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Post# 300298 10/1/2014 at 07:19 (3,494 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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This weeks Floor Care post on Product Stat reviews 22 different kinds of Floor Polishers/Rug Shampooers in 1961. I know at least one person had asked for this a few weeks ago, so here we go...
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| Post# 300307 , Reply# 1 10/1/2014 at 11:27 (3,494 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Hi Robert. | ||
| Post# 300431 , Reply# 2 10/2/2014 at 19:25 (3,492 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Thanks for this! As a toddler, Mom seemed to think it was safe for me to use our green 1959 GE floor polisher. I remember the grey handle grip and the three vents on each side that looked like little smiles! I used to polish the kitchen floor from far end to entry, making sure to leave behind a nice even set of tracks like a vacuum cleaner.
If I remember correctly, the lamb's wool buffing pads snapped onto the brushes with snaps sporting the famous cursive "GE" logo in red! Surprised that those center snaps never scratched the floor come to think of it.... Would love to see pics of the bulky Eureka floor polisher with the four small brushes. Would anyone have pics of one - especially a photo of the underside? Can't fathom how the 4 brushes would have been laid out..... | ||
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Post# 300468 , Reply# 3 10/3/2014 at 03:12 (3,492 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 300623 , Reply# 4 10/4/2014 at 19:07 (3,490 days old) by CajunVac (St. Martinville, LA) | ||
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Regina 360 I have my mother's Regina Polisher with a set of original polishing brushes. When she covered the oak plank floors with Solarian and wall to wall carpet She gave me the polisher to use on my red oak floors at my house. Nice to still find Johnson's Paste Wax too! | ||
| Post# 300852 , Reply# 5 10/6/2014 at 14:53 (3,489 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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I'm turning to the experts.
Hi Guys, I mentioned in reply #1 that I thought I had a Reginia 360, this is not the case. I just looked at that polisher and as luck would have it, the little instruction booklet was with it. The booklet has no date, but the model is TS, and is called "Regina Twin Brush Polisher and Scrubber." I'm guessing early 1950's, and ideas?
Thanks, Alex Taber. | ||
| Post# 300863 , Reply# 6 10/6/2014 at 16:56 (3,489 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
Wow I totally enjoyed this.Thank you so much for posting it. I have never really been interested in floor polishers that much but a few years ago after moving into our current home which like most homes in SA has a 70% Hard flooring. I then became fascinated by them
I have Two hoover scrubbers, But my real passion are the Columbus polishers. This is a special 32 Volt model sold alongside many other 32 volt appiances for use on farms that ran off Gensets right up until recently. While on Holiday visiting family I got this and Electrolux B9 also a 32 volt. I also got to see a home that to this day runs on 32 volt with a Hoover 652 as the main vacuum. Here it is in polisher and vacuum form as well as the yet to be restored 32 volt B9 | ||
| Post# 301025 , Reply# 7 10/8/2014 at 07:41 (3,487 days old) by Anachronism () | ||
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Had I known S.A. still had 32 volt systems 20 years ago I may have kept the 32 volt generator I acquired in 1961 and engaged in some international trade. 32V Light bulbs were all I could find to run from it. | ||
| Post# 301072 , Reply# 8 10/8/2014 at 15:16 (3,487 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Steve
I didn't know it existed either, about 400km outside of Cape Town is a town called Calvinia were my wife's Aunt lives. It was one of those we decided to visit her and love the company and the town so much we go back often. They found out about my love of vacuums and now the whole town who have relatives on outlying farms around the town swap vintage vacuums for new ones or vacuum repairs. Its awesome. Every Time we go up, I come back with a car full of vintage vacuum cleaners | ||
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