Thread Number: 16362
Vacuuming Carpet vs. Area Rugs: same thing or different requirements? |
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Post# 174655 , Reply# 1   3/24/2012 at 06:11 (4,413 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Rugs are different to carpet - it depends on the kind of material and you can usually judge by using your hand running across the pile of the rug. If its shaggy, then a power nozzle is not recommended, no matter how gentle the brush roll is. Suction only and on low power removes the top dirt without removing any fibres. Thicker rugs may need brush roll on and generally going by the feel of the weight when you're pushing the PN across a rug - if it ploughs, then logic will tell you the height needs to be lifted.
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Post# 174679 , Reply# 5   3/24/2012 at 09:51 (4,412 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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I have wool are rugs here, except for white Karastan in my room and red on the stairs. Those HOOVER Convertibles get everything WITHOUT damaging the rugs. I've see newer "aggressive" cleaners fill up and people say, "Wow..look at all that dirt"! It wasn't dirt at all. It wasn't always "loose" fibers, either. It was the carpet! Eventually, you'd have bald rugs.
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Post# 174681 , Reply# 6   3/24/2012 at 09:53 (4,412 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 174730 , Reply# 13   3/24/2012 at 17:08 (4,412 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana)   |   | |
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I have Wool area rug's and Flat weave orientals and I use the Sebo Felix on them.It does a wonderful job and I can reduce the suction and agitation on the flat weave carpets.If I need to go to hardwood,I can turn off the brush roll for them. michael |
Post# 174767 , Reply# 14   3/25/2012 at 05:17 (4,412 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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For the rugs, I use my Felix too - funny that all of a sudden, everyone has a Felix which is nice to see!
Now, before we had the Felix - and this is going back a few years - we had our Oreck XL which was required to clean a hard, thick sisal type mat at the front door inside the home. This was a toughie, quite thick with long bristles all compacted up and designed to push the dirt upwards, if that makes any sense. The XL jammed, produced smoke and turned out to clog up all too quickly when the machine was pushed over the mat. You had to be pretty quick to clean it with the Oreck and have a couple of spare drive belts to hand! Upon complaining to Oreck UK, they suggested that that the Sisal mat should not be attempted by the Oreck, even though at the time Oreck went to great pains pointing out the XL could clean "any surface." I don't know if anyone else has ever experienced this with an Oreck XL, but it soon made me realise, that whilst the Oreck had an excellent brush roll, the bristles were too thick and the Sisal mat was too resistant to being brushed with an equally thick bristle roll, resulting in drive belt breaking and possible clogging of the Sisal tufts being removed. Where SEBO is concerned, I use the standard brush roll (blue or white bristles) which have a thinner line of bristles, quite stiff to the touch. I also have the green "delicate" brush roll that I have used on occasion - whilst it is softer on carpets and rugs, when fitted to the X sensor uprights, it is also heavier to push the machine compared to the standard brush roll. |
Post# 174770 , Reply# 15   3/25/2012 at 07:19 (4,411 days old) by rainbowjoel (Dexter NM)   |   | |
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i like my pn4 from electrolux. It doesn't eat or suck the rug in. lol |
Post# 174774 , Reply# 16   3/25/2012 at 09:15 (4,411 days old) by sanifan ()   |   | |
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Ha ha! I've also got a Felix. I'm going to try that next on the area rugs. I had no idea there were so many different brushrolls available. It's quite nice to have those choices! |
Post# 174814 , Reply# 17   3/25/2012 at 14:52 (4,411 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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I have one too! You simply cannot beat it for its cleaning prowess and versatility. Here's mine in action: CLICK HERE TO GO TO tazcatsdad's LINK |
Post# 174976 , Reply# 19   3/27/2012 at 06:21 (4,410 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I wish I could have a house that had tiled floors and few rugs! I don't know if life would be easier, but somehow probably different! As a student I once lived in a well centrally heated home that had nothing but hard floors and a few rugs. Once a week steam cleaning with a steam mop and an upright with a suction only floor head. Simples. Mind you, I recall white tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms were difficult to clean due to steam build up, dust clinging to it all and kitchen grease.
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Post# 175089 , Reply# 21   3/27/2012 at 23:57 (4,409 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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It sheds like crazy.I just unpacked it. It came with a runner and a round carpet. As of yet, no place to put them. The Convertible, (and, I have about 200 from which to choose) does a great job. I have my great aunt's Chinese rug... about 75 years old. I had it cleaned, re-fringed and bound. It's in a spare bedroom. Again, the HOOVER cleans it fine. She had a model 28, we used a 67, 60, and, later, the 1076. I can honestly say, that in it's entire life, no other cleaner has been used on it except HOOVERS. Here's the new Chinese.....
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Post# 175091 , Reply# 22   3/28/2012 at 00:02 (4,409 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 175129 , Reply# 23   3/28/2012 at 08:36 (4,408 days old) by trebor ()   |   | |
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is in the offing this summer, load up the machines and sergers in tha van and come for a few days working vacation? |
Post# 175337 , Reply# 27   3/30/2012 at 11:46 (4,406 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 175340 , Reply# 29   3/30/2012 at 13:24 (4,406 days old) by trebor ()   |   | |
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actually I love sewing menswear and doing the men :)! |
Post# 175344 , Reply# 30   3/30/2012 at 14:40 (4,406 days old) by raycarter (Taylor, Michigan)   |   | |
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Trebor, would you happen to have those articles on hand? I've seen the ones from the 1950s on this website, and I'd love to see the older ones as well! |
Post# 175347 , Reply# 31   3/30/2012 at 15:32 (4,406 days old) by trebor ()   |   | |
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have to get them from the library on microfiche, or dvd. |