Tornador

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Anyone ever heard of a cleaning device called a Tornador? Anyone ever used one? Comments appreciated.
 

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Gearhead ,
do you have a pic or better description..

Is this the FG AL-53 posted a link too?
 
the same company sells both..the foam gun and the tornador..

if you go to yourtube.com ..and search tornador you will see it in use by a detailer in portugal..it seems it is big in europe

Al
 
GearHead_1 said:
Anyone ever heard of a cleaning device called a Tornador? Anyone ever used one? Comments appreciated.
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Nope.
What is it used to clean? Carpet, wheels, tires, engines, paint, fuel injectors?

Charles
 
It's an air powered liquid (vapor) cleaner. Al, I've seen most of the Google hits on it come back in German. Just wondered if it hasn't caught on over here or if it's just a gimmick. I missed your post if you had linked to this already.

Charles, looks like it cleans a lot of things from carpet to plastic, vinyl to wheels, dashes, air ducts, cup holders, kick panels. No on the injectors. Just the outside of things. I watched a video on it and they were spraying right across the controls of a CD player. Got to think moisture's getting inside. I'm not feeling so behind the times right now, if Charles hasn't heard about it, it must be way out there.
 

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I'm not feeling so behind the times right now, if Charles hasn't heard about it, it must be way out there.
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:D Being on top of things isn't my thing at all. Heck, my cell phone doesn't even take pictures. Plus I haven't a clue as to how to text message.

Charles
 
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What is the cleaning agent that it uses? Soap, Water, Air?????
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I'm not sure exactly what it is. It's advertised as some type of enzyme cleaner and comes in a packet about the size of a ketchup pack. It mixes with water to make a quart. The package runs a couple of bucks. It attaches to your compressors hose and the little trumpet has some little pendulum type thing in it that swirls around and combines the air and liquid into very fine droplets. Mind you I'm getting this from a short video and a couple of pictures. I know nothing about it, hence this thread.
 
If any of you utilize both scrub brushes and compressed air while detailing, this device seems to take place of both. I've seen a few videos and they have shown that it does even scrub dirt out of the grain in vinyl and leather.

When I do interiors, I remove loose dirt, then spray with cleaner and agitate with a brush. Next, I wipe with a towel and blow edges with an air gun. This machine might replace some of that effort.

The pendulum looks like a "turbo" attachment on the spray tip of a pressure washer, if anyone uses one. Those are effective in the right situation.
 
I wouldn't think that a chemical/high pressure air mixture would be good for electronics.
 
I know that Danase , a sponsor over at autopia (sorry sponsors here) sells it. He has a small video of it on his website to look at, it's about 120 bucks USD
from his description you need to use their chemical, if that's true I dont know but that's what it says
 
I searched and all I saw was this site technische Produkte kaufen !
Seems like there is more info...if you can read german :rolleyes: :wall

Interesting video that danase had, I like the way they show someone using it on a Jag...lets hear it for marketing :lol:

"J"
 
Interesting, but a little pricey for a tool that I might use once a year. It isn't that difficult for me to keep things fairly well cleaned up with brushes, towels and an air compressor since I do it regularly. For some of the vehicles a professional encounters, it might be worth the money, though.

Charles
 
I was offered these to sell and did not think they were worth the money or that there would be enough demand :cool:
 
execautospa said:
i just got one of these for my new shop, so far so good.
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And what were your experiences? What exactly does it do? How does it perform? It seems like you are the only one that has one around here so a little extra information would be greatly appreciated. Danase is selling it but at that price tag.... my interior process will do.
 
Budman, i paid 149 cdn, for mine it runs on compressed air @ around 90 psi,it has a litlle beater wand in the barrel it really seams to dig into the nap of the carpets,its also great for removing dirt from the pedals, it also will inject cleaners,solvents or scents into the carpet, while producing a nice pattern, my supplier recomended it with the useof a 6.5 hp vacuum, instead on an extracter. we also use it on door panels etc. it has a switch on it to dispesnse product or just blow compressed air.
 
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