Honey,I Steamed Cleaned my Car! [Archive]

beeza

24-02-2009, 05:32 PM

I hired a steam cleaner for 4 hours from Woolworths for $32 + $7 for the Upholstery cleaning solution.You just need 2 forms of ID,no deposit.

Easy as to use,it took me 2 hrs to do the whole car,doing a mickey mouse job.

2 Front seats
Rear seat
4 Mats
Floor carpet

I ended up with 4 big bucket full of black water :eek:

It's amazing the amount of slime that accumulates over the years :car:

Anyways :beer: time! :wave:

I heart the SSS

24-02-2009, 05:42 PM

I might do this for both our cars..

burak213

24-02-2009, 05:51 PM

40 bucks to clean your car? did you atleast clean your carpet at home?

not worth it i think

beeza

24-02-2009, 05:55 PM

I found a DIY on Youtube of it and when I saw him tip out the black slime water,I was like Damn! cause his car wasn't old!

Now my car is Clean and freah smelling :) Mmmmmmmmm Fa-resh!

beeza

24-02-2009, 06:00 PM

40 bucks to clean your car? did you atleast clean your carpet at home?

not worth it i think

The original plan was to split the cost with my mate and do 2 cars,but he got lazy.

$40 is way worth it cause I did a real shmick job,no joe blow is gonna do half the job I done,money very well spent.

I had plans to do my pillow and a rug but the car gets priority hehehe

You could do 2 cars and have it back in 4 hrs if ya get stuck in,no probs.

denmase

24-02-2009, 06:27 PM

make sure the carpet and the upholstery dry properly.. it may smell nice n fresh for now, but it could end up with foul smell from the semi wet carpet n upholstery.

Sherweeeny

24-02-2009, 06:35 PM

beeza

24-02-2009, 06:44 PM

so what is it? steam and vaccuum together? i mean where does the slimey water come from?

You mix say 100 ml of the cleaning solution with 8 litres of HOT water.

Pour that into the bottom part/bucket of the steam cleaner.When you press the trigger it squirts out the solution and vacumns hard at the same time,sucking all that crap up and into the top collector/bucket of the steam cleaner.

Here's the DIY :thumbsup: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMAmhGrxR8)

Slaz

24-02-2009, 07:10 PM

Thats a pretty good post but not really a new idea. Rep point to you. :thumbsup:

SHOGUNOVDDRK

24-02-2009, 07:13 PM

40 bucks to clean your car? did you atleast clean your carpet at home?

not worth it i think

Dude people pay that much for a exterior wash and a minor interior detail.

IMO Cleaning your carpets to THIS level is worth the 20-50 bucks you will spend + the Beer.

Remembering once you steam clean the carpets it smells a shizzle load better :)

beeza

24-02-2009, 07:17 PM

haha Thanks mate :)

Not new but something that you should do if you like a clean car.I mean I vacumn all the time and thought my car was clean...

beeza

24-02-2009, 07:20 PM

Cheers SHO!

Can't wait to jump in there after work and smell the fressness all the way home :)

It's definately all dry,I left the windows down in the sun for 2 hours.Now it needs a vacumn cause dirt came in the windows! Doh! :)

SHOGUNOVDDRK

24-02-2009, 07:40 PM

IF i had carpet in the car i would do this...

Ok maybe when i do put some sought of Carpet (thinking of buying X meters of random Black carpet LOL) then i will steam clean it first :p

90LAN

24-02-2009, 08:53 PM

good work mate any pics before and after ?

beeza

24-02-2009, 09:22 PM

Oh,hello Sir :)

No pics but it was dirty and now it's clean :)

I'll get some pics up of the rear seat installed soon as.It looks awesome,I'm so impressed...and it weighs bugger all! My EK1 rear seat is heavy as cause it's got a quite a bit of metal in it because of the folding motion i.e. it folds down.

Oh I've fallen in Love with your car btw :p

beeza

24-02-2009, 09:24 PM

A DIY would have been good,just to show how simple and effective it is to do.Pictures say a thousand words...

Sherweeeny

24-02-2009, 09:36 PM

You mix say 100 ml of the cleaning solution with 8 litres of water.

Pour that into the bottom part/bucket of the steam cleaner.When you press the trigger it squirts out the solution and vacumns hard at the same time,sucking all that crap up and into the top collector/bucket of the steam cleaner.

Here's the DIY :thumbsup: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMAmhGrxR8)

thanks mate! definately might give this a try! i wonder if it works on leather!

dahon

24-02-2009, 09:39 PM

so u did this on the suede beez?
cos i wanna clean my rear seats.. got some dirt on it hehehe
pics of them db8r seats!

btw did u have to cut out some foam at the back like i had to for mine ones cos of that stupid split seat folding bracket thingy?

beeza

24-02-2009, 09:46 PM

thanks mate! definately might give this a try! i wonder if it works on leather!

No,you will need to buy some leather upholstery cleaner for that.You can use this for your carpets though.

so u did this on the suede beez?
cos i wanna clean my rear seats.. got some dirt on it hehehe
pics of them db8r seats!

btw did u have to cut out some foam at the back like i had to for mine ones cos of that stupid split seat folding bracket thingy?

Yes! and it worked a treat :thumbsup:

Pics soon!! :D

I just smashed that metal bracket off with my hammer and screwdriver hehehe don't need it now!!

ndeuro_

24-02-2009, 10:48 PM

pics?

beeza

25-02-2009, 09:21 AM

To come! Busy workin' atm...

Sherweeeny,when you asked about leather,I didn't realise that it's suede on my rear seat (just bought it...).I obviously used the steam cleaner on that and it worked no worries.

