Cleaning – How to wash your Figaro Carpets Video

With the car reaching the ripe old age of 32, chances are although the carpets have enjoyed hovering over the years the carpet has never been washed. Anyone who ever washed their home carpets and seen and results (normally the dirt ending up in a clear container on the machine) will know just how good cleaning tools and detergents are now.

We bought a VAX Carpet Cleaner last year having seen the amazing results I was keen to try the process on Belle. As I planned to do the cleaning whilst the carpets were in to be cleaned in situ it meant waiting for the nice sunny day and weather the warm-up. I figured having the roof down, the drying process would be helped with the sun on it too. To do the job well I decided to also remove the two front seats and bench seat. Also, I removed the 4 screws from the centre console (two at the front and two at the back) and lift this so the brush could go under that too. The cleaning process is very quick and easy and what I love about the Vac unit is you can see the dirt appearing as you work!

Paint touch-up on seat frames
Whilst the seats were out, I used the opportunity to re-paint some of the frame, bolt heads and the two car mat holders. Using quick-drying black enamel paint made them look much nicer when re-installed.

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