So I happen to borrow a semi-professional steam cleaner machine from a car buddy in town to do a little carpet spot cleaning, and he happens to tell me how great it cleans car parts! 

So I have this 5 speed with a nice overall coating of 50 year old oil and crap all over it that I can just not “wait” to scrub manually, so I try it. This thing is magical!  I knew steam is a common industrial cleaner, but never really considered it for home use. 

Well, my carpets are clean, and so is my transmission. The pics show one nice little area I cleaned with the rest of the dreary dirty stuff around it. This took about a minute. 

The cleaning end has a little stiff brass brush (SS also available) that you scrub lightly with. This thing is dangerous, 315F steam at high pressure. But man! Does it clean aluminum. And I don’t know where the grime goes, it just disappears……  Small puddle of water on the floor. 

Anyway, something to add to the tool arsenal.  Ain’t cheap, glad to have a buddy to borrow from. I have a little one I bought for like $50 to steam my gas tank (remember that), that thing would be slow.

And yes, it blew whatever the heck my grand daughter messed up the carpet with right outta there in about 20 seconds with no detergent,  

 

It's nice to see that you can get good results without having to rely on toxic chemicals all the time, a small step in the right direction.

I’ll post a picture of the finished product today. Very pleased with the result.

Edited March 11, 2024Mar 11 by zKars