Tips for interior stains?

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I have a friend who has a Honda Odyssey and she knows I'm a detailing fanatic. She really wants me to do her interior, and that's not my strong suit, but I'm willing to try to help. She's a mom with three kids, and the cloth seats have stains on them...most likely from juice. I can't spend the money right now on a VX5000 or an extractor, nor do I need them for my personal vehicles, but I do have a Bissel Little Green Clean Machine and a good Rigid shop vac. Is there an inexpensive steamer that I can use..perhaps from BB&B or something? Any suggestions for getting stains like that out? I don't want to soak her seats and leave them damp...I want to do just enough to remove the stains. Any help is appreciated.
 
You could try renting a carpet cleaner with an upholstery tool from your local superstore.

Hot water, a good upholstery cleaner and your wet vac might also do the trick. Folex from home depot or Lowes is a great stain remover that you might look for.

You could also see if AG runs any steamers or extractor sales for Black Friday.

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Anybody ever use the Pronto handheld steamer that's on Amazon?


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I use a little green machine and it works great!!!!!

So fill the green machine with as hot of solution as you can do. Also get a nice large spray bottle of your favorite all purpose cleaner (I like Chemical guys all clean). Spray all the stains liberally with the APC and use a nylon brush to work it in. Let it sit for a few minutes and then go over everything with the little green machine.

Don't worry about getting things too wet. However, you still want to extract as much as you can with the little green machine.

All you need to do is let the car run with the heat on full blast for about an hour or two (doesn't use much gas) and the front two drivers seats will be dry as a bone and the rear seats will be pretty close to dry too!
 
A McCullough 1275 steamer is relatively inexpensive and gets me by for doing interiors. It's by no means a true professional tool, but it does the job. It's the LGM equivalent of a steamer.

The juice likely has natural or synthetics dyes that most basic carpet cleaners will not remove. You would want a carpet spotter for that as well as use the LGM to spot extract at least the stained areas.

The cleanfreak extractor is a popular entry level pro option on a budget, though still $400.

If you are on a budget, then I'd say get a brush attachment for your DA polisher. Dry brush, vac, spot extract stains and filthy carpets, steam remaining soft surfaces with triangle attachment and terry towels. That makes a huge difference alone on fabrics, but is by no means a white glove cleaning.
 
Audios S6 said:
A McCullough 1275 steamer is relatively inexpensive and gets me by for doing interiors. It's by no means a true professional tool, but it does the job. It's the LGM equivalent of a steamer.

The juice likely has natural or synthetics dyes that most basic carpet cleaners will not remove. You would want a carpet spotter for that as well as use the LGM to spot extract at least the stained areas.

The cleanfreak extractor is a popular entry level pro option on a budget, though still $400.

If you are on a budget, then I'd say get a brush attachment for your DA polisher. Dry brush, vac, spot extract stains and filthy carpets, steam remaining soft surfaces with triangle attachment and terry towels. That makes a huge difference alone on fabrics, but is by no means a white glove cleaning.
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I'd vote for the McCullough 1275. It's somewhat affordable for the masses and can be used on lots of things besides car interior. Don't know what I'd do with a $600+ steam cleaner since I'm not in the profession.
 
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