Posted this in another thread but didnt get any replies...my question is has anyone rented one of these machines to clean their cloth seats? I have tan cloth and am havin a hard time getting it is as clean as i want it....any help please! thanks guys

 

Never rented one, but it would definitely do the trick!

 

I have seen amazing results on commercial carpet, hard to believe the grime it pulled up. Can you find one with nozzles & wand small enough to maneuver in a truck cab and over & around the humps & bumps in seats and floor? Let us all know what you find.

 

You guys dont think it would be hard on the interior at all? I will have to look into it..i knew u guys would be able to tell me if it was a good idea..Thanks!

 

It will work good. The best results I've ever had were by: removing the seats, washing the seats with a pressure washer until the water runs clear, spraying them with straight Simple Green and a stiff nylon brush, rinse with the pressure washer until the water running off the seats is clear. Allow the seats to dry in the sun for a few days, and reinstall. Doing it this way cleans down to the fibers in a way the steam cleaner never will. It is the only way I've found to give stock tweed Mustang seats a like new appearance.

 

I have this one

http://www.durrmaid.net/

I bought it used off of ebay, but it does an awesome job, I use meguiars All purpose cleaner 2 for it, it has a nice de-foaming agent in the cleaner. I add about 2 ounces per 2 gallons of water and it works great. You want something that heats the water as well. I also have the tan interior on my f150. It will dry in about 4-5 hours completely but you can drive it without really getting wet right after. The HEAt is the real cleaner here. Also the Bissel little greeen carpet thingy from walmart does a bang up job for $68. Just make the hot water on your stove before you put it in the machine.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=1912923

well worth the $70

 

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Is it something like this..only 8 hours left as of now...good price..i just wonder how i would do it from outside..i already have a washer hooked up to my hot water hose in the garage..guess i could undo it and use this? Or should i get exactly what you were saying...?

 

Ok anywho i decided against that one...i might as well buy a new one....that is a great idea to heat up the water...some of these are advertising at 200 degree water...that sounds harsh...would there be any advantage to getting the pro heat little green...or just the regular and heat the water yourself? only 25 degrees hotter in the pro heat...i want to thank you for a great suggestion! i can buy one for about the same price as renting it for one day!

 

I started to buy one of those little green machines a few months ago. A friend of mine said he had one and it was absolutely worthless. Said it didn't have very much suction and the tank filled up too fast.
However if you guys have had good personal experiences with it I may need to reconsider...

 

hmm, very interesting. I too have the beige cloth interior, and a 6 year old boy that insists on drinking in the back seat. I only let him have clear liquids thinking that it would not matter... WRONG>>> now I have little droplet stains here and there. What about using a steam cleaner and a shop vac? By steam cleaner I mean one of those you pick up at lowes, or such for cleaning just about anything.... grills, bathrooms etc... small enough to get in all the tight spaces, but I don't know if the shop vac would be strong enough to pull most water out, for those tough stains.....

 

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That is what i just dont know...i mean hot water extractors can run you 600-700 dollars, believe me i checked. I just cant justify that....i have tried everything: prestone, blue coral, tuff stuff, and soapy water...nothing i have can give me a flawless clean..i always get lines like i just dumped something on it...this is such a beautiful interior...i just wish cleaning it was easier...and hell it would cost 80 to rent a good one for one day...what about the other 364 days? I dont wanna buy this thing if it is going to perform poorly...however if it will work then by god....lol

 

they do work, they are just more of a spot cleaner than a full interior cleaner. You could do a really good job on your interior with it, it is just not a production detail shop level piece of equipment. You would probably be able to do your two front seats at least with a fill up. figure if you are only using it 4 times a year or so, then it is probably not worth buying a $600 machine. I do at least one or two interiors a week so it is well worth the $600 for mine. I also am going to get a floor wand attachment for mine so I can do the carpet in my boat.

 

they work well-- my friend rents one occasionally...

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN IN THE INTERIOR!!! It is proven to degrade the stitching. On rubber floor mats, fine. But NOT on the cloth. It even says so on the bottle...

 

So most are in agreeance that the little green machine would be a good investment...say for bi-weekly full cleaning for the seats? I have a pretty good carpet cleaner..and extreme catchall mats everywhere so my carpet is in good shape....i just need it for the seats...im even confused how it works...is it just the wand attachment that cleans?