Thread Number: 37265
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
How do you clean a kirby? |
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Post# 397790   9/5/2018 at 16:51 (2,030 days old) by Josh1998 (Colorado )   |   | |
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Can someone tell me how to clean my Kirby? I got some chrome polish but as you can see in the pic it didn't do anything really. I was totally disappointed. What do I need to use to make it shine again?
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Post# 397794 , Reply# 1   9/5/2018 at 17:04 (2,030 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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First off the Kirby is aluminum so chrome polish isn't going to do much.
Use Mothers Mag polish, I also use a little Dremel Polishing Compound on some of the scratches and dark spots.
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Post# 397795 , Reply# 2   9/5/2018 at 17:20 (2,030 days old) by Josh1998 (Colorado )   |   | |
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Post# 397796 , Reply# 3   9/5/2018 at 17:28 (2,030 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Josh1998:
Since all Kirby's are made of Aluminum, what you need is some good Aluminum polish and some elbow grease.
The best aluminum polish is Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish which is sold at WalMart and also on Amazon.com. You should remove the rubber bumper and any plastic parts before you use Mother's. Another great polish is Flitz polish which is what I use because it also cleans the plastic and rubber parts of the Kirby as well as the metal. Flitz is the polish used by Kirby Co. in their refurbishing department. Flitz can be found on Amazon. The best type of cloth to use is a Microfiber cloth. You can buy a bundle of microfiber cloths cheap at most automotive stores and maybe at WalMart as well.
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Post# 397797 , Reply# 4   9/5/2018 at 17:49 (2,030 days old) by completenutt (West Hollywood, California)   |   | |
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Post# 397798 , Reply# 5   9/5/2018 at 18:06 (2,030 days old) by Josh1998 (Colorado )   |   | |
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Post# 397803 , Reply# 7   9/6/2018 at 00:14 (2,030 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 397808 , Reply# 8   9/6/2018 at 02:06 (2,030 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 398105 , Reply# 11   9/11/2018 at 23:01 (2,024 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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If the aluminum is heavily oxidized, you can start by cleaning it with Barkeeper's Friend, which is a very mild abrasive. You can quickly and easily bring the metal to a satiny sheen with that and then start polishing with Mothers until you turn the sheen to a shine. As others have stated, a buffing wheel on a drill will work wonders.
The same procedure also works on Electrolux PN2 and PN4 upper shells with a polished aluminum finish. I actually tried stripping a painted PN4-A shell last year with the idea of polishing it up, but I ended up giving up and painting it instead. It ended up coming out pretty nice in the end. |
Post# 398133 , Reply# 13   9/12/2018 at 15:02 (2,023 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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