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"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
10/28/2018 at 18:22 • Filed to: MARRIAGE

My wife — the affable scourge of all car interiors — managed to step in grease at a restaurant and it now caked in my floor mat. It’s REALLY in there. What the hell can I do?

DISCUSSION (46)

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:29

Dish soap...?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:36

Make her walk home?

blacktruck18 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:37

Trade it in?

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/ctd/d/1994-toyota-land-cruiser-4x4/6734460631.html

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > blacktruck18
10/28/2018 at 18:40

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:40

Get a new one. By new one, I don’t mean wife.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
10/28/2018 at 18:42

Scrub? Saturate? Slather? Methodology?!?!!

blacktruck18 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:43

Fair enough.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:45

Bowl of warm water, add dish soap, massage in with sponge, rinse out with clean warm water, cut, blow-dry and perm?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
10/28/2018 at 18:48

Well as you are the only person to give a non-oppo answer: I shall give it a whirl! But no perm, I'm on a budget.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > blacktruck18
10/28/2018 at 18:48

It's not fair at all because I can't afford it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3
10/28/2018 at 18:49

New what? Car? Or floor mat. Maybe both.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:51

But with proper care, six months of no hairstyling. It’s like Trucoat, but for your hair.

Agrajag > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:53

Get a spare set.

I just did this cause my front ones were kinda beat. Keeping the old ones for the winter.

Also, GOJO and a scrub brush.

blacktruck18 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:56

Sure you can just finance it for 18 6 months. I am pretty sure 18 6 month car loans are a thing now.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > blacktruck18
10/28/2018 at 18:57

Being a cash-only boi limits my options heavily. But it also prevents me from making regrettable decisions.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:58

Olive oil or vegetable oil cuts grease really well, then wash with dawn in the sink. Just rub in a bunch of olive oil and scrub with paper towels

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 18:58

Trade for 4Runner

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/28/2018 at 19:02

Would you recommend that over dish soap?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:02

I’d say apply a 1 part Dawn to 10 parts water mix, let it sit for a bit, agitate with whatever is handy, then rinse and repeat as needed. Dawn is awesome at getting grease out of fabric.

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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spaceball-Two
10/28/2018 at 19:02

Take your own advice, Mr. FERD

AM3R, lost another burner > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:05

Another question for svend: a 4 loko blew up in my backseat yesterday and is soaked into the rear mat. The whole car smells like loko, if I get pulled over it'll be very awkward. What do I do?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:06

The dish soap will not remove the grease very well and you might just spread it around. The olive oil will remove the grease easily and then you wash out the olive oil or toss a salad on your floor mats.

daender > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:06

Buy rubber floor mats?

blacktruck18 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:13

I don’t mind having one vehicle financed, anything more than 1 car payment and a mortgage payment I start getting the fear.

Tristan > blacktruck18
10/28/2018 at 19:14

Take out a second mortgage and use equity to finance a car purchase, voila- 360 month car loan!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > blacktruck18
10/28/2018 at 19:15

I wouldn’t mind either, but my money’s just tied up to various other things.

Tristan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:15

Simple Green and a pressure washer?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/28/2018 at 19:16

YOU

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:17

For that problem, I spray brake parts cleaner on a rag and wipe (after testing on a small spot of the carpet). Dissolves the oil/grease/asphalt instantly and evaporates without leaving a residue. Follow with the carpet cleaner to complete.

blacktruck18 > Tristan
10/28/2018 at 19:23

You’ve got a pretty good head on your shoulders, that’s the kind of thinking we need.

I was reading something a few years ago about the mortgage crisis and how people were doing that. “Hey, I have all this equity in my house. Guess I need an Escalade.” It struck me as a pretty not good idea.

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:23

Maybe both.

Michael > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:32

Pure gasoline

arl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:36

Greased Lightning cleaner and a Bissel Little Green Machine.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 19:39

The answers are all true Oppo. But like was already mentioned: cooking oil to loosen the grease, then dish soap to clean it or stick it in the washer. As with paints: oil fights oil.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > arl
10/28/2018 at 19:40

I have a little Bissel machine, the stain remover solution did diddly, I figured it wouldn’t work on grease by I was already using it so I gave it a shot.

Svend > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 20:29

Start with a degreaser, if possible a water based one, agitate in with a stiff nylon brush , not too aggressively, and then wet vacuum up.

You may need to repeat this a couple of times and then follow up with some all purpose cleaner to remove any degreaser but it does work.

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vicali > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 20:35

Overnight parts from Japan ?

You want to transfer the grease onto something else, I would use some mr green in a sprayer to start and then wipe/damp it down with a mf you don’t mind throwing away. Little green bissel is a good option as well.

I have successfully done the same- I have also successfully replaced all our mats with weather tech ones..

random001 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 20:39

Chemical guys has been amazing for me.

https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Guys-CWS_103-Upholstery-Eliminator/dp/B00FJHTCEO?th=1

M.T. Blake > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 21:21

Divorce would be easier than cleaning those mats.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Svend
10/28/2018 at 21:42

Thanks, although I did some kind of mish-mash of everyone’s advice, I appear to be making progress

Kinja'd!!!

Svend > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/28/2018 at 21:49

There is a superior in the U.S. for Bilt Hamber products, try Surfex HD. It’s a water based degreaser that you can dilute down to 200/1 and still be effective. It’s also pretty cheap and you can use it anywhere you want to clean.

The trick with anything car cleaning is to start gentle working towards more aggressive techniques.

Give the mats time to dry and see where you might need to take another hit.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Agrajag
10/28/2018 at 22:09

I’m thinking I may need to just bite the bullet and gen some black weather-tec like ones, as it will now rain for the next 6 months.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > daender
10/28/2018 at 22:10

May as well

arl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/29/2018 at 06:54

Yea, I think the little bottle of stain remover you get from Bissel isn’t strong enough to remove grease like that. You need something industrial (like Greased Lightning or something similar). And maybe a stiff bristle brush to scrub the hell out of it before removing with the LGM.

Or maybe new, black floor mats? :)

Good luck.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/29/2018 at 07:35

Kinja'd!!!

Some of this and some of this:

Kinja'd!!!

I used those mixed in some water to clean the inside of my car when we got it. It was completely black up front when we got it, now it’s back to the tan it was originally. I wish I had pics of it, it was an oil/grease/drink/food disaster up front and after using those 2 things mixed in water, you can’t tell it was ever a mess.

oldmxer > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/29/2018 at 10:25

scrub it with mineral spirits then rinse with water hose with nozzle, then Dawn dish soap, rinse, repeat with Dawn until you like it again