Vacuum cleaner attachments

Ringmaster · 07-08-13, 05:03 PM

Folks,

Can anyone advise me where I can get my mits on some attachments for my vacuum cleaner that are smaller and able to get into all those hard to reach places you find in a car please?

Frost's Car Restoration have this sort of thing, but it looks expensive on their website. Halfords don't appear to stock this sort of thing.

Micky · 07-08-13, 05:09 PM

Coxy · 07-08-13, 05:13 PM

errr, I'll be honest, I use some 10mm plastic tubing we have at work and have just tape it to the smaller nozzle. It gets to all those awkward places and being flexible, it gets down the side of seats and under seats with ease.

and the cost was nothing as it was just lying around

JoshB3audi · 07-08-13, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Coxy

errr, I'll be honest, I use some 10mm plastic tubing we have at work and have just tape it to the smaller nozzle. It gets to all those awkward places and being flexible, it gets down the side of seats and under seats with ease.

and the cost was nothing as it was just lying around

Now that's what I call maximising profits

msh · 07-08-13, 05:57 PM

I would do similarly to Coxy, only difference is that I don't have any tubes lying around, but compressor - air @ 6 bar nicely blows shit out of gaps and carpet. Actually the carpet itself is able to hold quite a big amount of fine sand that won't come out when using just vacuum cleaner.

Ringmaster · 08-08-13, 10:01 AM

Thanks chaps.

Good idea Coxy.

Coxy · 08-08-13, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by msh

I would do similarly to Coxy, only difference is that I don't have any tubes lying around, but compressor - air @ 6 bar nicely blows shit out of gaps and carpet. Actually the carpet itself is able to hold quite a big amount of fine sand that won't come out when using just vacuum cleaner.

For situations like that, we use a Tornador!

msh · 08-08-13, 12:16 PM

Dafuq is that?

john johnson · 08-08-13, 12:18 PM

Google it , I read reviews a bit back that are a bit hit and miss

msh · 08-08-13, 12:22 PM

Ok, some kind of foam. Good luck. I washed my carpet with buckets of water and brushed it with brush, adding washing powder - yet still there was some fine sand inside.

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Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	errr, I'll be honest, I use some 10mm plastic tubing we have at work and have just tape it to the smaller nozzle. It gets to all those awkward places and being flexible, it gets down the side of seats and under seats with ease. and the cost was nothing as it was just lying around

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msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	I would do similarly to Coxy, only difference is that I don't have any tubes lying around, but compressor - air @ 6 bar nicely blows shit out of gaps and carpet. Actually the carpet itself is able to hold quite a big amount of fine sand that won't come out when using just vacuum cleaner.

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Ringmaster Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,326	Thanks chaps. Good idea Coxy.

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msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Dafuq is that?

08-08-13, 12:22 PM	#10
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Ok, some kind of foam. Good luck. I washed my carpet with buckets of water and brushed it with brush, adding washing powder - yet still there was some fine sand inside.