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Thread Number: 493
How do you polish a Kirby? |
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| Post# 4786 , Reply# 1 11/27/2006 at 22:09 (6,358 days old) by jaseventura () | ||
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ya gotta have a buffing machine | ||
| Post# 4808 , Reply# 2 11/28/2006 at 11:45 (6,358 days old) by vacufied () | ||
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...thanks, was hoping there was a miracle polish, lol, but figured it was gonna be a little more technical than that Another question... can you remove the cloth bag on these models to wash them, or are they permanently attached to the bottom connector? | ||
| Post# 4812 , Reply# 3 11/28/2006 at 12:17 (6,358 days old) by thunderhexed (Edmond, OK) | ||
bag
The bags can be removed... just pull up the rubber trim around the neck on the emptor, you will see where the bag is attatched to the emptor. The way it stays on is by a spring that is sewn into the bag fabric. Just pull it up and off of the emptor (very carefully). As far as washing goes.. you can wash them, but use great caution when doing so.. either hand wash ot or machine wash on the most delicate cycle you have, my mahcine actually has a hand wash cycle so it's not agitating constantly. Use just enough detergent, preferably wool-lite or a little bit of hair shampoo to wash. You can use regular detergent if you like, just use sparingly. I also added about a tablespoon worth of pine-sol to mine just to help get out any smell it may have.. If you do machine wash though, be prepared to have a mess to clean out of your machine! Make sure the bag is as clean as you can get it before putting it into the wash! Shake it out generously, turn it inside out and vacuum it with another unit if you can before washing... as far as drying goes. I have never placed one in an electric dryer. I usually hang them outside in the sun to dry. You will want it to dry as soon as possible.. if you let it set too long while damp, the spring inside the fabric at the base of the bag can rust and then when you try to stretch it to place it back over the emptor... it can bust rendering the bag useless... I've had that happen on a Kirby Classic.. I was ot happy about that!
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| Post# 4813 , Reply# 4 11/28/2006 at 12:37 (6,358 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Bags | ||
| Post# 4816 , Reply# 5 11/28/2006 at 13:21 (6,358 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
polishing / bag washing
Hi, useto polish my kirbies frequently so I just need some medium-fine metal polish , a soft dry cloth and some elbow oil;-)being very careful with plastic or rubber parts. When alluminium needs a complete re-polish and some scratches need to be removed, I usually treat the scratches first with adequate sand paper, then i polish first with a thick metal polish, then with fine. Sometimes a drill with the appropriate polishing tool comes to help. Once I used a kirby handly butler(tradition) to buff another kirby;-) when it comes to wasj a kirby bag I use the "hand washing" program of my washer: cold water, wool detergent, low speed turning. then I hang them to dry but never at the sun. It was a challenge to put the bags of my Classic III, Tradition and Heritage 84 back on their Sani Emptors. From Heritage 2 to the newest I own, I wash them with the mini emptors but I remove the bag filling tube. Tommy | ||
Post# 4832 , Reply# 8 11/28/2006 at 16:50 (6,357 days old) by air-waycharlie  (USA) |
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Charles Richard, I too, been there, done that. Turned the bag inside out thinking I would protect the logo, (it was the silver worded Kirby in a circle), used cold water and the gentle cycle................... When it came out missing much of that silver wording and logo, the screaming only stopped after the front hall window had shattered and my spouse stuck a sock in my mouth. In your words, "What a world, what a world......." | ||
| Post# 4876 , Reply# 10 11/28/2006 at 23:58 (6,357 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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Location, location, location... Where is Fabulon? | ||
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Post# 4901 , Reply# 11 11/29/2006 at 08:40 (6,357 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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"Fabulon"
Rick, Fabulon is a wonderful place that I created in my home that does not allow ANY negativity. It is where I go to forget the dolts that I encountered on airplanes, dolts that cut me off on the road, dolts that leave their full grocery carts in line while they run off to buy something else----you get the picture! In Fabulon, I recharge my "batteries" and get ready to take on the world again. This is where all my vintage vacuums are and my vintage Stewardess uniform collection is. It is a sacred place that only a few have ventured into. You are always welcome! | ||
| Post# 5318 , Reply# 12 12/4/2006 at 21:47 (6,351 days old) by kirby517 () | ||
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reply / polishing aluminum I found a paste for brass and aluminum at the grocerie store. You scrub off the tarnish then use a high speed buffing wheel for a high gloss. | ||
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