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]

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

:iagree: impressive work!! RaskyR1's work (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/search.php?searchid=857826)

Here's a couple of vehicles I used it on


http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/16480-1998-gmc-jimmy-trashed-interior.html
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/15467-dodge-stratus-trashed-interior-blgm-resuce.html
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/14367-2005-gmc-envoy-trashed-interior.html

[Kris R]

:iagree: impressive work!! RaskyR1's work (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/search.php?searchid=857826)

Here's a couple of vehicles I used it on


http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/16480-1998-gmc-jimmy-trashed-interior.html
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/15467-dodge-stratus-trashed-interior-blgm-resuce.html
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/14367-2005-gmc-envoy-trashed-interior.html


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]

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! (http://mdetail.com/blog/2009/11/15/how-to-detail-your-interior-coffee-is-for-drinking-not-spilling/)

For the Lazies
Before
http://www.schotography.com/photos/albums/uploads/Auto%20Detailing/Detail_DCinterior/normal_DCinterior0005.jpg

After
http://www.schotography.com/photos/albums/uploads/Auto%20Detailing/Detail_DCinterior/normal_DCinterior0001.jpg

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!

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/fgf001/Littlegreen002.jpg

About four swipes:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/fgf001/Littlegreen003.jpg

Works for me!

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/fgf001/Littlegreen004.jpg

[A4 1.8tqm]

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..

If you have to unplug any wires when you remove seats be sure not to turn on the car, don't turn the key to accessory and listen to the radio or anything. Some cars have all sorts of sensors that will freak out if they don't receive a signal (as in my Audi). You may end up with warning lights on, then you have to go get the fault codes cleared which can be quite a hassle. :xyxthumbs:

[LincolnZephyr2006]

OR..... be careful especially with Hondas.... the airbag light will come back on and it is a b***** to reset... as I did with a Civic that required me to use the ends of paper clips to reset with precise timing...

[mastrjeff1]

I got one as a Birthday present. It looks pretty good so far on the interiors, but of course no comparison to other extractors I have used.

[Kris R]

UPDATE!!!!

Ok so my Bissell Auto pro heat came in yesterday. I fiendishly opened the box and started working on my area rug and certain spots in the house. Nice unit.

Today I took it to work with me at the station and a guy on my crew drove his wifes Honda Minivan to work. This thing has beige carpets and it NASTY. Ground in food from kids, ENTIRE cups of coffee spilled all over this thing. Carpet was all matted and just looked gross. I felt this was out of the bissells league. I used the shop vac to get all the loose dirt. Then soaked the carpets with oxyclean and folex. Then i got my carpet brush out and used the want to soak 3 foot areas at a time. I aggitated the folex and oxy clean and scrubbed the heck out of each section. (we took the seats out too..) after I soaked again and extracted. I soaked a second time and extracted till the water was clear. Extracting over the coffee was fun because the carpet was NEW looking in the middle of a huge dark spill. Watching the nasty coffee liquid being sucked through the nozzel was fun too. after a few hours the whole van was done and looked good!

I went over the entire area SLOWLY with the extractor to suck more water out. Then I did the same with the shop vac. The carpets still feel damp though and now im worried about how long they will take to dry. Or if mold will set in.

What can I do to speed up the drying??

Thanks

[08 300C]

I love my BLGM, I use it monthly and nothing seems to hard for it to remove, I do run clear water thru the spray heads before stowing it. Its worth the $$.