha is used in car paint prep, to eliminate finger prints, oils, residue, etc before painting. Of course all of these react with stains differently, so you should start small, and with those that leave the least residue: Water, alcohol, naptha, etc.
 
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