Cleaning carpet tiles?

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Hi All,I soon hope to get a batch of send user carpet tiles that I intend touse to 'carpet' (for the moment anyway) the middle / store  room here.I like the idea of tiles because I will need access to the sub flooragain soon space (power down to the workshop etc) so they can easilybe lifted in small sections etc.I fancy giving them a 'quick once over' before I lay them and wonderedif there was a good 'trick' anyone has found for cleaning / washing(coffee stains etc) please?I have a pressure washer (that has a soap intake) or a bath if thathelps ;-)All the best ..T i m

The Medway Handyman · Accepted Answer

Carpet tiles are usually pretty much bomb proof. Unlikely to retain stains and unlikely to shrink, I have pressure washed them in the past. I've also scrubbed them with a rotary floor machine.

Some of them buckle when wet, but will usually dry out flat.

Try one as a sample!

Owain · Answer

Washing machine, synthetics programme? Wait for a dry sunny day and you can put them on the lawn to dry.

If you haven't used carpet tiles before, dpeending on type, they have arrows on the back showing the direction of pile. You use when laying the tiles to get an even effect, stripes, or chessboard.

Owain

Lobster · Answer

Get 'em in the kitchen sink or bath and take a scrubbing brush to them!David

Sponix · Answer

Wash in the bath using a biological soap powder solution and ascrubbing brush. Rinse then dry outside (Lay flat).sponix

John · Answer

I put them in the bath and use the shower spray (on its fierce setting)

Chris Bacon · Answer

Take them outside and give them a go with a pressure washer (usedetergent). Don't get the nozzle close to the tile.

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