Cleaning carpet tiles?

[T i m]

Hi All,

I soon hope to get a batch of send user carpet tiles that I intend to use 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 floor again soon space (power down to the workshop etc) so they can easily be lifted in small sections etc.

I fancy giving them a 'quick once over' before I lay them and wondered if 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 that helps ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

[The Medway Handyman]

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]

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]

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

David

[Sponix]

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

sponix

[John]

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

[Chris Bacon]

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