Also,you must use HOT water,since it's a 'steam cleaner'.I forgot to say that but I have edited the previous post.

Type S Tony

25-02-2009, 09:30 AM

I remember when i used to work at my local flemmings/woolworths my manager made me go round to this guys house who hadnt returned his steam cleaner, it was some asian that thought he bought it for $40 & he didnt want to return it cause he thought it was his to keep.

beeza

25-02-2009, 09:39 AM

OMG! Classic!!

dwn_boi

25-02-2009, 09:42 AM

^^^^ lol!!

doing a mickey mouse job.

how does mickey mouse steam clean a car?

Also where do I get leather steam cleaner, lOl i wanna try!!!!

beeza

25-02-2009, 10:35 AM

how does mickey mouse steam clean a car?

Also where do I get leather steam cleaner, lOl i wanna try!!!!

He Hoover's it all up with his BIG ears :D

If you have Suede leather,you could just do like I did and hire the steam cleaner from Woolworths/coles.But if it's normal leather an leather upholstery cleaner is the go.'DaveXR8' on here will have a good product to clean leather with I'm sure.

dwn_boi

25-02-2009, 11:40 AM

will it suck out all the dirty stuff and spilt chai latte juice?

beeza

25-02-2009, 11:51 AM

Well,you can only try :) I don't think there's any other option...

Sherweeeny

25-02-2009, 01:17 PM

sweet thanks beeza, rep points for u!

beeza

25-02-2009, 01:25 PM

Thank U! :)

Type R Positive

25-02-2009, 01:34 PM

Good job Beeza! I use my Bissel for my cars and it too does a fantastic job.

beeza

25-02-2009, 01:55 PM

Thanks mate!

Is the Bissell a steam cleaner? How much was it?

Red_EG4

25-02-2009, 04:24 PM

When I saw the thread I knew it would have been following the Mighty Mods DIY.
Good to hear it works well Beez, I'll probly do it soon too.

dcnl

25-02-2009, 04:37 PM

anyone know where i can get steam clean in nsw?

Chris S15

25-02-2009, 05:28 PM

i completely stripped the interior of carpet and handed it all to ChemDry. They steam cleaned, antibacterial, etc etc all the seats, carpets, mats, dashmat, boot carpet for $250 or so.

beeza

25-02-2009, 09:11 PM

haha Yeah,Thanks Red_EG4 :)

dcnl,Woolworths and Coles will have them.

Nice one Chris!

beeza

26-02-2009, 03:27 PM

PICS! as requested :D

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/beeza2/IMGP2367.jpg

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beeza

26-02-2009, 04:19 PM

Thanks Claymore!

:)

dahon

27-02-2009, 01:37 PM

looking nice beeza! hehehe
i was gonna go with ek4 seats in my fronts aswell but it annoyed me how the trims dont match... oh wellz hehehehe
i think i shall steam clean mine soon aswell hehehe

Mugen_B16B

27-02-2009, 01:43 PM

would it work on recaros?

040501912

27-02-2009, 01:50 PM

beeza! what did u do to ur rear door trim ??
wonder how u open it from inside =.=..... lol..

aniway very niceseats!! and clean interior! looking new again!!did u get the carpet clean under the mid floor bar? :thumbsup:

beeza

27-02-2009, 02:13 PM

Thanks Dahon! The EK4 seats do match the rear seat though cause it has that meshing on the EK4 seats like the rear seat and there's red in both,so it does work.

Yes,I don't see why it wouldn't work on recaro's,I mean as long as they are material,not leather,it will work!

040501912 - hehe,I stripped it all off and primed and painted it black.You can still use the electric window.Then sick ya hand out the window and open it from the outside :)
You can actually open it from the inside,there's the door latch button in the door itself,if you know where it is,it's easy but passengers won't know.
I rarely have passengers in the back but it's great to have a good rear seat in there now.

Yeah.I was able to get everywhere with the steam cleaner head!!

chunky

27-02-2009, 02:48 PM

wtf no pics?

VT-11-RR

27-02-2009, 02:55 PM

my brothers a steam cleaner oh n so was i. I get to do it 4 free with a real machine and real chemicals. but hey it looks clean u did a pretty good job man. good that you left the windows down or you would of had a terrible smell.

also

^^^^ lol!!

how does mickey mouse steam clean a car?

Also where do I get leather steam cleaner, lOl i wanna try!!!!

if you want cleaner and conditioner let me know my broz got the hook up ***

beeza

27-02-2009, 03:02 PM

Thanks mate and I will do!! :)

The pics are up Chunky OR did U want some pics of workin' up a sweat? :)

Also the rear seat is a 'db8r rear seat'.
It's just 2 pieces and it's really light.
No problems with fitting,it fit's perfect.
There's just a small bracket on the car where your lower back would be,it's for the folding of the EK1 seat,the db8r dosen't fold.I just smashed it off with a hammer and screwdriver,easy as!! :)

beeza

27-02-2009, 03:32 PM

Here's the bracket that I smashed off.

When Dahon installed his,he cut a hole in the rear cushion for it.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/beeza2/1.jpg

beeza

27-02-2009, 05:35 PM

Did Ya'll spot the electric window button,cable tied on :honda:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/beeza2/Peekaboo.jpg

040501912

27-02-2009, 07:02 PM

serious height reduction there mate! scrary =p

loose weight = faster car WOOOT!! lol..

beeza

27-02-2009, 07:03 PM

Yes Yes Yes!!

dahon

27-02-2009, 09:17 PM

yeh that bracket got annoying.. wasnt that bad though.. cut say 1inch of foam out.. doesnt affect the comfort at all hehehe loving the car beez wish u were in syd we culd have a sedan meet/cruise hehehe