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Post# 327262   6/20/2015 at 12:01 (3,225 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV)        

I'm showing off my "new" Hoover 725! It needed a lot of Mothers polish, of course, and there are still some spotted areas that need work. I wanted to replace the tatty brown zipper bag that came with it, so thanks to a suggestion I found in an early post here, I put on a Kirby 500 black cotton bag that looks like it was meant for this machine. Rather than attach a slide closure at the top, I fixed it up with a button and loop. It's now ready to "beat -- as it sweeps -- as it cleans!"

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Post# 327496 , Reply# 1   6/21/2015 at 03:38 (3,225 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place)        

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Very nice! Beautiful cleaner! How'd you get the Kirby bad to stay in place?

Post# 327613 , Reply# 2   6/21/2015 at 08:16 (3,225 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV)        
Thanks, Hooverboy81!

 I had to tinker with the Kirby bag: there's a heavy spring sewn into the bottom which had to come out so the bag could fit over the piece that attaches to the base of the Hoover (not sure what to call it -- a bag clamp?). Anyway, to get it to fit, I had to take a few tucks in it and then sew it over the vise that had been part of the old replacement Hoover bag. It didn't take very long to do.

The other thing I've found out is that the button is definitely NOT enough to keep dust from blowing out of the top of the bag! I had to use the usual clamp and spring arrangement.

I do have a couple of the old black cotton bags from the 20s but they are not in any condition to use. The Kirby bags, I think, are a great compromise.

Post# 327852 , Reply# 3   6/23/2015 at 19:22 (3,222 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place)        
Would you mind

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Snapping a few pictures of the bag ring? I'd love to see how this works! I would like to give this a shot on a round bag ring to use with my pre 60 series cleaners! Awesome idea! Truly never would've thought of this!

Post# 327856 , Reply# 4   6/23/2015 at 19:53 (3,222 days old) by Miskini (Northville, Michigan )        
You really

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Did a nice job. That new bag looks really nice, and since it's a Kirby bag , it ought to make that Hoover clean better.

Post# 327860 , Reply# 5   6/23/2015 at 20:22 (3,222 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV)        
Thank you,

Miskini! And yes, Hooverboy81, I'll get some pictures up that show how I adapted the Kirby bag.

Post# 327864 , Reply# 6   6/23/2015 at 20:48 (3,222 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place)        

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Thanks! I'm looking forward to it! :)

Post# 327866 , Reply# 7   6/23/2015 at 21:01 (3,222 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV)        
O.k. so here are

 a few pictures that show the process. In the first one, you can see the adapted bag on the left, a new unaltered bag on the right, and the coil that has to come out in order to make it fit over the Hoover bag clamp.

The next several shots show close-ups of the bag fitting onto the clamp. I sewed the spring ring inside the bag, so all you can see is the tightening mechanism on the outside.

The last photo shows my jerry-rigging to get the bag to hook onto the handle. The original winding tape is long gone, so I took some coat hanger wire and looped it around the spool inside the handle. The hook and spring at the top of the bag hang from the curlicue I made in the wire.

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Post# 327867 , Reply# 8   6/23/2015 at 21:16 (3,222 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place)        

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That is awesome!! Thank you so much for taking the time to photograph it! I have a weekend project now! :)

Post# 327868 , Reply# 9   6/23/2015 at 21:19 (3,222 days old) by tinytyke (Fairmont, WV)        
Thank you

 again, Hooverboy81! You'll be pleased with the results, I think.


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