upholstery cleaning

kaptainmarc · 2 Feb 2016 at 09:44

I am after something to clean all my seats/bootspace basically everything that Is some form of cloth/fabric in my car.

it has become a right state after using it as a van for the past year doing my house up.

are these foam cleaners any good? or can anyone recommend a well priced steam cleaner?

what do you use to keep you upholstery nice and shiny?

Si105 · 2 Feb 2016 at 09:59

Weak APC mix and a wetvac

Haze · 2 Feb 2016 at 10:12

hire a Rug doctor

energy · 2 Feb 2016 at 22:23

I use the George extractor. It's Henry's big brother and has been so useful cleaning carpets and upholstery in the car. Cost about 200 quid but has paid for itself many times over. And a damn good (albeit heavy) standard vacuum cleaner too.

iaind · 2 Feb 2016 at 22:34

Haze said:
hire a Rug doctor

This. For the sake of 20 quid it's a no brainer

Cookeh · 2 Feb 2016 at 23:53

Another vote for the rug doctor, works brilliantly and is very reasonably priced really.

adam cool dude · 3 Feb 2016 at 02:06

I use a steam cleaner (Cheapo £40 job) on my leather and cloth with G101 in a bottle. Although for a one off deep clean you can not go wrong with renting a rug doctor.

kaptainmarc · 3 Feb 2016 at 09:37

didn't even think of a rug doctor! good shout.

can do all my carpets at the same time

Jez · 3 Feb 2016 at 09:40

I used to hire Rug Doctors, they are good. To be honest though, i find a simple Vax Rapide to be just as good as one. You can buy them for £99, thats only 5 rentals of a Rug Doctor.....

(Its not built as well, wouldnt be up to commercial rental, but the actual results are the same IME and you hardly use it in reality so it'll probably last forever).

adam cool dude · 3 Feb 2016 at 09:56

Jez said:
I used to hire Rug Doctors, they are good. To be honest though, i find a simple Vax Rapide to be just as good as one. You can buy them for £99, thats only 5 rentals of a Rug Doctor.....

(Its not built as well, wouldnt be up to commercial rental, but the actual results are the same IME and you hardly use it in reality so it'll probably last forever).

Dam you got me looking on ebay! Seems you can get refurbished units for £50!

kaptainmarc · 3 Feb 2016 at 09:57

Id rather not have to store yet another big electrical thing haha but I see your point

Jez · 3 Feb 2016 at 10:02

adam cool dude said:
Dam you got me looking on ebay! Seems you can get refurbished units for £50!

You can use the same cleaning fluid through it too. I generally use rug doctor fluid simply because its available at my local Rug Doctor hire place at a moments notice. (Remember you have to buy the fluid on top of the rug doctor hire price).

kaptainmarc said:
Id rather not have to store yet another big electrical thing haha but I see your point

Fair enough if you dont have somewhere to put it.

Hotwired · 3 Feb 2016 at 10:05

Rug Doctor machines are ok but won't fix everything.

Had to clean a lot of grimy carpet the other year and it got down to the pink carpet cleaning foam cans and a stiff bristled scrubbing brush to actually work the dirt out.

Then over it with a hoover when it had dried out.