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Title: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Lylos on 10 March 2008, 12:17

Hi guys,

Just wondered what vacuum model you guys use to clean out your vehicles.

I had a good clean out of my car on the weekend and used my Dyson. It has a thin nozzle that I use for the interior, it's ok but never really gets deep in to the carpet so there is still a layer of dust and hair that remains. Has anyone got a really good vacuum that takes the carpet back to it's original cleanliness?

 :wink:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Organisys on 10 March 2008, 12:27

I bought a cheap wet and dry Hoover from Makro. It's immense, done all my DIY needs with it too. £25 and more suck than a crack whore  :laugh:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: sesterfield on 10 March 2008, 12:39

when I can be bothered I use an old vax  :smiley:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: iMation on 10 March 2008, 13:39

Quote from: Organisys on 10 March 2008, 12:27

£25 and more suck than a crack whore  :laugh:

HAHAHAHAHA

I need to get me sen one too

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: dabill on 10 March 2008, 14:10

i got one of them 8 cyclone dyson things (i say i've got one...i mean my mom)

thats pretty good but does take a lot of work to get the carpet clean... i took all the carpets out and jetwashed em then let them dry then vaccumed them, look spotless now with minimal effort...

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: monkeyalan on 10 March 2008, 14:24

yeah, always at least take the front seats out to vacuum a mk2. takes about 2 mins and makes the job a million times easier.

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: dabill on 10 March 2008, 14:43

tbh first time i wash and vaccum my new cars, i take all the interior out, do it all propperly, then after that it makes it a million times easier everytime after. havea  day cleaning and polishing the outside, and a day cleaning and vacuming the inside.

then after that its keeping it tidy thats the problem haha. and stopping the gf putting her bloody muddy feet up on the shelf under the glove box!

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: JC on 10 March 2008, 14:56

you mean we are meant to clean the inside too  :shocked:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Lylos on 10 March 2008, 15:02

When you say you take the carpets out, do you mean the ones that cover the whole car or just the mats? I like the idea of jet washing them and then hoovering them. I think that could do the job.

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: dabill on 10 March 2008, 15:20

yeah, front seats out...2 bolts...

back seats out... 8 screws...

carpets out... 20 mins...

jetwash, scrub, jetwash... leave to dry, do that to boot carpet, center section carpet, and front section carpet.

then once dried, spend a while on each really taking your time hoovering them...

then whack em in seats back in, plastic trim bits back in. sorted, after that its just a case of a quick once over every other week and making sure you dont spill fanta all over etc when your coming back from maccy d's drive thru!

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: iMation on 10 March 2008, 16:23

Quote from: dabill on 10 March 2008, 15:20

making sure you dont spill fanta all over etc when your coming back from maccy d's drive thru!

 :laugh:

HAHA

this easy for the mk4's then?

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Mew on 10 March 2008, 16:29

Henry, he's a beast!

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Jamm89 on 10 March 2008, 20:21

Quote from: Mew on 10 March 2008, 16:29

Henry, he's a beast!

Totally agree. My dyson is pain in the arse  :angry:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: ginga on 10 March 2008, 20:45

f**k me! you lot get well into cleaning. i give it bout 30 mins max hoover and polish. i use me mate henry btw

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Lylos on 11 March 2008, 12:06

I like the idea of taking the seats out and then the carpet - I'm going to attempt this when the weather improves. In the meantime I'll stick with the dyson which sucks - or not as the case may be!  :cool:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Conker on 13 March 2008, 18:59

Dyson Animal. Awesome on car mats/carpets.

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Alpinehead on 13 March 2008, 19:13

HENRY all day long..... hes a hard little ba*terd,servives fallin down stairs, (severale times) being run over, and generally abused!!  my mum still has her henry she had when i was a kid some 20 odd years ago!

dunno about taking my carpets out.... would that not be like taking the carpets out ya house to clean em??? :huh:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Simon Mulley on 13 March 2008, 19:17

I hear Polish vacuum cleaners will suck up anything!

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: monzablue16v on 13 March 2008, 19:21

I'm going to give mine a going over when it warms up a bit, take out the carpets good scrub with this Link (http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/interior/meguiars-carpet-and-interior-cleaner/prod_110.html) then pressure wash, dry and vaccuum should make them look like new as the megs carpet cleaner is good stuff :)

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Alpinehead on 13 March 2008, 19:30

Quote from: Simon Mulley on 13 March 2008, 19:17

I hear Polish vacuum cleaners will suck up anything!

 :laugh: :laugh:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Guy on 13 March 2008, 20:34

small compact dyson thingy with extra sucky sucky

have a car set of brushes and bendy nozzle thingys and they are very good

also - use one of these too while i am vacuuming and it really does get very deep hairs etc out..

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/interior/meguiars-pet-hair-lint-remover-brush/prod_418.html (http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/interior/meguiars-pet-hair-lint-remover-brush/prod_418.html)

might do a full carpet removal in the summer to get the 'as new' look & feel

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: lowmk1 on 16 March 2008, 15:16

I use the george wet and Dry by numatic, its a beast i use it on supercars so its good for an old golf!! :smiley:

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: Mikester on 16 March 2008, 19:57

My dads, lol, vacum is a vacum, wethered by my pen1$ but still sucks good.

Title: Re: What vacuum do you use for the interior?
Post by: maxamus on 17 March 2008, 15:14

i need one of those hand held vacums for my interior.
Can anyone recommend me any good ones for sub £50?