Best for cleaning tight spots between and under seats?

Ok then, the engineer comes out of me now then. Take some like 3/8 hose 12" or so. Stick about 3inches into the smallest nozzle you have that won`t compress it. Take black tape and cover the all of the opening of the vacuum nozzle and seal up tight around the hose. Now you have 9 inches of flexible hose to reach those areas. Hopefully I explained that so you can visualize what I`m saying.

Oh and it might help if you cut the end of the hose at a 45 to help it suck from the carpet better.
 
Stokdgs said:
Oh- ok, that side under the rails.. :)

That can be harder for sure if you have raised the seat if it can be raised, and then tried from the front and back inside the vehicle, and still not working..

For that area I sometimes just blow a lot of steam or air, under there or get the crevice tool on the extractor and try to fit it as close as possible, and I always get everything out..
I have to, because I tell every Client - "there will be NO dirt in your vehicle when I am done with it".. :)

Last thing if all else fails is to remove the nuts or bolts and lift the seat up, put blocks under it and get it clean or if it`s all or nothing, take the big, dang, heavy thing out, being very careful to not scratch the door, etc., on the way in or out.. I hate doing that.. :)
Dan F
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Removing the seats is a bit of a pain. Was going to remove them a while back to sound deaden the floor. Trying to looswn the bolts proved difficult. Such a tight spot, tough to build up enough leverage and hate to get them loose. Could try again but im not optimistic.

Ill try some more with the crevice tool, canned air and jamming sticky lint sheets in there. Should be able to reach the theeshold of “good enough.”
 
Yeah for some seat bolts, you need a lot of extensions on a ratchet to get you away from the tight area, and the one at the floor a flexible extension, the correct size socket, and sometimes even a breaker bar at your end of it to just break the thing loose..

Or the right sized off-set wrench, hopefully a longer one, so you can get enough leverage, or be able to put a pipe over it to help get more leverage..

The whole idea is to get the seat frame rails up high enough to allow you to get under them, around them, and then you are good..
Wish you were close by, we could get that all done !
Dan F
 
jrock645 said:
The vacuum cleaner with the tube wont quite get where i need to get. Pet hair and such in there. Looking to trade in the near future and trying to get her all cleaned up, and this is sorta the last little bit to get to. Any tricks or suggestions? Tried vacuuming and it doeant get it all. Lint roller helped but again its a tight spot and couldnt really roll around in there. What else works?
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I just did a quick search on Amazon and up popped a bunch of crevice tools(long ones) starting at under $10 and going up from there.
 
Some give measurements for what size tube they fit. I might need to order one up. My Camaro needs to get cleaned up for a possible trade this summer.
 
skibik said:
Some give measurements for what size tube they fit. I might need to order one up. My Camaro needs to get cleaned up for a possible trade this summer.
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I just went out and measured the male end of my MetroVac vacuum hose and its 1-1/4" outside diameter.

The Inside Diameter of all my vacuum tools including the long and superlong thin, crevice tools is 1-1/2", so the tools slip fit tight over the male end of the MetroVac hose just fine..

If your Dyson Male end hose (that takes the attachments) is the same size as MetroVac, (1-1/4" outside diameter), there should be no trouble with this size crevice tool.. I have lots of them different sizes; some have flexible ends close to the bottom so they can bend slightly around things, etc., those I use the most..
Dan F
 
Someone already mentioned the Rigid crevice tool, but I want to second that suggestion. The Rigid crevice tool is long, slender, and near the tip has some knuckles to make it flexible. If you can`t find one sold individually at Home Depot, there is another option. Go to Amazon, and search for Workshop WS12532A. It is about $11. The accessories for Rigid and Workshop vacs are made by the same company, so they are identical.
 
jrock645 said:
Removing the seats is a bit of a pain. Was going to remove them a while back to sound deaden the floor. Trying to looswn the bolts proved difficult. Such a tight spot, tough to build up enough leverage and hate to get them loose. Could try again but im not optimistic.
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I think you`ve got the right approach - If removing the seat isn`t going 100% your way, I`d suggest not risking any damage by continuing to get it out.

Might sound crazy, and maybe I`m not visualizing the space right, but what about folding up an old towel and using a long screwdriver/etc to drag it through the area to help pick up/relocate debris to an area you can get to?
 
There are universal-fit crevice tool sets that are a ready-made version of what Coleroad suggested. Mine work fine on all my vacuums but I somehow thought those had been tried/rejected in this case.

jrock645- OK on not buying the HF compressor, guess I`m still amazed by how well the $40 thing works..
 
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