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Thread Number: 36023
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Painting Vacuums. |
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Post# 386402 2/19/2018 at 18:53 (2,256 days old) by RainbowD4C  (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) |
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 I was playing around on Ebay and looking at old Electrolux Vacuums and saw one that was painted. I have seen this a lot usually when doing restorations. The paint job looked awful. It didn't even look natural. I get the fact that people are trying to give their vacuum's spa days and make them look nice. But in all honesty a home paint job makes does not look right.
In my own opinion if you are going to give a vacuum a spa day then clean them up and get rid of any rust. Make them look nice that way. These units are old and have lived a good life. The natural look that they have is the best look. These units have a story to tell and flaws of their lifetime tell that story.
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| Post# 386408 , Reply# 1 2/19/2018 at 20:57 (2,256 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I think it depends a lot on the painter's skill. Those who don't know what they're doing usually just end up inflicting further damage onto their machines but a skilled painter who takes his or her time, does proper surface preparation and has a proper painting technique can breathe new life into an old machine.
Case in point—I acquired an Electrolux PN4A a year or so ago that was in great shape except for an excessive number of 'battle scars' on its Silverado gray paint. I much prefer the look of polished aluminum, so I started trying to strip the paint off and polish it up. After several hours of work over about three days, I went to Lowe's with the idea of getting some sort of chemical stripper to do the job faster and easier but I ended up coming home with a can of Rustoleum Hammertone Paint and Primer In One and a new plan. The one place I had managed to strip and clean to my satisfaction was the nameplate area, so I masked it off and painted the rest of the shell. Now, I don't claim to be an expert painter, but what I came out with looks great, almost like it could have been a factory paint job but Electrolux never painted a power nozzle this way. It's a darker color than it originally was but I don't have a Silverado so I don't care that it doesn't match. Besides, it looks great with my Diamond Jubilee. It also looks a hell of a lot better than this abomination I found on eBay: CLICK HERE TO GO TO human's LINK on eBay
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| Post# 386412 , Reply# 2 2/19/2018 at 21:11 (2,256 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
Without a doubt. Keep in mind though, not all of these Electroluxes were painted by collectors. Many a vac shop back in the day would do a rush paint job drips and all just to flip a machine. Even more blasphemous IMHO is when vac shops bastardized a Kirby by changing the original trim, removing the manufacturing plate and changing the outer cloth bag (oh the humanity!)
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| Post# 386416 , Reply# 3 2/19/2018 at 22:03 (2,256 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 386418 , Reply# 4 2/19/2018 at 22:18 (2,256 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
I painted this Eureka 2010 a few years ago and it is a pretty close color match to the original.
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| Post# 386419 , Reply# 5 2/19/2018 at 22:19 (2,256 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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