What vacuum & tools do U use to vacuum out auto interiors?

I use either:

1. Filter Queen 31
2. Ridgid WD1956
3. 1950s? Royal metal hand vac
4. Electrolux 1205
5. Compact
6. vac at nearby car wash (mfr unknown)

& tools that I use:

1. Hoover WT Turbo brush (when I use shop vac)
2. Flex crevice tool
3. Duster brush (horsehair bristles)
4. FQ's Mini Pow-R-Nozzle (but I have to plug into ext. cord unless I use my FQ mdl K31X)
5. Lux combo duster tool (the best duster brush)

For me its the Miele Car Clean set with any Miele cylinder every time or Sebo's Extension hose and associated tools when working away (and X model or Felix)

vacmanuk wrote:
For me, too. I got one of these kits a month or so ago. That tool with the rotating brush does an outstanding job, I'm really impressed with it. Shop Vacs don't even compare, which I never would have known until I tried this setup. 

For anyone else thinking of this, the Miele auxiliary hose is a key piece, if you did not have it, you'll have to use the regular Miele hose that comes with a canister, which is long and bulky at the head end, meaning you severely limit the tight angles and cramped spaces in a vehicle you can get to with the power tool attached to the hose. 

I was at my favorite vac dealer last weekend, and I spied a small kit of so-called micro attachments lying around. It was a Simplicity Kit, and I got it with a 35mm to US hose converter.  This is the kit, it comes in a small, kind of  cheapish metal box with a handle, (but for the price I paid, box doesn't matter).

I used to think the car detailers (US term for people who you pay $75 to $175+ to clean every possible surface of your car, inside and out, every "detail") had some special tools or super powerful shop vacs.  I'm coming around to the realization that the man on the street can get the same tools the detailers utilize, you just have to look around to find them.

UK VacMan, are you referring to something other than the "Stair and Upholstery Turbo Brush" (associated tools?) SEBO lists on their website? I'm curious.

Also called by another name and sold with DD handcleaners for $10-$20.

Carmine D.

future_retiree

Sebo tools can be used on any of their vacuums and I refer to all of them including the "stair and upholstery" tool which is more or less the turbo tool shown in the pic here. I use the extension 3 metre hose on top of the existing ones either on the Felix or the X model upright. Although the Felix upright wobbles about a fair bit, when it is put at the opening doors to my car, the S-Class filter material cover protects both the vacuum and the car paint work, plus the tools at the top of the Felix (long crevice tool and t shaped flat upholstery brush) can be accessed easily as they are on a slider on the main handle of the vac. Another tool I use from time to time is the Sebo flat tool, usually for cleaning mattresses, it is great at getting in between seats and its thin strip of bristles are great for removing hair on velour seats.

I've also used the K series tools (Sebo's compact canister) and the on board 2.1 metre hose is excellent at reach without anything else. The bonus with the K series is that the flat upholstery tool slides onto the neck of the crevice tool as shown in the last picture on here.

vacmanuk wrote:

I don't like the design of the last which I'll call a dual crevice/upholstery tool.  Why?  The long narrow neck coming after the wider cleaning surface upholstery tool is a weak point for clogs.  Looks cutsie but not practical IMHO.

Carmine D.

Carmine D. 

The combo tool I use with the Lux or Compact

FQ Mini PN (only thing I dislike is it can't get under seats  & tight spaces well)

mini attachment set

when I save some $, I'll upgrade to a MD Mini Electric PN

The Lux 1205 I have was taking up space so I decided to move it where I keep the car.  Though the car can be vacuumed at the place where I take it to be washed, I did want the option of cleaning it as needed in between.

The Lux's combi-tool for dusting and upholstery is doing just fine and toting the cleaner itself is no big deal.  This arrangement has certainly worked out much cheaper than the Miele $75 turbo tool or the $150 kit.

I can still get into crevices and even better because it has a blower, I can blast out what normally could not be reached by way of suction -- an asset as regards computer care.

Venson

CarmineD wrote:

Have you ever tried this tool, Carmine? It hasn't ever clogged in my experience but then again, It has two air outlet rectangular holes on the back walls of the plastic tool to allow for suction to glide on surfaces and less clogging - a factor that Hoover also built into their flat upholstery tools which seldom clog, either. It also has a double bonded centre spine to ensure strength of the material/upholstery tool when it slipped onto the end of it. The K series flat tool is only for the K series, Carmine  - therefore it is a tool that is used on the base 1800 watt motor K series (high suction) cylinder vacs and as such if any dirt should get clogged at least it can be removed easily because of the central spine "dust preventer."

No I haven't used it.  And I don't plan too.  For the reasons I said. 

Carmine D.

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

I'm not keen on the dual purpose attachments like the upholstery round brush on the luxes going back to the 50's.  If I want to use the upholstery tool, I'll use one.  If I want to use the round brush I'll use a rouind brush.  Crevice tool the same.  I realize it's convenient and cutzie, but give me the old fashioned one tool one use.  Like me, old fashion.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Hi Carmine,

I know but its old fashioned too.  It came out with first of the Electrlux tank types more than fifty years ago.  I find Electrolux's combi tool great especially for this kind of thing.  (It also provides one less reason for banging my head getting in and out of the car to get things.)  It's small and concentrates suction well for cleaning the low nap carpet in front and at the back of my wagon.  All I have to do is turn it around to dust off stuff.  Best of all, as I stated prior, its a cheap solution.  The whole used vacuum, PN included, cost less than I woud have had to have paid Miele for its mini turbo tool.

The only thing I don't like is that the Lux tool doesn't have a brush or velcro lint picker but Electrolux upholstery tools never did.

Venson

CarmineD wrote:
Well, please don't assume. Like the personal message you sent me with regards to Oreck's redesigned bag holder..

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

It's correct to say I'm older than Old fashion. 

Carmine D.

vacmanuk wrote:

Well if there are slots in the upholstery tool as you say, it appears that my assumption about clogging is correct an accurate concern.  Releasing the full suction [with open slots] of the wider surface upholstery tool would diminish the clogging potential in the narrow neck dirt opening of the crevice tool. 

The only point I think you are referring to is the bag locking/staging bracket on the later models ORECK bags to hold the bag collars securely.  Which I must say work well.

Carmine D.

Well the open slots were designed to make the flat head tool easier to glide; something that most SEBO marketed products do. Their flat mattress tool for example doesn't have any open slots.