About to Purchase the Bissell Auto Pro Heat....

[Kris R]

I got a wopping 7 details for the month of January....Time to invest in some new tools and maybe a little advertising.

First thing on the list is the Bissell Auto Pro heat. Seems to get good reviews and with a little TLC after each use it should last me a while.

Id REALLY like the aztec Hot rod (?) but its 700 bucks! I could go through 7 proheats before spending that kind of money.....

Im anxious to see what this machine can do...

If anyone has any good before after pics with the little green machines or such please post. And give any thoughts on this machine if you have any experience with them

Thanks

Kris

[loudog2]

Look at all of Rasky's posts. He uses it all the time.

[wagonproject]

Originally Posted by loudog2

Look at all of Rasky's posts. He uses it all the time.

impressive work!! RaskyR1's work

Here's a couple of vehicles I used it on


1998 GMC Jimmy (Trashed interior)
Dodge Stratus (trashed interior) BLGM to the resuce!
2005 GMC Envoy (trashed interior)

[Kris R]

Originally Posted by wagonproject

impressive work!! RaskyR1's work

Here's a couple of vehicles I used it on


1998 GMC Jimmy (Trashed interior)
Dodge Stratus (trashed interior) BLGM to the resuce!
2005 GMC Envoy (trashed interior)

Wow buddy I am completely impressed beyond belief at your interior work. Absolute A+!!

One thing I have a lot of trouble with is door hinges. Your white vehicles door hinges look absolutely brand new!

Would you be willing to explain your process of cleaning that area? I seem to run into a lot of grease on those. What do you use chemical wise? whats the process?

thanks

[oldmodman]

Originally Posted by 360_detail

Wow buddy I am completely impressed beyond belief at your interior work. Absolute A+!!

One thing I have a lot of trouble with is door hinges. Your white vehicles door hinges look absolutely brand new!

Would you be willing to explain your process of cleaning that area? I seem to run into a lot of grease on those. What do you use chemical wise? whats the process?

thanks

I can tell you what I use on my white Toyota's door hinges.
First a spray of Gunk Foamy Engine Brite to cut through the thick grease that a previous owner had glopped on them. Took three applications and a lot of brushing to get the grease off.

Next I used a steam cleaner to spray steam (no cleaning agent) onto the drips of grease (turned out to be permanent stains.)

So I decided to paint the area. Got a small rattle can of the correct Duplicolor paint and a can of clear.

Used a 3m pad to rough up the area then sprayed the area with prep to clean it.

Taped off the area and hit it with three light coats of Super White. When dry gave it three coats of clear, just enough to make it look wet. Ended up looking like new.

As a matter of fact it turned out so nice I am going to remove the front bumper and repaint it myself. I hate parking rash!

[christian900se]

The Bissell will definately meet your needs in my opinion. I have used my Bissell Little Green machine for years and although it is no where near the level of a professional extractor, I bought it for 60 bucks and it has recouped that many times over.

[MDetail]

How-To Detail your Interior: Coffee is for Drinking, not Spilling!

For the Lazies
Before


After


This was the standard LGCM not the heated version

[Kris R]

Ive noticed a lot of people remove seats. Im thinking the time it takes to do that is off set by the time you save from trying to get under and around the seats. Is this hard to do? is it just removing bolts? What about high end cars...do the electronics have connectors to remove?

Just curious..

[MDetail]

It is not hard, on the honda it was just bolts, you will need to remove some of the connectors after you have unbolted the seat. It makes detailing the interior so much easier.

[RTexasF]

Here's a shot of four+ year old mats that had never been cleaned. This is one swipe! Sprayed with Folex, left to dwell for 5 minutes or so. Used hot water in the LGM to spray the area then slurped it up!



About four swipes:



Works for me!