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Thread Number: 40134
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby Dual 80....for my birthday!! |
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| Post# 426142 5/27/2020 at 22:24 (1,422 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
Well I love my mother who gave me this awesome condition dual 80, which I cleaned and restored every bit of parts on this. The following I did on this *perfect* condition machine:
-Cleaned and polished all metal parts - For some reason when the person last polished it they used a wire wheel that pretty much pitted the metal something fierce, but I sanded the metal and the majority of the pitting came out. Polished it with a buffing wheel with scratch remover and white rouge. -Washed all plastic parts, including the rubber trim. Also washed the bag, which smelled like wet basement -Cleaned and repacked the bearings, as well as the brushbar which was seized because it might have been sitting in a damp basement without oiling or grease drying up. It came with all of the attachments! Everything on the Kirby is original from the brushbar to the power cord. The attachments are virtually unused except for the crevice tool, the only tool that seemed to have been used pretty frequently. However, it does not have the original hose, so I had a replacement for it which works. Overall I am happy to how it turned out and I love how it works in general! Sorry for the side photos....Iphone lol | ||
| Post# 426144 , Reply# 1 5/27/2020 at 22:31 (1,422 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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Some more pictures
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| Post# 426146 , Reply# 2 5/27/2020 at 23:10 (1,422 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
It looks great! Out of all the Kirbys, this is one I still want to find. Did you need any kind of tool for the bearings or did it all snap together? I heard some bearings you need special tools to remove them or get the seal off to oil it.
The polishing job looks top notch! I still need to learn how to polish eventually - not there yet - but have the supplies so far just need the right buffing pads (I have a bench grinder I can outfit to a polisher). I also heard there's some wax you can put on metal that acts like a sealant so that it does not re-oxidize so rapidly - but I don't remember what it was called. | ||
| Post# 426147 , Reply# 3 5/27/2020 at 23:27 (1,422 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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Huskyvacs | ||
Post# 426148 , Reply# 4 5/28/2020 at 00:44 (1,422 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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vacuumkid47
Logan,
That is so awesome you would find this Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 and almost all its original tools in such immaculate shape for your birthday! I too have a great condition D80 plus all its basic tools! Its hose is not all original - the hose tube swivel has the bleeder holes. Did you know the very first Kirby Classic 1CRs produced in 1970 had the exact same fan case as the D50 and D80? ~Ben | ||
| Post# 426151 , Reply# 5 5/28/2020 at 04:09 (1,422 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Cool, thanks! That's a relief, because I'm scared about my hand slipping or ending up sneezing or something and losing all the ball bearings out all over the floor. lol
Also it looks like we had the same idea in a good grease to use - I have had Mobil Polyrex EM bookmarked personally that I found from motor repair techs (made for electric motors and bearings). It looks like XHP222 is something more heavy duty that is waterproof and made to be immersed in water for boating and marine application and farm equipment use. They might be similar concoctions tho, just the XHP has some kind of formula in it to make it waterproof so it won't wash away in wet applications. | ||
| Post# 426153 , Reply# 6 5/28/2020 at 07:00 (1,421 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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Huskyvacs | ||
| Post# 426156 , Reply# 7 5/28/2020 at 08:38 (1,421 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 426165 , Reply# 8 5/28/2020 at 10:28 (1,421 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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vacuumkid47
Logan,
Yes, they are. Here is one example. Kirby redesigned the fan case during production because people were complaining of the machine shutting off when adjusted to a lower height, so what they did was redesign both the fan case and the part of the nozzle where it attaches to reduce such a chance. Mine thus has the revised fan case. They also revised the front wheel bracket shaft to allow the machine to sit up higher for the then-trendy shag carpeting, which also led Kirby to develop the Shag King accessory that first came out for this machine at the tail end of its run (February 1973). ~Ben This post was last edited 05/28/2020 at 15:16 | ||
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Post# 426166 , Reply# 9 5/28/2020 at 10:41 (1,421 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Logan,
Looks great!
I went and checked out the video from the show you were on. Great segment! I don't know if it was the whole thing or not. It's like three minutes long. You have some great, supportive parents, and I think it's wonderful that you've turned your hobby/passion into a business! Are you still doing that? And, belated happy birthday! Barry | ||
| Post# 426171 , Reply# 10 5/28/2020 at 13:42 (1,421 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Nice | ||
| Post# 426172 , Reply# 11 5/28/2020 at 16:45 (1,421 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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JustJunque
Yes! and thank you for the nice comment. I actually still run a repair and sales shop, and business has been booming a lot lately. I've been running it since October of 2012, and I have been, not to toot my own horn, getting better at my restoration projects and repairs, with improving my cleaning and repair processes, compared to my first times I repaired machines for people.
Huskyvacs, I have that one! I can't take pictures, but it might be that model. | ||
| Post# 426431 , Reply# 13 6/3/2020 at 09:05 (1,415 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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Kirbyklecter | ||
| Post# 427237 , Reply# 14 6/18/2020 at 21:49 (1,400 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 427242 , Reply# 15 6/18/2020 at 22:38 (1,400 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Wax
If you use any chrome polish wax for example chrome wheels. They a should work very similar. I do know turtle wax makes one.
Husky if you want to make a grinder to a polisher I'll give you advice. I have a black and Decker grinder and a harbor freight grinder too. The black and Decker I put buff/polishing wheels on both sides. I went to polish and when I touched the buffing wheel with aluminum and the wheel would stop. It is only good as a grinder. The harbor freight I switched the setup and it worked great. Huskyvac I'd recommend 2 setups. The first is a 3 inch bench grinder on one side and a flex shaft on the other side. I got min at harbor freight for $35. It works pretty good. The second setup would be buy a $10-$15 grinder at harbor freight or Walmart. I had a old harbor freight one it died. I got the hyper tough cheapest 4in to 6in grinder. Harbor freight has a kit for $10-$15 everything needed to sand. I also think it has a polish wheel too. This setup would be $30-$40. I only mention the ones that sand and polish it does both fairly quickly. Les | ||
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