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Thread Number: 40671
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Sighted a Vintage Electrolux Floor Scrubber Yesterday. |
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| Post# 432125 9/20/2020 at 12:57 (1,307 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
So I went with a friend of mine to a huge Goodwill store in a neighboring city yesterday and as I was glancing over stuff, she said "Here's an Electrolux". I looked where she was pointing and sure enough, there was an Electrolux floor scrubber. It seemed complete and in pretty nice condition but with the insane expenses I've endured lately and the $50 price tag they had on it, I decided to let it stay where it was. It was pretty cool though, just not something I needed.
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| Post# 432145 , Reply# 2 9/20/2020 at 18:38 (1,307 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I seen one at Restore for about $30 3 years ago and stupidly didn't buy it. CIB too.
I just recently got a Hoover floor scrubber (1970's) for $40. Really well taken care of and had 3 sets of brushes with it plus pads. I didn't hesitate to get it. Because shipping alone trying to buy one off eBay is $40. I just tried it on my floor for a quick runabout, not going for perfection, just threw some ammonia down to test how it did and sucked up dirty water, and it did amazing. Made a big difference. I have to buy the manual for it and study that so I can learn how to use it better. When I was poorer I bought a old 1920's Sears & Roebuck floor scrubber off eBay from a seller in Florida for about $25. I have not used it yet because I could never find out if it was only for waxing with a paste wax, or for use in water for scrubbing floors. | ||
| Post# 432154 , Reply# 4 9/20/2020 at 21:47 (1,307 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Here's a couple pics of it. First one is when I first got it, second pic is 2 months later (last week) when I scrubbed with it.
It was taken care of enough that I could use it as-is to get me by until I give it a total teardown and refurb. It did have a hot dirty grease smell after about 10 minutes but it wasn't too bad. It has a solution dispenser that you squeeze the trigger to apply it, but I only put water in it because the tank is filthy inside. I just dumped the ammonia on the floor rather than put it into the tank. | ||
| Post# 432156 , Reply# 5 9/20/2020 at 21:53 (1,307 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX) | ||
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Does it suck up the water? That looks a lot like the Regina scrubber my Mom has which only dispensed solution but did not suck it up...does this suck it up too? Reason I ask is you mentioned it sucking up above. Jon | ||
| Post# 432171 , Reply# 6 9/20/2020 at 23:40 (1,307 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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