Date:         Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:30:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: cleaning carpet
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
In-Reply-To:  <12d.6597c517.30698920@aol.com>
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Different strokes for different folks.

Out on the left side of the country, it is frequently so arid, that you
can do thing like BenT describes, without any harm. Unless one is right
next to the ocean the relative humidity is so low as to be
non-existant.

You just can't get away with that type of behavior in the east.


On Sep 26, 2005, at 1:25 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 9/25/05 7:59:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> syncro@GMAIL.COM
> writes:
>
>
>> I power wash my carpets sometimes while still in the van. I've used
>> those coin-op carwashes in a pinch or a powerwasher at home
>
> Yikes!  good lord ben!!     that cork insulation padding never dries
> out and
> just holds water under it on the metal floor..  You must be getting
> jealous
> your vans arent as rusty as ours on the east coast, so u are making
> them rust
> yourself?  hehe  :<)
>
> one thing i like about the vanagon carpets (on the horizontal areas)
> is that
> they are NOT glued down, and yanking them out to clean them/wash them
> is a
> piece of cake..   i wouldnt ever wash them IN the van tho..  unless i
> wanted to
> start a mold spore colony :<)
>
> chris