Thread Number: 37116
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
All this hardfloor cleaning talk |
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Post# 396497   8/9/2018 at 10:33 (2,086 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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Hard floor attachment and canisters a.k.a. tanks, I don’t understand why people say that a Kirby can’t clean a hard floor well with the right attachment . Here I am using my 516 Kirby with the floor nozzle attachment and I just picked up beautifully everything I run it over not to mention, you could hook up the hose and floor wand . So to all you who commented on Kirby’s not being any good for tile, wood etc., why is that? where you getting that? what am I missing because mine picks up just beautifully.
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Post# 396499 , Reply# 1   8/9/2018 at 11:14 (2,086 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 396516 , Reply# 4   8/9/2018 at 20:04 (2,085 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I still wish Royal would have made a straight-suction metal upright cleaner today!
The 311 was the last one they did (from 1945 to 1985). ~Ben |
Post# 396544 , Reply# 5   8/9/2018 at 23:29 (2,085 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Hey
I have the straight suction royal model 98. It was posted earlier. The back wheels, spacer between wheels and handle is only missing parts. I got straight suction nozzle polished. I got power took off. I polished about half way done with motor housing. It's cleaned off rust just needs polished. I'm about to open motor housing. It has 2 plates that are used to hold nozzle on. It has 5 of 6 screws out. I sprayed wd40 but that is as far as I have got. Behind the nozzle is brown like agitator brush. It's like wood with paint with rubber coating. I'm going to report it. I'm getting to wheels and shaft I'm thinking not to hard to find. Is the top part of handle above switch is it similar to 880. If you know or Know someone who might have them hanging around. I'm guessing vacuum is 1928 to 1933. I'm not positive. Anything I know you and hygiene know royal vacuums. Les |
Post# 396564 , Reply# 6   8/10/2018 at 11:54 (2,085 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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purely as a floor buffer as two of you have suggested. I suppose it can scratch floors if sharp objects are caught in it....the same goes for most things. Here is an modern Kirby attachment to my Sentria model which is intended for the same purpose the older one was....using the upright vacuum w/o hose attachments. I don't get the dig on Kirbys for that...just turn off the brush roll...no marks...same superior suction on floors which are easier to clean b/c stuff isn't embedded in like with carpet. I did go back and look at the owners manual, its called a 'dust buffer'.
Remember, I"m not saying the hose attachments are worse or better....or if a dedicated tank/cannister is better or worse....just that from what I"M observing....this attaching piece does just as well as the hose attachements...but, in this mode, the Kirby head limits getting under cabinets etc. Attached: picture of the true Kirby floor polisher ( refrence to someone's earlier post on this thread), not the attachment I showed earlier #2 modern floor dusting attachment |
Post# 396580 , Reply# 8   8/10/2018 at 21:00 (2,084 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 396606 , Reply# 9   8/11/2018 at 11:40 (2,084 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin)   |   | |
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I have see the demo video. You still have to mop the floor after or towel dry the floor after using this attachment to pick up the excess cleaning solution the hard floor mop doesn't pick up. Seems to be more work than it is actually worth. |
Post# 396821 , Reply# 13   8/16/2018 at 02:23 (2,079 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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I agree with many of the criticisms of a Kirby...or functional observations, But I don't understand comments like "The Kirby excels at cleaning carpeted floors, not so much for hardwood floors, tile, etc. " Again, how is that? How would a tank/cannister clean any better than a Kirby with the floor attachments? You might could argue the tank is easier to assemble/use than the Kirby, but not clean better on hard floors. I don't understand that comment and seems untrue.
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Post# 396831 , Reply# 14   8/16/2018 at 08:59 (2,079 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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