Hi,

Does anyone have some good advice on how to dry wet car carpet. Im talking really wet, like when there was a storm and water leaked into the car. I want to avoid mildew, mold and odors.

I was thinking to put some silica gel or similar dessicant in the car, to pull moisture out of the air, thus hopefully allowing more and more to evaporate from the carpet so that phase equilibrium can be maintained. This could be VERY slow, but its safe.

I have been rubbing the carpets with paper towels, and have them to the point where theyre wet to the touch, but I need to press very hard to get them to fully wet the paper towels.

I was thinking that maybe something like baking soda could draw some of the water up, and then could be vacummed out. Im not so sure about this though.

Does anyone have any suggestions of how to best dry the carpet, in-car? Unfortunately I don't have a garage, and dont have access to any power, except perhaps my battery power.

Thanks in advance,

JMH

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