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Vacuum Cleaners Discussions > Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when

Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when
#1 Mar 22, 2008 4:25 pm

mole wrote:

It certainly was Tom Anderson.

I heard he built a warehouse just to keep his collection in................

MOLE

Wow, that's passion!

Vacuum Cleaners Discussions > Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when

Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when
#2 Mar 22, 2008 2:35 pm

Was it Tom Anderson?

Vacuum Cleaners Discussions > Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when

Re: Vacuum as a status symbol. remembering when
#3 Mar 22, 2008 1:35 am

My Mom was too busy for coffee clutch get togethers.

Had a dress shop 3 kids & was renovating a 100 yr old house.

Our vacs were all second hand but I most fondly remember the ancient electroluxes.

Had the Hoover constellation

I took it to college

We also had some weird R@ D@ cannisters I don't even know what they were.

Dad had a 57 Buick Special

Ugle Brown & built like a tank

I was ashamed as a child to ride in the monster

Mom had the 63 Chevy Covair

with a blown head gasket

Could hear it coming for blocks

OOOO those were the days!!!!

OOOOH but now how I lust for those old cannisters

I saw that on another vac forum which I tried to join 3 weeks ago but the owner was out of town & still hasn't gotten around to approving my membership

Argh...

Lots of #1'serial numbers & if I recall there was alot of envy

but it was a public auction & at least they went to someone who seems to appreciate them.

Pics were posted so least the rest of us could view some of the contents of the vault.

I took apart & cleaned that darn Hoover Convertible I found in the trash

1997 triple filtration & boy it had some nasty much in it.

When I got it there were pounds of fuzz & paper clips so it wouldn't suck

I cleared it with a hanger but never did a thorough wash

Well it was live or die with this guy & he got run under the water w simple green &

I removed copiuos amounbt of oily crud

Yuck

Dried it over night & powered it up today

Yeah sucks like crazy!

Hoovers for all the good & bad mostly the cheap current construction but all in all they really suck!

Vacuum Cleaners Discussions > Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment

Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
#4 Mar 20, 2008 11:04 pm

Thanks Venson, I guess in these days it is a cermemony. Least you don';t have to empty the water a few times w each vac & then dry it...LOL

Older electrolux have no filters at all just the bag but I suppose if you got a microlined bag you'd be ok.

I really can use a cannister more than an upright.

My friend has a Dyson & is in love with it.

All I know is I'd like to be rid of the fine powder finally

Vacuum Cleaners Discussions > Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment

Re: Kirby Lovers feel free to comment
#5 Mar 20, 2008 10:57 pm

Just wrote:

Camelotshadow,

Is it possible the former occupants used capture to clean the carpet?

When I first moved into my house last summer I was pulling piles of fine gray powder out of the carpet with my Kirby. I mean bags full. I couldn't figure out what it was until the guy from Service Master told me he thought it was capture that was deep in the pile of the carpet.

I don't know much about capture, or how hard it is to suck up but this may be a possible explination to your powder mystery.

Interesting, I am concerned what the heck is in there. I can smell a sort of vinegar smell when wet. I'm thinking its not good!

I don't know what capture is? I was told there was a flood here before I moved in at one time & they let it dry. Could be fine particles of wool padding?

I used to sprinkle carpet fresh at one time but haven't in long time as its not good for the bird. Cockatiels make a powder but hard to think how a 3 ounce bird could make a pound a powder