bought a steam cleaner

GERMAN ROCKS

bought a small steam cleaner today from halfords for the car. how do i know when it runs out of water?

tmcw

When it stops producing steam, if it doesn't have guages, sightglasses or warning lights.

GERMAN ROCKS

would the mat be very wet after steam cleaning? just after trying it on the sink and it kind of soaked it so suppose the mat would be very damp border line wet? are they generally good or a gimmick

redsteveireland

When the hot steamy stuff stops coming out the wet watery stuff needs to be topped up:-)
Or else there may be a warning light, should be in the manual?

murphyebass

I just bought one of these and will be testing it on the car mats etc on the weekend hopefully depending on the weather of course.

They're sellin this on in Powercity for 90euro when you get their best price ie ask for money off. Its 100euro otherwise.

Its for wooden floors, tiles, carpets and then has a hand steamer that detaches as well.

Dont know how good/bad it is yet.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bionaire-Multi-Purpose-Steam-Mop/dp/B004BEBN8O/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kh_2

langdang

Naw, if watching loads of late night telly has taught me nothing else, it's the brush type one with the triangley head you want

Are these any good for taking tarry gunk of alloys, or will I do damage to lacquer or something?

voxpop

I think you will need a wet vac to suck out the water after steam cleaning - was going steam my seats - but decided to rent a carpet cleaner instead cus of the need for a wet vac

slimjimmc

Steam cleaners use superheated steam which contains very little moisture (about 5%). The low moisture plus the heat from the steam should leave your fabrics dry or at worst a little damp but certainly not wet enough to require a wet/dry vacuum. The high temp also makes them effective at cleaning and kill bacteria.

Antiquo

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

bought a small steam cleaner today from halfords for the car. how do i know when it runs out of water?

Err when the steam stops

slimjimmc wrote: »

Steam cleaners use superheated steam which contains very little moisture (about 5%). The low moisture plus the heat from the steam should leave your fabrics dry or at worst a little damp but certainly not wet enough to require a wet/dry vacuum. The high temp also makes them effective at cleaning and kill bacteria.

A proper steam cleaner will perform as described above however the one's in halfrauds are no better than a cheap kettle have seen guys buy these and try to clean upholtery and carpets just makes a big wet mess and smudges the stain at best. IMO pure waste o money unless you use it to clean that gunk that accumulates in the sink overflow.

GERMAN ROCKS

how much water should i put into it. they gave me a jug that says 160ml max. when reading book it says fill to max but there is no max on the machine itself. so is it fill machine to brim or fill with 160ml of water and work away.

slimjimmc

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

how much water should i put into it. they gave me a jug that says 160ml max. when reading book it says fill to max but there is no max on the machine itself. so is it fill machine to brim or fill with 160ml of water and work away.

Well if says 160ml is max then surely that's the most you should put in it :rolleyes:. It doesn't matter if you put in less it'll only run out quicker.