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Cool Kenmore Polisher
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Post# 15583   6/28/2007 at 15:49 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

I saw this sitting in the Salvation Army thrift today and at first I thought it was a vacuum cleaner missing its bag. Some sort of Convertible clone. But upon inspection it's a Kenmore 3 pad floor polisher in remarkably good condition. There's a port on the back like where a bag would go but I don't know why it's there for a floor polisher? Anyone ever seen this floor polisher before, I haven't. The body is polished aluminum, the hood is moulded plastic with a Kenmore nameplate on the front and blue vinyl bumper guard

Post# 15584 , Reply# 1   6/28/2007 at 15:50 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Back side glam shot, see the port with the removable cover ?

Post# 15585 , Reply# 2   6/28/2007 at 15:52 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Bottoms up.. those are worn out removable buffing pads on the bristle pads which are still in very good condition.. I'll be tossing the buffing pads out.
I forgot to mention, it has the foot switch like a convertible to release the handle which powers it up.


Post# 15586 , Reply# 3   6/28/2007 at 15:59 (6,144 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

ohh
nice with PRETTY colors! Great fin
congrats


Post# 15593 , Reply# 4   6/28/2007 at 17:12 (6,144 days old) by ian88 ()        

It's probably a vacuum polisher petek, they use a soft bag just like an upright
Ian


Post# 15599 , Reply# 5   6/28/2007 at 20:37 (6,144 days old) by luxg ()        

Pete, that is one amazing find! I have sure never seen anything like it. As a child and adult I never missed an issue of Sears catalogs and this is totally new to me. I will be really interested in seeing if someone else out here knows anything about it. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

Post# 15602 , Reply# 6   6/28/2007 at 20:48 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

I'm guessing by the blue plastic hood that it's 70's..the Sears vacs of the 70's were either tan,blue or green but I can't remember which came first 2nd, 3rd.

Post# 15603 , Reply# 7   6/28/2007 at 20:56 (6,144 days old) by luxg ()        

I could be wrong Pete but I seeem to recall that the Green was first, then blue, then tan.

Post# 15613 , Reply# 8   6/28/2007 at 22:41 (6,144 days old) by swingette ()        

Reggie Reggie Reggie... i saw that green cleaner in another pic. so thats a suction polisher? not a rug suction sweeper/cleaner? either way its very very spiffy.

Post# 15614 , Reply# 9   6/28/2007 at 22:55 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Interesting, I've never heard of a suction polisher before. I just took the cap of the port at the back and it doesn't seem to blow much if any air out and there's nowhere that a bag would hook onto the handle unless that piece has gone or was removable. Or perhaps it was sold the way it is and/or you paid more for the bag extra.. who knows.

Post# 15615 , Reply# 10   6/28/2007 at 22:56 (6,144 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Forgot to ask.. what's the point of a suction polisher anyways.. if the floor is wet you don't want to be sucking up wet gunk into a cloth bag do you.

Post# 15617 , Reply# 11   6/28/2007 at 23:29 (6,144 days old) by swingette ()        
suction polisher

theres been a couple threads about them before. they suck up the dust kicked up by polishing a floor that might be dusty.


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