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Thread Number: 36803
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
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Post# 393750 6/23/2018 at 20:29 (2,126 days old) by JustJunque  (Western MA) |
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Hey all,
I guess this really could have gone in any category, since it's not actually about a specific vacuum. Just something kind of fun. In my Electrolux machines, I use Home Solutions Clean Sweep chips for fragrance. Aside from the simple fact that I like them, it takes me back to my youth, and the very first time a salesman came to our home to demonstrate an Electrolux. I had never experienced a vacuum that made your house smell nice, and it just made the Electrolux seem even more magical to me. However, I've discovered yet another little quirk about myself, in that I like to use the Clean Sweep ONLY in the Electroluxes. I know there are other products out there to create a fragrance in your bagged vacuums. I'm just wondering if anyone else regularly uses them, and if there's a brand or specific scent that you just really like and recommend. Thanks! Barry | ||
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Post# 393763 , Reply# 3 6/24/2018 at 00:56 (2,126 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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These are working well for me www.walmart.com/ip/Citrus... They don’t smell synthetic and they really cover up the bag smell. | ||
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Post# 393766 , Reply# 5 6/24/2018 at 09:32 (2,126 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Laundry crystals
Thanks for the input folks!
Mike: I was just about to add to my own thread, that I just made this discovery by poking around on the interwebs. While searching for different vacuum fragrance ideas, I found several people recommending laundry scent crystals! Downy Unstoppables, something called Washer Whiffs, etc. I might just have to try some of those! Barry | ||
| Post# 393789 , Reply# 6 6/24/2018 at 17:52 (2,125 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
I used Tumble-Dryer Freshen Sheets to rid a Kirby cloth bag of that old stale stench. They're paper towels, like J-Cloths, with impregnated fragrances, activated by heat & air. Place one or two between paper bag and outer cloth-bag.
I nearly resorted to expensive Aftershave dripped on the bag. The smell was driving me nuts. I suppose car air freshener 'trees' and similar dry, hanging, fresheners would work? | ||
| Post# 393802 , Reply# 7 6/24/2018 at 21:32 (2,125 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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T wish the Lux chips Were the same as they used to be, I don't like the new ones nearly as well, same for Odorific, I loved the old stuff! Filter Queen pine oil was great too...Anything I like they quit making,,,LOL | ||
| Post# 393803 , Reply# 8 6/24/2018 at 21:33 (2,125 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 393818 , Reply# 9 6/24/2018 at 23:35 (2,125 days old) by Jonthevacguy (Capitola, California) | ||
Essential oils on a small cotton ball | ||
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Post# 393837 , Reply# 10 6/25/2018 at 11:33 (2,125 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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My late mother used to pick up 
"Snow White moth crystals. They came in an orange can.
Sometimes, just a cinnamon stick OR a few cloves in the bag smell nice too. I would recommend NEVER using a powder...like "Love mt Carpet" It's awful, and, if you ever used a Constellation......well. I'm told the 'fog in the room is incredible". | ||
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Post# 393838 , Reply# 11 6/25/2018 at 11:37 (2,125 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Clean Sweep
Hans; thank you!
I thought the Clean Sweep smelled different back when Mom got the first Electrolux! But I even mentioned it to someone at Aerus in an e-mail once, and they claimed that they haven't changed. Jon, and others who use essential oils: Does the fragrance last, or does it fade long before the bag is full? We really don't have pet odors or anything to try to cover up. We have one cat, and he doesn't stink up the house or anything. And his pine litter doesn't track into the house. I just like the vacuum to produce a pleasant scent while I'm using it. Barry | ||
| Post# 393864 , Reply# 12 6/25/2018 at 17:36 (2,124 days old) by Jonthevacguy (Capitola, California) | ||
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Barry | ||
| Post# 393881 , Reply# 14 6/25/2018 at 22:14 (2,124 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
I use essential oils as well as laundry crystals in my vacs. But with a twist....for the essential oils, I use it on a small piece of felt in the exhaust filter compartment on top of the HEPA filter. The laundry crystals I put in a mesh baggie from the pet shop used to hold activated carbon when making a carbon filter for a fish tank, & put that in the bag compartment separate from the bag. That overcomes the problem of the scent going away as the vacuum bag fills up if you put the scent in the bag.
I have also used the Lux Clean Sweep chips sparingly in the past, & still have a supply on hand. Also, the tip others have shared on here about putting activated carbon in the bag to eliminate odours works too, BUT it's best to use it only when the bag starts to smell, not when it's new. What I do is put a couple tablespoons on the coffee table & let the vacuum suck it up through the hose, doing this makes the carbon go to the bag walls & on top of the dirt & work effectively. Rob | ||
| Post# 393885 , Reply# 15 6/25/2018 at 23:46 (2,124 days old) by Dandagreer (Nashville, TN) | ||
Odors Away
I found this product on Amazon after reading in a thread here that it was similar to Kirby’s old Sweet Aire scent. It has a very pleasant cinnamon-spice smell that is not overpowering. I put a few drops occasionally on my HEPA bag machines and it smells lovely for weeks.
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| Post# 393899 , Reply# 16 6/26/2018 at 10:08 (2,124 days old) by Jonthevacguy (Capitola, California) | ||
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Rob
Great idea re: the activated carbon...probably make sure the carbon dust is removed, only the pieces present. Also, great idea putting the essential oils on the filter. Oreck outer bags have a small pouch for a tab, that would be a good place for an essential oil cotton ball, then the cotton could be accessed for additional drops of oil as needed.
