Coco Mats...Cleaning ?

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CocoMats is one of those rare, mostly mom-and-pop businesses that still seems to care about customer service.

No surprise that they have a whole page on their website about cleaning their products. It's here (click on the blue text).

And once you get your mats clean, why not tell us a little about your new ride?

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Yes, I saw that on their site...Was wondering if anyone else had success with any other methods. 

My wife once had a classic Jeep Grand Wagoneer with Cocomats.  They wore like iron but did stain from the onslaught of 12 and 14 year old kids.  I would clean them with Dawn dishwashing liquid in a bucket of warm water and a mild (weak) scrub brush, then rinse them from the backside with a hose on “shower” and then dry them in the sun.

Worked great, even for McDonald’s thick shakes (even the green “Irish Shakes”) and local  Vanilla and Chocolate “Quick Thickies”!

Use a soft bristle brush and don’t scrub too hard, in tiny circles.  Rinse with plenty of water.

I'm apparently not a Coco Mat candidate.

I've dumped at least 3 full Circle-K Polar Pops of Diet Dr. Chemical (tastes more like real Dr. Chemical) in the front of my car and a half-dozen more in the front of my current work van. Jeanie will not allow me liquids in the minivan. I sip Diet Dr. Chemical from a hop-flask when I'm driving the limo, just because.

Anyhow, the last time I capsized the Titanic in the speedster (... um, last week) - I pulled over to the side and sopped up what was rolling around in the footwell with the tee-shirt I was wearing. I put it back on and proceeded on my way. It looked like hillbilly tie-dye, but what do I care? The roll of duct-tape cup holder is useful, but no match for the super-cup from the Circle-K. It's more a 12 oz affair.

Aspartame is purported to be really bad for me - but it's not sticky, and its lack of sticktoitiveness has saved my bacon at least a hundred times when I've spilled a bucketful of something all over something else.

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OK, forget the Cocomats, Stan. They're not for everyone.

Just find the low point on your floor pan and install one of these:

@Sacto Mitch posted:

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OK, forget the Cocomats, Stan. They're not for everyone.

Just find the low point on your floor pan and install one of these:

I found this article very helpful in my decision making process during my build.

We once had an emergency backup sump pump that ran on a 12 volt Marine battery in case the power utility failed.   Stan could certainly install a smaller version of that in his Speedster/Roadster/Whathaveyou, just in case.  

Get a Hand Bilge Pump for the barchetta.

I've cleaned Cocomats many times with dish soap and then hosed them off and let them dry in the sun.  Mine have always had a hard rubber backing that didn't allow hosing them off from behind like Gordon did.  Also, don't let them sit in the hot sun, face up, too long or the coco material can shrink slightly and cause the edges to curl slightly.

The posts by Stan & Mitch reminded me of a car review I read as a kid. It was by Tom McCahill.  He had a problem with water on the floor so he just shot a few holes in it.

He was great fun to read.

Thanks everyone, I made a mixture of warm water, vinegar, Dawn dish soap, scrubbed them with a very soft brush, worked the mixture in well, then hosed them down, shook them out, let them dry in the Sun!  They came out great!!

Dawn dish soap is some amazing stuff.  If it will clean spilled oil off of waterfowl and animals without hurting the little creatures, it'll certainly work on some cocomats.

Glad it worked out for you, too!

I have the old non-backed ones where the sand goes right through - you can hose them from the back side.