Thread Number: 14165
My first Kirby! GSix 2000 Limited Edition!!! |
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Post# 149774 , Reply# 1   8/31/2011 at 20:18 (4,592 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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More pictures to come tomorrow, I have a new rug plate and 6 pack of cloth HEPA bags on the way from GoodVac.com. |
Post# 149849 , Reply# 6   9/1/2011 at 07:27 (4,592 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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Here it is. |
Post# 149851 , Reply# 7   9/1/2011 at 07:29 (4,592 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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As you can see when compared, the first picture looks disgusting. |
Post# 149856 , Reply# 8   9/1/2011 at 08:13 (4,592 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 149863 , Reply# 10   9/1/2011 at 09:52 (4,592 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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And yeah I probably will find the hose, and use our dysons tools unless I find a good kit somewhere for a decent price. ~Darren |
Post# 149868 , Reply# 11   9/1/2011 at 10:44 (4,592 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi Mate
For hand polishing you cant beat a good auto sol marine shine , a good auoto shop should have it. Looks great though , you will enjoy it. Your Mom will get over it and take you to get more , she is your mom after all It come in a toothpast like tube and is fantastic. If you use it on a buffing wheel you will get a mirror finish just watch out it doesn't spray in your face when the wheel hits it By the way brasso workes wonders on polishing plastic especially dyson dust containers makes them like new and removes all the scratches when you use a buffing wheel |
Post# 149884 , Reply# 12   9/1/2011 at 11:32 (4,592 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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Thanks for the advice Gareth. I will probably try both those methods as we also have a Dyson. ~Darren |
Post# 149888 , Reply# 13   9/1/2011 at 11:58 (4,592 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi Darren
If you fit the buffing wheel to a drill youcan get it inside the bin of the dyson, be easy as you car burn the plastic if you stay in one place to long , the dyson bin is a higher grad poly carbonite than its body can be shone up nicly with ease , if you p[olish the body with a buffing wheel take ease the abs plastic has a much lower melting point than the bins poly carbonite. we buff up every dyson we get in for repair to look like new , you can even sand the scratches on the body down with a high grit water paper and then buff it up. we do this all the time, infact I am doing a dc18 at the moment inbetween coffe breaks , allot of coffee breaks here is a pic of the buffing equipment I use , I also have a bench buffer I am going to post something in the off the topic section on buffing up plastic machines |
Post# 149994 , Reply# 14   9/1/2011 at 23:15 (4,591 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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Well just hand buffing it with Brasso is doing the job slowly but good. Hopefully in a few more weeks I'll have achieved my stringent expectations with a little polishing work each day :) . ~Darren |
Post# 150028 , Reply# 16   9/2/2011 at 07:35 (4,591 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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Yesss! I know what your talking about! It seems to not really work that well. But, it does do the job slowly. I think I might try mothers and if I can find the other stuff I will try that also. ~Darren |
Post# 150050 , Reply# 17   9/2/2011 at 12:05 (4,591 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Nice job on the polishing, Seems like just about any kirby can spring back into a nice condition if given the time and effort. The G6 has a special place in my collection as it was the first G series i acquired, love it's performance and it's smooth tech drive. It's an excellent choice for your first Kirby IMO.
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Post# 150057 , Reply# 18   9/2/2011 at 13:52 (4,591 days old) by dwhdarren97 ()   |   | |
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It was my only choice, I can't buy on eBay and I've only seen a handful in the last four years I've wanted one on Craigslist. It is very smooth, and powerful as you said. ~Darren |