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| Post# 393907 , Reply# 17 6/26/2018 at 14:38 (2,123 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Jon
The activated carbon I use is in granular form, there is no "dust" separate from it. The link below is the exact product I use. You can also get carbon in pellet form too, but I would imagine it wouldn't work as effectively for odour control.
Oreck isn't the only brand to incorporate a fragrance tab holder into their bag system. The Lux Intelligence/Aerus Guardian Platinum canister also has a spot to insert a fragrance cartridge at the back near the filter. Also, Hoover used to do it in the 90's with their bagged direct air uprights, & if I am not mistaken, according to our European members Miele used to have a spot in the filter area where a scent stick could be placed, same as the Sebo scent sticks look like. I am sure there are a few other brands that have done this in the past I am not aware of. Sure would be a nice feature incorporated into modern high-end vacuums. David - The Odors Away looks good & seems like a few of our members in the past have tried & liked it. It also seems to get fairly good reviews on Amazon. I think I might just have to try some myself if I can find a Canadian source to buy it from. Rob CLICK HERE TO GO TO kirbylux77's LINK | ||
| Post# 393917 , Reply# 18 6/26/2018 at 20:14 (2,123 days old) by Ctvacman (CT) | ||
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I take the part of the febreeze plug in that goes in the glass jar out and suck it up in the bag. It’s kinda like a huge sebo stick, it’s very concentrated though and no amount of pet hair can over power it. | ||
| Post# 393932 , Reply# 19 6/27/2018 at 08:32 (2,123 days old) by mariotron (Texas ) | ||
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| Post# 394002 , Reply# 20 6/28/2018 at 13:54 (2,122 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
for my epic6500
I find that vacuuming up activated charcoal pieces into a new bag neutralizes bag smells. If I put anything else in the bag as described above, I end up smelling the stale half-full bag smell after a few weeks + whatever scent is in the bag. But the activated charcoal in the bag eliminates the stale smell completely, even when the bag is 3/4 full and time to change after weeks or months. It's just these canisters of activated charcoal you get in the pet department for fish tanks and it's not expensive at all. I find that vacuuming up some in a new bag, and then when the bag starts getting full and covered up most of the originally vacuumed up charcoal, vacuum up a little more. Usually two times per bag total. It doesn't clog the pours of the bag and it's amazing to me to be able to turn my vacuum on with a 3/4 full month or 2-month old bag and not smell anything, just a new bag smell.
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| Post# 394176 , Reply# 21 7/1/2018 at 21:40 (2,118 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin) | ||
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I use the odors away too. 2 to 3 drops on 2 cotton balls. Suck that into the vacuum. Leaves a nice fragrance. reminds me of a deodorizer that we used years ago with carpet extraction. | ||
| Post# 394300 , Reply# 23 7/3/2018 at 21:34 (2,116 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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And NEVER! Put mothballs in a Kirby, the paradichlorobenzene will melt the Emptor cover! | ||
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Post# 394330 , Reply# 25 7/4/2018 at 06:36 (2,116 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Great suggestions!
Thank you to all for the suggestions...I'm definitely going to try some of them!
Also, for the warnings on what NOT to use. I can attest to the Little Trees reacting with plastics. We bought our Ford Explorer used, and the previous owner had apparently stuck one up over the driver's side sun visor. The remains of it are still there...permanently bonded to the plastic! There's actually a warning on the package to let them hang freely, and not come into contact with the surfaces in your vehicle. I do like some of their scents, and I used to always have at least one in whatever car I owned. More recently though, I don't use any fragrance in my vehicles. I just enjoy the "clean car smell". I can't say "new car smell", because our vehicles are pretty far from new! Lol Barry | ||
| Post# 394344 , Reply# 26 7/4/2018 at 12:03 (2,116 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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I agree with you on not using car air fresheners. I used to use these Scent Stick things, they smell really good but honestly I've realized there's no real need for adding fragrances to my cars. I often drive with the windows open but when I do use air conditioning I roll the windows down for the last minute or two before I reach my destination so I can air out the car. I've also found that cars tend to smell bad after it rains, so the next day I'll take the floor mats out so they can dry in the sun and that always helps.
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| Post# 394345 , Reply# 27 7/4/2018 at 12:50 (2,116 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I'd like to try activated charcoal in the bag but never did. My Kenmore canisters always start to stink after a while even if there's not much in the bag.
I do like the Electrolux/Eureka Arm & Hammer F&G bags I use in my Eureka The Boss. They never seem to smell, which is nice since those bags are so big and last a long time. I might not use them in a bag first machine though because I wonder if the powder could get sucked into the motor. | ||
| Post# 394393 , Reply# 29 7/5/2018 at 13:50 (2,115 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Scents
I like this stuff. The shop I worked at sold it. We got it from a business in Texas. There are soooo many good scents. Pure outdoors has a kind of watermelon scent to it.
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| Post# 394448 , Reply# 32 7/6/2018 at 15:27 (2,113 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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I seriously can't stand
the smell of mothballs. Eucalyptus keeps spiders away too.
Anyway, the activated charcoal is not powder, it's granules, so no clogging bag pores CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark40511's LINK | ||
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