Reply to "brake fluid on carpet felt?"

I had a couple of cups of it in my front trunk. I tried sprinkling water on it and dabbing it with rags. I did this over and over, but that never got rid of the slick feel.

What worked great was I soaked it with water (I used a windex type spray bottle filled with water) and followed with the shop vac to suck it up - almost at the same time.

I did this several times. Eventually the carpet was clean of brake fluid but was lifting as the shop vac sucked it away from the glue that was now gone. I just kept watering and sucking up the liquid.

Then I placed a fan blowing directly on the wet area and left it overnight (or longer) and the next day it was clean and bone dry. No more slick feel.

I checked out the surface below the carpet. The paint and glue were gone. But no rust or corrosion. Eventually I will add some glue, but it really isn't necessary. The carpet's not going anywhere.