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Thread Number: 37967
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
To shag or not to shag .... THAT is the question |
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Post# 404654 1/26/2019 at 17:47 (1,910 days old) by rivstg1  (colorado springs) |
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The ‘art’ and sickness....of collecting:
I have three of the four years the Shag King was produced by Kirby , but no Shag carpeting!!! What’s the point then right? Argh Lol. Here is the Classic 1-CR, Omega, & Classic III SK’s . I haven’t found the elusive Tradition SK yet . | ||
| Post# 404665 , Reply# 1 1/26/2019 at 19:34 (1,910 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX) | ||
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TO shag... The proper solution would be to get yourself some shag so you can use the 'Kings! I wonder if you can even find shag anywhere if you wanted some.... The special instruction booklet is a pretty cool addition to your collection. | ||
| Post# 404671 , Reply# 2 1/26/2019 at 23:59 (1,909 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Tradition
Hey
I have classic shag king. I wonder if heritage has shag. Pic is tradition shag. I have been looking for attamements for tradition some people ask for a rug rennovator kit for $100 so it's taking a while I bought 2 traditions neither exceeded $100. It's off I have some attamements I have part of rug rennovator missing pieces. Meh well to the tradition shag pic. Les
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| Post# 404674 , Reply# 3 1/27/2019 at 00:07 (1,909 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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Post# 405358 , Reply# 5 2/11/2019 at 17:44 (1,894 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Collector alert only:
I just obtained the last piece to my Shag King accessories ....I’m now ready for any ‘shag’ carpet...no matter which 70’s Kirby I’m using!! Haha ( yes, it’s very unlikely). This is just a ‘collecting’ thing, not a need or even a practical use acquisition . Anyone else have all 4 of these ‘unlikely to ever be used’ attachments?
Kollector Kelton
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| Post# 405364 , Reply# 6 2/11/2019 at 19:04 (1,894 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
You can always build a fake floor and install wall to wall carpeting or something of similar material to it to demonstrate.
This article is from 2013 but evidently they sell a lot of shag carpet styles to use in kids' rooms: retrorenovation.com/2013/10/24/f... ....or use it as an amazing back scratcher! (Or if you have cats I'm sure screwing one to a wall would make them go wild with it) lol
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Post# 405369 , Reply# 7 2/11/2019 at 20:29 (1,894 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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huyskyvacs | ||
| Post# 405377 , Reply# 9 2/12/2019 at 02:30 (1,893 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
 My mom bought shag carpeting in the early 70's. Before that she had hardwood floors covered with an oval rug in the dining room and a large rug in the living room on top of the hardwood floors. I bought her a Hoover model 70 NIB as she was using a Westinghouse straight suction cleaner at the time. When she remodeled the living room with new drapes, couches, tables etc, she put in wall to wall shag carpet. I bought her a NIB Hoover Model 70 and it worked great. It had a normal and shag setting. It worked great, she didn't even have to change the setting to the shag setting. Her carpet lasted for years and the Hoover even worked on the hardwood floors in the bedrooms as long as you put it on the shag setting, for quick pick ups.....dust mop for under the beds.....
With that said, these newer carpets like frieze (not sure of spelling), have warnings from manufacturers. The CRI (Carpet Rug Institute website gives recommendations for vacuums for different carpets.)
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| Post# 405514 , Reply# 10 2/16/2019 at 14:45 (1,889 days old) by Laurie2000 (Pawleys Island) | ||
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Shag Gore's carpet in Tabor City NC has a TON of NOS shag carpet still on the rolls. Just FYI if anyone here is in the south. | ||
| Post# 405666 , Reply# 11 2/19/2019 at 00:32 (1,886 days old) by Chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Shag I had the classic3 the red one My first apt was all long gold shag The place was small and with the rake attached I could hardly get around the room Just put the nozzle way high and forgot about shag rake | ||
| Post# 405754 , Reply# 12 2/21/2019 at 12:37 (1,884 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
actuaually | ||
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Post# 405779 , Reply# 13 2/22/2019 at 00:28 (1,883 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Wow | ||
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