Upholstery Cleaning Tools..."Secret Weapons"

[Jim Pemberton]

This isn't about whether you like the Upholstery Pro versus the Drimaster vs the Hydry tool.

I'd like an idea what other tools you use that make your job easier, and/or get you better results. Brushes? Sprayers? Orbital Buffers?

Share what tools help you the most, and share pictures if you can.

 

[Todd Millar]

The three other tools that I consider must have are,
1. horse hair brush
2. air movers for accelerated dry times
3, Multi sprayer for cleaning solution

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Thanks Todd. What style of horsehair brush?

 

[Todd Millar]

Thanks Todd. What style of horsehair brush?

Its about 4 inches square with a white plastic coming off of it.I grip the head in the palm of my hand and agitate with it.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Always a bag of nice fluffy white towel.

Quartz light on a camera tripod, ('cuz you didn't get it as clean as you thought).

 

[Chris A]

Every once in a great while I'll have to buff the arm edges of a nasty recliner with a white towel . Most are just spray and clean with the uph pro

 

[Mikey P]

Yep, towels,
Fels,
a quart of an Encap or Trashed Green from Magic Wand with really is magical
Rubbing Alcohol
Green stripe scrubbing mitt
Velvet brush
Sponge
Horse hair

Just got two new SS tools with the special soil dissolving white glide


loving the PMF Ti internal for the tight spots.

 

[jcooper]

Share what tools help you the most, and share pictures if you can.

The three other tools that I consider must have are,
1. horse hair brush
2. air movers for accelerated dry times
3, Multi sprayer for cleaning solution

I agree, with Todd.
A few styles of brush, multi sprayer with the upholstery nozzle makes it slightly more enjoyable. I'd say another must have is some type of tarps/moving blankets for the floor. We use the poly/canvas tarps Mark recommended.

 

[Mikey P]

Lined cotton painter tarps
Bed sheets
Pro-Tect runners
Husky 400x12 plastic

 

[Chris A]

Lined cotton painter tarps
Bed sheets
Pro-Tect runners
Husky 400x12 plastic

No wonder you needed a one ton

 

[Desk Jockey]

Pot handle horse hair, sea sponge, bonnet hand mitt, handi brush.
Spray 1 Multisprayer.

 

[GeneMiller]

Yellow micro fiber rags
Brush
Painters drop cloth
Small hand sprayer
Large sprayer
Fels
Shampoo
Peroxide
Glides
Wheels
Acetone

 

[Grn Steamer]

Steamer, white terry towel and dry cleaning solvent for delicates, especially when pets rub their faces on upholstery you cant mechanically agitate. Thanks paul brown. Makita and white pad if real nasty. Drop cloth. Horse hair brush. Scrub mit.

 

[jcooper]

Lined cotton painter tarps
Bed sheets
Pro-Tect runners
Husky 400x12 plastic

You can't say "bed sheets" and not get asked... What's the sheets for?

Acetone

Oil spots, black mystery spots? What else?

 

[Bob Savage]

2 large dark brown beach towels for cleaning upholstery that is sitting on wood or tile floors to catch any over-spray and to wipe up afterwards. Dark color so as not to show light soiling.

Extra high pressure pump plumbed into the TM for backup and higher pressure when needed. The main system pump runs at 500 PSI for carpet and upholstery. These pumps connect to a special manifold and each has a 3500 PSI back flow valve so one can't feed back into the other.

2 upholstery tools (Kleenrite), and 2 wands. A backup can never hurt.

 

[Scott S.]

on nasty ones where agitation can be done without fiber distortion etc. I use this on an random orbit machine, not with a screw driver, or a anything that goes in same direction the whole time. orbital machine is a lot gentler on the fibers.

http://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Guys...-spell&keywords=chemcical+guys+orbital+burush