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Thread Number: 45090
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Cleaning Outer Bag Kirby |
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Post# 467518 , Reply# 1 11/14/2023 at 07:33 (184 days old) by JustJunque  (Western MA) |
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Hi Jay,
I'm the farthest thing from an expert, but I can tell you what I did. Granted, my Kirby is a G4, so the material may be different. But, I've also done the same thing with outer bags from a Royal, a Dirt Devil (also Royal) and two Orecks. I just hand washed them in a tub (bathtub or set tub) with warm water and liquid Tide detergent. I let them soak for a few minutes, swished and kneaded them around gently but thoroughly, etc. The ones that were really dirty, I drained the water and repeated the whole process. Then, drained the water and rinsed them in a tub of clean, cool water until I didn't see any more trace of dirt or suds. The first one, I then just hung over the set tub to drip dry. Subsequent ones, I put in the washer on a slow spin to get rid of the excess water, then set them outside on a drying rack. That's obviously weather permitting, though. I wish you luck with yours! I hope maybe this helps you some. Barry | ||
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Post# 467519 , Reply# 2 11/14/2023 at 07:43 (184 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.) |
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| Post# 467530 , Reply# 5 11/14/2023 at 14:11 (184 days old) by Human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
It depends...
I've washed a couple of Heritage/Legend series bags in the washing machine on a delicate cycle with no problems. Of course, I always remove the em-tor and fill tube assembly, and that can present its own set of challenges when the time comes to put it back together. I have a Heritage '84 that had its original metal em-tor, which I never could get back onto the bag, so I ended up swapping it for a Heritage II style mini em-tor and fill tube assembly. The plastic Heritage II ones are very easy. Just pull it through from the inside. Unfortunately, that doesn't work with the older style metal em-tors. They're just too bulky. I've still got the original, and would love to put it back on the machine, but I haven't figured out how to do it.
I find that G-series bag assemblies are harder to take apart, so when I got a G3 that sorely needed the bag washed, I just left everything intact and hand washed it. As others have mentioned, I had to change the water more than once, but it came out great. I have a great facility for drying outer bags. There's a little tool shed on the side of my house, which contains the gas water heater. It's very toasty in there, so I hang the bag on a nail next to the water heater and it dries overnight. | ||
| Post# 467549 , Reply# 7 11/15/2023 at 10:25 (183 days old) by kirbynoob (UK) | ||
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Thank You Hey, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all of your replies here :) Really appreciate it! | ||
| Post# 467574 , Reply# 8 11/16/2023 at 18:35 (182 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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