drying wet carpet

[goober924S]

So I had the common plugged battery box drain problem (you wouldn't believe the glop of mud and leaves that came out), and I'm hoping that it was the reason that my carpets have been wet lately. After leaving the car in a garage for two weeks the rear passenger carpet is still sopping wet, so I clearly need to dry it out somehow...

here's the kicker - I park my car in a large shared parking garage, so I really can't leave it for any period of time with the windows down and a fan running. Does anyone know of a product that will help dry it out? I was thinking there might be some sort of absorbative powder that I could sprinkle on the carpet and then vacuum up - anyone know of such a thing, or a different solution?

thanks

[SoCal Driver]

I've used a couple of old towels folded up. Have to go out and change them after a while. Stick the wet ones in the dryer.

Leave the windows open just a hair.

[Macfreak007]

resolve makes its carpet cleaner in a powder form, that should help to soak it up some, you just srinkle it on, rub it in then vaccum it up. Wouldn't work very well if they are very wet but use socal's method then try mine when they dry a little bit.

[Don 944 LA]

I just tell everyone, It's my indoor pool.

I cleaned mine like that also, tons of leaves etc...

Also, check to see if there has been any holes formed under the battery area. I plan on doing this myself, If I find that I still get wet since I cleaned out the leaves and gook.

Don

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1984/85 944na
Gold exterior / Black interior
Los Angeles / San Diego
Lookin for ideas etc...

[Roger Hall]

Damp-rid makes a great product for absorbing moisture. I doubt it would help much for buckets of water on the floorboard. Best thing is to use a wet vac and get as much of the water out as possible. Then put a couple of the Damp-rid things in to prevent mildewing. If you dont have a wet vac just go to the local car wash and use the coin operated vacuum to suck out the watter.

[Minus000]

shop vac + ceramic fan heater blowing on the carpets will take care of it pretty quick. Just be careful using the heater in a small space.

[Panzer909]

Yeah a shop vac can dry up a wet carpet incredibly fast. Did this after I spilled an entire 7 Eleven "Big Gulp" in the passenger footwell area once. Took about 20 minutes.

Also, for future reference, be sure to remove the rubber grommet that plugs the draining of the firewall. I just keep mine out altogether, since the car is kept outside and rainwater/leaves/debris adds up in there quickly. Was never quite sure why that plug was there in the first place(?)

[rob83944]

When I purchased my swimming pool, oh I mean my 944; there was enough water in the back seats to drown in. After soaking up as much water as possible, I but an 18-inch house fan in the back seat well pointed down, turned the fan on and left is running for 48 hours. This dried out the entire area along with removing all traces of moisture in the car. I left the windows down about 1 inch for circulation.

This solved my wet carpet problem. I also fixed the leaking rear hatch and resolved the water that was collecting in the battery area and on the driver’s side also.

[VINMAN]

Originally posted by Roger Hall
Damp-rid makes a great product for absorbing moisture. I doubt it would help much for buckets of water on the floorboard. Best thing is to use a wet vac and get as much of the water out as possible. Then put a couple of the Damp-rid things in to prevent mildewing. If you dont have a wet vac just go to the local car wash and use the coin operated vacuum to suck out the watter.

Damp-rid works great, shop-vac and towel up as much as you can first, A fan is still the best way to dry it out

[CJFusco]

well, i HAD water in the rear pass. side, but now it's frozen... :\

[rob83944]

I dried out my car last year during the winter. The sun will warm up the cabin allowing the fan to remove the moisture from the car. It's a balmy 24 degrees here on Long Island with snow flurries and a nice cool breeze. Doesn't stop me from driving the 944. I had it out today and it ran just great.