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Shampooing carpets/interior? Cleaning heavily soild interiors?
- Thread starter anson89
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dont waste your money on the bissell or on an extractor.......all i have is a rigid wet vac as well........
1) vacuum the vehicle very well.....
2) spary your choice of cleaner on the heavy soiled parts and let sit for a couple minutes.
3) agitate the stains with your brush
4)repeat vacuum
interior detailing is very simple.....u just gotta put a lil elbow grease into it....pm me if u have any questions.....
1) vacuum the vehicle very well.....
2) spary your choice of cleaner on the heavy soiled parts and let sit for a couple minutes.
3) agitate the stains with your brush
4)repeat vacuum
interior detailing is very simple.....u just gotta put a lil elbow grease into it....pm me if u have any questions.....
There are many people on this website that are more experienced than I am, however I will share what I have learned about carpet cleaning.
The major mistake is that people wet the carpet too much which is not necessary. Here is my method:
- Brush carpet really well to remove any imbedded dirt and vacuum carpet (no water)
- Treat any stains individually with Folex. This is a great product that you should invest in, it works really well, however follow the directions carefully.
- Extract carpet with Bissell Little Green Machine with Zep Carpet Cleaner which is available from Home Depot. I also add some Folex in the mix.
- Extract again with wet/dry vacuum to remove excess water
Hope this helps somewhat.
The major mistake is that people wet the carpet too much which is not necessary. Here is my method:
- Brush carpet really well to remove any imbedded dirt and vacuum carpet (no water)
- Treat any stains individually with Folex. This is a great product that you should invest in, it works really well, however follow the directions carefully.
- Extract carpet with Bissell Little Green Machine with Zep Carpet Cleaner which is available from Home Depot. I also add some Folex in the mix.
- Extract again with wet/dry vacuum to remove excess water
Hope this helps somewhat.
I'm new here but I figured I would add my .02 cents. I've only been detailing for two years but what I've always done was:
1) Vacuum first using compressed air as well as a brush to remove dirt.
2) Then apply your favorite carpet cleaner I use Capture dilluted about 8:1.
3) Apply directly to stain and brush it in softly an agitate it.
4) Use extractor to apply carpet shampoo and to extract the fluids.
5) Go over with shop vac lightly. Let it sit for a bit then go over again with shop vac. I have a Home Depot brand shop vac that is like 6.5 horsepower and it works great with the extractor.
Good luck, I second the Zep suggestion.
Josh
1) Vacuum first using compressed air as well as a brush to remove dirt.
2) Then apply your favorite carpet cleaner I use Capture dilluted about 8:1.
3) Apply directly to stain and brush it in softly an agitate it.
4) Use extractor to apply carpet shampoo and to extract the fluids.
5) Go over with shop vac lightly. Let it sit for a bit then go over again with shop vac. I have a Home Depot brand shop vac that is like 6.5 horsepower and it works great with the extractor.
Good luck, I second the Zep suggestion.
Josh
white gecko
New member
anson89 said:I'm a noob in cleaning interiors. I'm looking into shampooing carpets and the seats of a customer's heavily soiled interior?
Can anyone provide the steps?
All I have is a Rigid Wet/Dry vac. Looking into a Bissell Little Green Proheat. Can't afford a $600 machine yet.
Megs APC and Woolite work great.
If youre doing this as a business, invest in an extractor (a real one, not that little bissel thing) asap. A hot water carpet extractor makes a huge difference over just doing it by hand. Not to mention it can also disinfect as well.
The downside to doing it by hand is its really hard to get all the cleaner out 100%, and later it will attract dirt faster.
Accumulator
Well-known member
I'm a big fan or thorough rinsing after the use of any carpet shampoo. A rinse agent will work better than plain water and should be available at your local carpet cleaning supply store.
Not to :argue with anybody who doesn't use an extractor, but my Century/Ninja sure works a lot better than my Bissell and Hoover units, and those work a *LOT* better than my wet/dry vacs. It seems to be a matter of how powerfully the extractor can spray hot liquid; the sucking up the liquid part isn't the issue (though a small-orifice nozzle is a *LOT* better than a wider one). FWIW, I run a Bissell "upholstery nozzle" on *all* such machines. Just the right size orifice.
Other than the spraying/heating of the liquid, the Bissell/Hoover units basically just *are* wet vacs, although some of mine also have brush attachments that compare with running carpet brushes on a polisher.
Anybody thinking of doing nasty interiors should check out how David Fermani does it....and IIRC he doesn't use an extractor, which makes his work even more impressive in my book.
Not to :argue with anybody who doesn't use an extractor, but my Century/Ninja sure works a lot better than my Bissell and Hoover units, and those work a *LOT* better than my wet/dry vacs. It seems to be a matter of how powerfully the extractor can spray hot liquid; the sucking up the liquid part isn't the issue (though a small-orifice nozzle is a *LOT* better than a wider one). FWIW, I run a Bissell "upholstery nozzle" on *all* such machines. Just the right size orifice.
Other than the spraying/heating of the liquid, the Bissell/Hoover units basically just *are* wet vacs, although some of mine also have brush attachments that compare with running carpet brushes on a polisher.
Anybody thinking of doing nasty interiors should check out how David Fermani does it....and IIRC he doesn't use an extractor, which makes his work even more impressive in my book.
AeroCleanse
New member
I used to use an extractor, but after switching to a steamer (vapor steamer), I never used the extractor.
Stoopid me never even thought about using my air compressor in conjunction with the vacuum to get things like sand out. Must remember to try this next time.
Folex....one of the best kept secrets.
Stoopid me never even thought about using my air compressor in conjunction with the vacuum to get things like sand out. Must remember to try this next time.
Folex....one of the best kept secrets.