Thread Number: 24997
Electrolux Model XXX Attachment Bumper & Trim Colors |
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Post# 281128 , Reply# 1   5/19/2014 at 20:42 (3,622 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. If the bottom is painted in turquoise (not technically teal -- teal is a much greener color) then it is indeed either a late XXX or a factory-rebuilt machine. If the bottom &/or sides are painted in hammertone blue, it's a bojack "reconditioned" machine. Electrolux never painted the XXX bodies in hammertone, but did sometimes paint the front cover and rear blower/filter assembly in hammertone. However, that would have been factory-applied, baked-on hammertone and not spray paint. There is a difference and you can tell immediately -- yon can easily scratch the surface of painted hammertone with your fingernail. The true baked hammertone is a very tough and durable surface that's very difficult to scratch, which, along with wrinkle-finish paint, is the reason it was a favored finish for many household appliances, tools, office equipment & furniture, etc. It sounds like you have all the correct tools. There was a dust brush with a blue rubber bumper and a metal upholstery nozzle, same as with the LX or, on some machines blue plastic dusting brushes and nozzles. It's likely that the floor tool with the gray bumper is original -- I've even seen them on LXs. An interesting note about the blue, gray, and blue-gray rubber on the attachments -- the material was inferior to the original black rubber. Something about the chemical compound made it break down and disintegrate and eventually crumble away to nothing over the years. I have a number of early XXX dusting brushes with black rubber in perfect condition but have hardly any of the other colors that are still intact. I have a couple of baked-hammertone dusting brushes and upholstery nozzles and also have a baked-hammertone floor brush. My assumption has always been that they were done up for the factory-rebuilt machines. Crevice tools, made of compressed fiber, originally were black glossy finish, then flat black, then flat gray, then flat bluish-gray and they stayed the latter color until the new plastic tool was introduced with the Model G. The first Model G tool was made in the same shape as the earlier tool and was made of a rather brittle, hard plastic. Soon, that material was replaced with a softer plastic and a narrower tool. The dusting brush with the red-brick color would have been for a late XII tool. I've seen them in both brown and dark red. I think that covers all your questions....... |
Post# 281138 , Reply# 3   5/19/2014 at 22:19 (3,622 days old) by tig21er (Indiana)   |   | |
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color of the model G ,CA, and Bi8 was referred to as Aquamarine Green. |
Post# 281139 , Reply# 4   5/19/2014 at 22:23 (3,622 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Thanks, John. I've seen many simply refer to the first Model Gs, C-As, and B-8s of that era as aqua. Do you have the names of the colors of all the machines and attachments? If so, please post. |
Post# 281152 , Reply# 5   5/20/2014 at 02:25 (3,622 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. My brain is too tired to reply to all your questions, so I'll limit this post to two answers. (Maybe someone else can jump in -- Tom Gasko, where are you?!) All genuine XXX filters are made of cotton batting covered with gray felt on one side and soft white cotton on the other. Foam filters are bad for the motor because they trap too much airflow and cause the motor to heat up excessively. You should find a genuine filter. They come up on eBay all the time. If you can't find one, a better replacement would be a circular piece cut out of an air conditioner filter. You can use the foam filter as a pattern to cut around. You may need to use two layers to make it thick enough. All XXX hoses were the same except for slight differences in the metal ends. Some of the very last blue models may have had LX-style hoses. I've seen them both ways. I had an aunt in Virginia who had a blue XXX that had a standard gray XXX hose with black and white "XXX" tracing. Her machine also had the Companion and optional hammertone blue cord winder. Through an amazing course of serendipity, I now have her XXX. |