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Thread Number: 44220
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Smelly Compact vacuum |
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| Post# 460372 2/16/2023 at 18:58 by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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is there any shortcut (some spray treatment) or do I have to dismantle and wash the vacuum to remove the odor. Previous owner must or may have left a dirty bag in it. Thanks. Garry | ||
Post# 460374 , Reply# 1 2/16/2023 at 19:14 by Thevacomaticiec  (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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hummm witch one  | ||
| Post# 460377 , Reply# 2 2/16/2023 at 20:21 by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Oops, It is a IEC/Compact/Tristar. Burgundy bottom, silver top bag lid. | ||
| Post# 460378 , Reply# 3 2/16/2023 at 20:53 by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Garry, I would start by hand washing the cloth bag and foam pre motor filter with laundry detergent, and take your diffuser cap off the exhaust and spray a little Febreeze on it, just to be sure. Might also be a good idea to spray down the cloth bag with a light coating of Febreeze as well.
That SHOULD solve your odour issues. If not, then take apart the body and give it a good cleaning with a strong undiluted all purpose cleaner. And of course, while you're at it, check your electrical connections, motor bearings and carbon brushes and fix any other issues you find. | ||
| Post# 460382 , Reply# 4 2/16/2023 at 21:55 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Activated charcoal pellets in the bag or bin are also a good idea too.
Most of the time the smells you smell pass through the vacuum's airpath through the hoses (for canister vacs) and out the exhaust through the motor armature and winding coil (uprights), where it sticks to the motor itself due to the heat generated with expansion and contraction of the metal. Whatever way to clean the motor itself of the odor I do not know, unless sealing the motor in a bucket of charcoal for a week or so would be all I could think of. Shark vacuums for whatever reason have terrible rubber on their hoses and it seems like they start getting disgusting fast. They clean up really good with proper care and some TLC but man do they ever get smelly. I know for cleaning hard parts that are safe to be immersed in water you need a good enzymatic cleaning solution that will break down bacterias. Someone on here before gave a specific brand and name but I forgot it. I think it was one for pet odors/pet bedding cleaning. Another person on youtube once told me to just use Persil detergent. | ||
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Post# 460386 , Reply# 6 2/17/2023 at 06:53 by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 460388 , Reply# 7 2/17/2023 at 08:03 by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
with as many stinky vacuums as ive run across, go the extra bit and take stuff apart and wash and clean it. i always scrub out canister bodies with at least simple green and a sponge or if theyre really bad dawn and sponge.
if you have cigarette stink, absolutely wash the cloth bag. i put baking soda in a machine that had cigarette stink and put it outside in hot weather for several hours. that helped as well. | ||
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Post# 460390 , Reply# 8 2/17/2023 at 08:44 by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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| Post# 460391 , Reply# 9 2/17/2023 at 09:14 by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Lysol...
I had good luck getting rid of a doggy odor in a Oreck handheld canister by spraying lilac scented Lysol (Walmart knockoff, actually) into the air intake with the machine running. I sprayed it continually for about 15-20 seconds and then let the machine run an additional minute or two. The air coming out the exhaust had no noticeable odor after that. I did all of this without a bag or after filter in place. What I need to do now is dig that machine out of my barn, where it's been sitting ever since I did that experiment, fire it up and see whether the smell has returned.
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Post# 460434 , Reply# 11 2/18/2023 at 22:41 by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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nice | ||
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