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Washing old cloth bags |
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Post# 5319   12/4/2006 at 21:53 (6,324 days old) by kirby517 ()   |   | |
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You should soak and wash them by hand In warm water if possible. But if you want to machine wash them use warm water and gentle cycle. |
Post# 5333 , Reply# 7   12/5/2006 at 10:22 (6,323 days old) by thunderhexed (Edmond, OK)   |   | |
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I had a Kirby classic omega one time that had the bag on it that was tan with little rubber dots all over it.. one day while i was using it, the pressure from the air inside caused the teeth on the zipper(which were apparently rotted and i didn't know it) to burst off, blowing the sanipocket inside out.. scared the ---- out of me.. so naturally.. not wanting to forfeit an original bag, my mother kindly agreed to sew a new zipper on..(I admit.. I know NOTHING about sewing) she said she would NEVER do that again.. she said the fabric was so tough that her fingers were sore from pushing the needle through.. and.. oddley enough.. she sewed the zipper on upside down :( BUT I didn't complain.. I was thankful that she was sweet enough to do that for me.. and I still had my original bag.. Sadly though... the bag eventually was destroyed. I had given my grandmother the Kirby cuz her Hoover concept one that she had since brand new had finally given up on her. She had a Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 before the hoover and wanted another kirby. At this time I had a large collection of Kirby's so she and grandpa came over to pick one out. She originally chose the Tradition but decided she didn't like the paper bag system in it(made it too heavy and restricted suction) so she came back for the Classic Omega. One day last year she vacuumed up some hot ashes around the fireplace in it and completely torched the bag :( I got her another Kirby stock bag to put on it, but it's a plain gold colored bag without the original Classic patch on it.. means nothing to her, but for me as a collector it drives me crazy cuz I know I will have the vacuum again someday.
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