Dodge Stratus (trashed interior) BLGM to the resuce!

[wagonproject]

My aunt asked me to replace a headlight bulb in her car while her and my uncle were gone for a few days. After replacing the light bulb, I decided to clean the car up for her. Her and her husband (my uncle) own greenhouses/a dog so its used for everything, hauling plants, dog carrier, junk carrier. I did his car not to long ago 2005 GMC Envoy (trashed interior) (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/14367-2005-gmc-envoy-trashed-interior.html) It was mostly an interior job, as the exterior just got a quick wash. I didn't take any exterior pics as it wasn't really bad (dirty) just a lot of tar and the paint is in poor condition.

Interior
Vacuum with shop vac (6hp) - vacuuming, brusing, vacuuming, brushing...
Carpet/seats spots treated with 303 carpet cleaner
Carpets/seats scrubbed with a mix of Meguiars APC (4 ounces) and Oxy Brite (1-2 tablespoons)
Carpets/seats "Extracted" with the BLGM (I emptied the dirty water container 25 times)
All interior panels scrubbed with Meguiars APC (4:1)
All interior panels protected with 303.
All glass cleaned with Stoners Invisible Glass.


Before

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Some 50/50 shots, the passenger side floor was worse as there was a baby seat in the back on that side.

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BLGM in action

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4043/p1020110mb3.jpg
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[wagonproject]

Making progress

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2672/p1020143hn1.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/730/p1020147gs4.jpg

After

The carpet is pretty wore, so a lot of the darker spots are just where the carpet is wore/torn through, not dirt.
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4845/p1020148tq2.jpg
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Sorry for the lack of pics. Towards the end I was concentrating on finishing as they were coming home soon. And for the lack of after pics as I finished 10 minutes before they came home (it was a surprise "clean job")

[rscpa]

Amazing what people do to their autos, nice work....

[pampos]

Great work mate!!!Who could people drive such cars??

[rwisejr]

Man that thing was trashed !!!Great turn around

[robb01]

Great Job

[TLMitchell]

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What is that purplish attachment you used? Haven't seen anything quite like that for a LGM. I could use something narrower than the supplied attachments for some of the tighter spots.

BTW, if you leave a space or two between your pic links they could be used individually in a quote. Just a thought...

Thanks, TL

[Rebelranger]

Would love to see a pic of their reaction!
Awesome work!!

[sullysdetailing]

Great Job. What is BLGM

[Newport Viper]

That was horrible! Great Job!

[cnfowler]

Great Job. What is BLGM


Bissell Little Green Machine

[2003 GMC Denali]

I too want to know what model of Green Machine you have.

I have the #1425 and the Water/Soap that comes out, sprays wider than the width of the Brush.

It's a very common complaint and was wondering if you experience the same problem ?

Could you take another Picture of what your BLGM Head looks like ?

[wagonproject]

Didn't see this thread got bumped. Thanks a lot guys! I love doing interiors like this, just hope one day I can jump for a Mytee extractor.

Don't have my camera right now, but here's a pic of the the two I have when I had just picked up the non heated version one for $4.50 at a neighbors garage sale who used it only a few times.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/wagonproject/BLGM.jpg

And yes the water does spray wider then then the nozzle. Hope this helps some.

[2003 GMC Denali]

$4.50 for a BLGM ? That was a good deal!

It appears you have to different Suction Heads there. The one on your Pro-Heat, doesn't have the built-in Scrub-brush... or does it ?

How did you like the Water spraying beyond the width of the Head ? I think Bissel should re-design this Head so that the Spray is the same width as the Suction.

[CV_Tech]

My mind is all ways blown by the amount of dirt comes out of the carpet.