TR5 Steam Cleaner?

November 25, 2007

Has anyone been using one of these or something similar that can give me some recommendations?

I know from a previous post that Speed has one - I tried to PM him but I am unable to?

So Speed or anyone, how is it for PPF application, general cleaning, reliability, etc...?

Thanks

tint123 · November 25, 2007

Gotta have at least 50 posts before you can PM anyone.

TintDude · November 25, 2007

Gotta have at least 50 posts before you can PM anyone.

25 to PM not 50, it's 50 to get into the foobar. :gasp

TINTZEUS · November 25, 2007

25 to PM not 50, it's 50 to get into the foobar.

:gasp

I still dont know why.... or see the need for a steamer for the application of a bra.... :lol2

November 26, 2007

25 to PM not 50, it's 50 to get into the foobar.

Well, hopefully Speed will see this post before I get to 25. If not it may take me about a year to get a PM to him - I don't post often.

tint45 · November 26, 2007

Well, hopefully Speed will see this post before I get to 25. If not it may take me about a year to get a PM to him - I don't post often.

Well post more often then. :lol6

Nobody's gonna bite ya. :lol2

Alright, maybe 237, but he's just a little dude, and you don't really need your shin for anything. :lol2 :lol2

:lol2 to the board mang. :lol2

November 26, 2007

Well post more often then. Nobody's gonna bite ya.
Alright, maybe 237, but he's just a little dude, and you don't really need your shin for anything.

to the board mang.

:duck ya ya ya :spit

tint45 · November 26, 2007

ya ya ya

Ah, c'mon. That's funny and you know it. :ninja

Speed · November 26, 2007

I've got about 4 of them and they get used on every install. Even if you don't "need" it as far as installing the film, its very useful for prepping the car if nothing else. Tar comes off in seconds without touching the car, same with bugs and baked on road grime. Even if the car is brand new, it will still have some grit somewhere between the grill and bumper, behind the lights and so on. Anyone ever have a piece of sand get flushed out behind a blinker and end up under the film?

Once I prep the car with the steamer, I heat up my solution bottles with it, really nice to have warm water to work with especially in the winter.

As far as using it during the install, where ever you'd use a heat gun, use the steamer instead. It will nail down fingers and won't distort the edges or the adhesive like a heat gun can. The TR5 has an adjustable pressure knob and you can actually get the film to lay down without a squeegee in hard to reach places, and get it to stick in deep valleys or hard contours.

Once you think you are done, go around the edges again with the steamer and any that are not completely down will fog up making them easy to spot and attend to.

November 26, 2007

Speed,

Thanks for the answers. I will be getting a steam cleaner but I just have to narrow it down between the TR5, Daimer Kleenjet 175, and the Reliable T630. I'm leaning toward the TR5; are you satisfied with the quality and would you recommend the TR5?