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Cricket


Gucci

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My mats are FILTHY, and my MIL is coming this evening.  We'll be spending a lot of the weekend driving, so I want to clean the mats.  I was thinking of throwing them in the wash w/ a little detergent and some color-safe bleach.  Sound like a good idea?  Ever done this?  I figure they would HAVE to end up looking better than they are now. 


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They are SO CLEAN!!!  They went through just fine.  I did two at a time (I have seven).  They're WAY cleaner than they get at the car wash, and it's so hot and dry here that they are drying in no time!  YEAH!!! 



-- Edited by Cricket at 15:23, 2006-09-01

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I don't think it would hurt the mats, but how heavy are they?  If they're the fabric ones with the heavy plastic back, it's probably not a good idea.  I think they'd throw the machine off balance.

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tri_sarah_tops wrote:

I don't think it would hurt the mats, but how heavy are they?  If they're the fabric ones with the heavy plastic back, it's probably not a good idea.  I think they'd throw the machine off balance.

True... I think I'll throw just the front 2 in by themselves and see how that goes. 

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Why not just go to the car wash and shampoo them?  Oh, and I'm pretty sure they have to airdry, so they won't be dry by tonight.

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I would go to the car wash, but my girls woke up at the CRACK OF DAWN... literally.  It's been a lousy morning, and I didn't have time.  Now they need a nap, REALLY BAD.  And I need them to take a nap, REALLY BAD, so I won't have time to go to the car wash before I have to go to the airport to pick my MIL up.  I think I'm going to wash the dirtiest ones right now on a short cycle, then put them outside in the 105 degree (at least) heat to dry.  That should do the trick!    I can save the larger back ones for the car wash to do, that's what I normally do.

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