Shake off excess soil and place mats on the bottom or top racks of the dishwasher.
Clean floor mats with dishwasher.
Of course you don t want to run any dishes in the same wash.
You can also sprinkle a cup of baking soda on the floor of an empty dishwasher and run a short cycle on the hottest setting to clean the interior and kill odors.
You could also spray them with a clean fresh scent.
Your vehicle s floor mats are no different.
You could also put cloth floor mats in the dryer.
As with cleaning the dishwasher with vinegar skip the drying cycle and let the dishwasher air dry.
Anyone who s ever worked in a restaurant knows that rubber floor mats can go through a dishwasher.
To dry cloth floor mats hang them up somewhere or dry them in a dryer.
Floor mats get a damp musky smell if not dry.
Bang the gunk off of your car mats and then lay them over the top rack of your dishwasher.
You will love the finished product.
This will also help freshen the smell.
You ll be amazed how sparkling clean hubcaps can be after a hot water cycle.
It s a pressure wash that requires no elbow action on your part.
A car detailer told me this was the secret to sparkly hub caps.
Dry the floor mats thoroughly.