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Thread Number: 28128
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
A fascinating vintage Hoover Floor Washer video |
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Post# 314378 2/3/2015 at 18:02 (3,367 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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~ I saw this video on YouTube (link below). It's really interesting and there are some views of the attentive homemaker's Hoover Convertible vacuum cleaner and floor polisher in her cleaning closet. I've never used a Floor Washer; never even seen one. I am wondering how efficient it really can be at scrubbing floors with no spinning or revolving brushes. I guess its greater advantage is that it sucks up the dirty water. However, as long as you don't slop water all over the place and over-drench your floors when you scrub them with an electric floor scrubber, mopping up the water is not really a huge chore. I do have a Hoover Floormate, which seems to be a more modern version of the Floor Washer and it does have some small revolving scrub brushes. I've never actually used it but a dear old man gave it to me so I've kept it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK | ||
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Post# 314396 , Reply# 1 2/3/2015 at 20:20 (3,367 days old) by centralvacs1928 (Chicagoland) |
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Very cool! What a neat machine. My God, that music though! Wish it had the original sound. Thanks for sharing it! | ||
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Post# 314398 , Reply# 2 2/3/2015 at 20:23 (3,367 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I have both the blue and yellow one. | ||
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Post# 314400 , Reply# 3 2/3/2015 at 20:27 (3,367 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 314405 , Reply# 4 2/3/2015 at 21:22 (3,367 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Hoover Floor Washer.
Hi Charles Richard, and Gottahaveahoove:
When I lived in Naperville, Illinois, I used this every week to wash my hardwood floors. A little Murphy's oil soap and the hardwoods sparkled. If I ever find another one, it too will be put to good use, that thing was fantastic. And on a personal note, Don Krammes, husband of Stacy who's responsible for the creation of the V.C.C.C. was the engineer who designed it. Alex Taber. | ||
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Post# 314407 , Reply# 5 2/3/2015 at 21:25 (3,367 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Thanks for adding that | ||
| Post# 314412 , Reply# 6 2/3/2015 at 22:42 (3,367 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Your welcome John. | ||
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Post# 314415 , Reply# 7 2/4/2015 at 00:04 (3,367 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY) |
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Hate the music, love the video. And I love my FloorMate! This machine certainly does appear to be its predecessor. I found the original film on the Internet Archive: it seems to be a little bit clearer there (and, it doesn't have that ghastly music), so for me it was a bit more enjoyable. Here's the link if anyone wants to try it out.
Bill W. CLICK HERE TO GO TO tazcatsdad's LINK | ||
| Post# 314421 , Reply# 8 2/4/2015 at 06:09 (3,366 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Those that have and use a Floor Washer/Dryer love them. I have...um...4.
Having seen one in ads here and at fellow collector's homes I went searching. At the time they began falling from the sky. First picture is from 2010. Other pictures show a replacement nozzle I made up from an obscure floor tool with all-around close-packed bristles that was in the bin. The machine was missing the nozzle but that wasn't going to stop me. Works as well as an original. Frequently the flor washers found are missing the brush strips and the anti-suds sponge. Easily rectified with thoughtful iongenuity. | ||
| Post# 314623 , Reply# 10 2/5/2015 at 10:13 (3,365 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Hi packardmanken:
DON'T PICK UP WATER WITH A VACUUM CLEANER! The Hoover Floor washer is designed to keep the water away from ALL electrical parts. First the clean water is in a plastic container and fed through a tube to the floor. Second, the dirty watergoes into a special plastic bag. The Floor washer was produced in 1959, and back then Hoover had strict rules for safety.
When I met with Skip Marquadt, head of endineering in September of 1980, he showed me the inner workings of the floor washer, among other things. I was not a Hoover enthusiest at the time, but after that weekend, I was a staunch Hoover collector. So use the floor washer, it's great, But DON'T pick up water with any vacuum cleaner not designed for that job. Alex Taber. | ||
| Post# 314677 , Reply# 12 2/5/2015 at 16:51 (3,365 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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This scan of an original Owner's Manual will answer questions.
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| Post# 314705 , Reply# 13 2/6/2015 at 01:12 (3,365 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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Very cool. It seems to me that these were manufactured until 1966--perhaps being replaced by the Floor-A-Matics? Here are some 1959 ads I found online: | ||
| Post# 314771 , Reply# 14 2/6/2015 at 16:08 (3,364 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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| Post# 314963 , Reply# 15 2/8/2015 at 21:48 (3,362 days old) by packardmanken (atlanta ga) | ||
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Floor Mate Instructions Thanks so much for the input. I will give the machine a try this week. And no, I would never try to vacuum up water!! I did mean "solution" for the machine when I said "cleaners" LOL!! Thanks for clarifying that Sensotronic! | ||
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Post# 314965 , Reply# 16 2/8/2015 at 22:48 (3,362 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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You've inspired me! | ||
| Post# 318212 , Reply# 18 3/14/2015 at 06:25 (3,328 days old) by ozhoover (London UK (but born and raised in Melbourne, Australia )) | ||
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NIB Posted this before a few years ago, but I was lucky enough to find a NIB Hoover floor washer on ebay in Germany about 7 years ago..... Its never be used and still has the defoamer Mark | ||
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Post# 318247 , Reply# 19 3/14/2015 at 12:40 (3,328 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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