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Old Sep 2, 2002 | 06:51 AM
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Steam Cleaning Made Cheap and Easy

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I was kinda skeptical when my buddy told me about this, I was bored this morning and still needing to clean the truck I decided I would try it.

Materials used: Bucket, water, roll of paper towels (brawney), Oxyclean, and an Iron.

What I did was mixed the Oxyclean and water in a bucket/tub then pulled apart the papertowels in sheets. I let them soak up the water and then pulled them out one by one and layed them on the seats. One of the pics shows this. I noticed it was takin up the crud before I even hit it with the iron. After I layed them all out over both seats I hit it with the iron on the side I started on.

Over all I am impressed with the results of this using only stuff I had around the house. Hope this helps someone clean their seats.
Old Sep 2, 2002 | 07:05 AM
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i have got to try that
Old Sep 2, 2002 | 01:08 PM
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That looks really simple to do and the results are well worth the effort. I am glad to see you got the truck clean. Looks better! Nice job. :fireman:
Old Sep 2, 2002 | 01:11 PM
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heh i wish it was clean, imo its still dirty as hell. I think I might have gotten the smell out though. Havent been outside to check on it since this morning.
Old Sep 2, 2002 | 01:32 PM
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I see you finally got your truck, Krash...and it's a beaut.

Like your cleaning method too, low-cost & works great I'm going to do the same thing for my carpet-cleaning needs! Thx!

Al
Old Sep 2, 2002 | 01:40 PM
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Yeah I was just out there trying Resolve cleaner on a couple of the hard spots but I might just be seeing shadows... thanks for the complement on the truck.. not bad I think for only 2000 outa my pocket. 136,000 on it, engine runs great I'm gonna have the timing chain replaced and I'm gonna order some of those metal chain guides from doa sometime this week i think... thank god i'm getting alota ot at work.
Old Sep 5, 2002 | 04:07 AM
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Re: Steam Cleaning Made Cheap and Easy

Originally posted by Krash
Before and After Pics

I was kinda skeptical when my buddy told me about this, I was bored this morning and still needing to clean the truck I decided I would try it.

Materials used: Bucket, water, roll of paper towels (brawney), Oxyclean, and an Iron.

What I did was mixed the Oxyclean and water in a bucket/tub then pulled apart the papertowels in sheets. I let them soak up the water and then pulled them out one by one and layed them on the seats. One of the pics shows this. I noticed it was takin up the crud before I even hit it with the iron. After I layed them all out over both seats I hit it with the iron on the side I started on.

Over all I am impressed with the results of this using only stuff I had around the house. Hope this helps someone clean their seats.
GREAT IDEA!

How hot do you set the iron? Low, medium, high? Or, does it even matter as long as you don't melt the fabric?

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Old Sep 5, 2002 | 05:58 AM
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I didn't really put it on a particular setting I just kept it on high and kept moving the iron around so that it didn't do any melting.
 
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