So I had a neighbor of mine approach me asking if I could detail his truck for him. The main thing he wanted done was his interior because quite simply it was trashed. It had many stains in it, pizza (this one was causing the truck to stink), coffee, grease, dirt you name it. At the time I didn't own a upholstery cleaner deal and was coming up short locating one. So after a little research on the interwebz I found the Bissell Little Green should be great for me, so I went out and bought one.

This is a great little machine. I'm extremely happy with my purchase. They sell different models some heated some not. Unfortunately I couldn't locate a heated one locally so I just picked up the base Little Green. I just fill it with hot water from the sink, mine gets pretty god damn hot haha. It comes with a small bottle of the carpet cleaner which is about enough for one tank of cleaner solution. I ended up buying the large bottle of their cleaner as well.

The only things I don't really care for about this is the sprayer pattern is a bit wide but I can live with it just gotta think out how I'm spraying at first. The other is that the tanks fill up quick, but it is a small machine. So I don't really have too much of a complaint on my Little Green.

Another kinda neat thing I found out is that it's made out of recycled plastic. So I did the environment good with my purchase lol.

Little Green Website

Here's some before pics





you can see the pizza stain in the last pic.

Afters





The dirty tank. It only filled this up once. But went thru a couple cleaner tanks.




As you can see basically all the stains are gone. There are a few that are really deep and were too much for the Little Green. But for a $80 machine I feel it does a very good job. I think I'm going to start experimenting with different carpet cleaners once I run out of the Bissell stuff.













Oh and just because I feel like showing off...

Before:








After:

I have one of those too. They work very good! It's a must when you bring a puppy in the house!

That came out awesome man

You clearly have never seen my buddys cobalt to see a "trashed" car.

As for the rest of it... would you like constructive criticism or shall I just keep my mouth shut seen as this is technically a review thread.

Edited to add: I would suggest not using either to hot of water or hot water at all in a machine meant for cold water. They have little gaskets in them that aren't meant to handle hot water... hence why they have different ones. You will get away with it for probably a few months maybe longer depending on how often you use it, but if you want it to last and use it often I'd suggest against it.

Looks good Neil...I have no patience when it comes to cleaning.


Looks like a neat little machine too.....

My little green say to use hot water

^ some are meant for hot water, some arent.

my . 02 cents.........
good way to get stains out is to to sprits hot water from a glass bottle over the stain, It will help the machine lift the dirt better.

oh man,i need one of those. The new puppy is good 95% of the time, but he has his little slip ups in the living room some times. Plus my passenger seat in my car needs some TLC from the coffee and water stains from the previous owner.

It says you can use hot water with it, actually recommends it. This is just the base one without the heater added in.

Yes I know there is worse out there. But this is the worst I have worked on so it was trashed in my eyes.

As for the rest it was all done with OTS products, well minus the megs APC, by hand and no machines. For what he wanted done I think it came out great. And according to him it came out better than he expected, and better than the job he had some pro do. I'm just a amateur with no looks to do this as a living. But a little constructive critism doesn't hurt

As long as it says you can use hot water your good. When you said you didn't get a hot water one I thought you meant you got a cold water one. I've seen even the big machines blow up by using the improper water.

The next bit... Constructive criticism, I'm not cutting you down, just trying to help you improve both with your own vehicle and others.

The big thing I noticed was the steering column. Where the steering wheel goes into the dash... you can see a line of where you couldn't get. Use a rag or a sponge or whatever you use and cram it down there to get all in the cracks. Move the steering wheel back and forward and up and down if it can. If not... you know on family guy when stewie talks about disgusting things and how he walked into meg doing the butt floss thing with the towel? Do that sept to the steering column.

Invest in some kind of a brush. Tooth brushes work well, the only downside to them is the angle of the brushes. Black magic sells a detailing kit and the one brush with the long bristles is a great tool. or you can just go to an arts supplies store and get a long but thick bristled paint brush. |You don't want to hard of a bristle but you don't want too soft of a bristle either. You don't want to cheap out or else it will lose bristles through out the car and the area you're trying to clean. Use that for vents, the flat part where the steering column goes into the dash at the top and where your clicker levers are. Pretty much all tight surfaces. Put a bit of product on it and your good to go. Wipe off any excess cleaner with a rag. This also works well for the plastics along the edges of the seats, where the shifter is etc.

The floor matts, that mud that chances are few steam cleaners will get out without a ton of work. Spray your shampoo on them then pressure wash them. if you don't have a pressure washer (get one, but in the mean time) then use the high pressure setting on your hose. use a big hard bristled brush to loosen up any dirt then vacuum with a shop vac.

Get an end for your vacuum that has the bristles on the end. You can go over the entire dash board and plastics and remove any of the heavy dust quickly and it gets into the vents and tight areas very well. This thing I swear is my life savor. It helps cut down a lot of time as well. Back trays in cars, that shitty fabric that's hard to clean... this will clean it very well without damaging it or miss spots.

Remember to do EVERYTHING. Center consoles, backs of the seats, move the seats forward and back, if you can remove it easily... remove it.

Hope that helps, good luck on the next one. Practice makes perfect.

Oh and good off the shelf products... simple green interior disinfectant is the balls for removing grime and meguires interior cleaner is a great product as well. Not to much shine, smells good, cleans well, etc.

Trust me there was nothing left on that dash, minus the tight cracks and crevices. I noticed that after when I was looking thru the pics. The dash was cleaned with Megs APC diluted 10:1 and topped with Megs natural shine, gives the perfect shine IMO.

Yes I need to invest in some brushes, and more microfiber lol.

The drivers side floor mat. I went over that about 5 times with the LG. Going on different angles and such. Yes I realize it still looks like crap, but it's better than it was and is as good as I could get it with the limited equipment I have.

Products used:
Megs car soap (purple stuff not the gold using it till I'm done with it. Got it as a gift)
NXT 2.0
Megs APC
Megs Natural Shine Vinyl and Rubber protectant
Mothers Mag Polish
Bissell Carpet Cleaner
Stoners Invincible Glass
Plastx
Eagle 1 Neverdull
Eagle 1 A2Z wheel cleaner
Bleche White tire cleaner


I think that's everything. No money for a pressure washer yet. I'd rather pick up a PC first.

I'd do the pressure washer over the pc. You can't use a pc with a dirty car.

I'd only use it if car gets clayed. Then car won't be dirty lol

why would you clay a car then use a pc? kinda defeating the purpose. Your doubling your work.

uuhhhh pc as in porter cable... as in dual action buffer.

I know what a pc is. But a pc is meant to remove defects... as is clay barring. I don't understand why you would need to do both. I was just talking to someone else and apparently he does... I dunno... I've never had to but i made damn sure my cars are clean as fuck first.

I look at it this way. Would you wash a car using a dirty wash mitt? Yes the pc is used to get rid of defects. But the clay bar will pull out anything that is embedded into the clear coat, ie tar and such that a regular wash can't get out. Clay Bar is just another step in cleaning.

I picture it as not using a clay then buffing it. All the small little embedded shit will be on that pad being rubbed all over the paint. Just seems a bit conter productive.

If the car is in bad shape then yes I agree. But if the cars in good shape then I don`t see the point. Then again... i rarely use my PC and when I do I`ve rotaried first.

I like to clay once a year. Thou doesn't look like my car is getting that treatment this year do to time constraints.

Mine gets buffed on a weekly basis it seems lol.

I have a bissell little green machine too and I love it. I didn't get the heated one either and have had it for a year now and the gasket under the bottle for the detergent and clean water broke apart. I just went to the parts store and bought some gasket material and made my own last week and it works like new again.