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Thread Number: 9043
A minor EUREKA moment |
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| Post# 99828 6/3/2010 at 20:26 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 99830 , Reply# 1 6/3/2010 at 20:35 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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It's a wee lonely homely Eureka Model 506. No wands and no tools except the crevicetool and it does have the hose... Let's check it out. All metal body with pale green paint with a few minor scratches, no dents, perfect cord, no cracked or busted plastic bits, clean inside, runs smooth, good rubber and seals and a new bag. Hey, for $6.99 this little MiniHam cutey is coming home. ('Cause I know what I have back home in the Partz Bins...) 
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| Post# 99831 , Reply# 2 6/3/2010 at 20:35 (5,075 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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I would have went for that bissell, they are getting kind of hard to find as all good and well made cleaners, that eureka standing in the back is a beautiful canister, did it come with attachments dave? | ||
| Post# 99832 , Reply# 3 6/3/2010 at 20:39 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 99834 , Reply# 4 6/3/2010 at 20:48 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Back home, the examination begins. Bissell Grand Rapids carpet sweeper is older than I thought. Liberally flecked with the usual white paint polka-dot splatters, nickel plated hardware, oak body, the usual metal swivel dirt pans, and even tho the bumper strip is mostly gone all four tack nails are still in place. No splintered wood and no deep gouges. As for the baby Ham, a pleasing color and unpretentious shape. 
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| Post# 99835 , Reply# 5 6/3/2010 at 20:55 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Label on the bottom appears black stained and ruined but a swipe with Magic Eraser reveals the text coming through. And the spiral brush is in fine shape. In fact, the bottom bin plates are not scraped and worn as they appear. The schmutz streaks obscuring the label is a tar-like built up waxy scum that is cleaning off completely down to the clean painted surface. 
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| Post# 99836 , Reply# 6 6/3/2010 at 21:03 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 99837 , Reply# 7 6/3/2010 at 21:08 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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A little more rubbing by Mr Clean and the white polkadots dissapear. The printed logo on the top of the brown printed woodgrain metal top is in superb condition. It is not a transfer decal - it is lino-typed or silkscreened in ivory and green paint. Beautiful graphics. A session at the steel wool and metal polish Spa will have to wait, but that nickel trim is gonna sparkle. :-) But back to the Eureka baby ham... 
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| Post# 99838 , Reply# 8 6/3/2010 at 21:10 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 99839 , Reply# 9 6/3/2010 at 21:13 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 99840 , Reply# 10 6/3/2010 at 21:17 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Odd how the tapered ham shape looks to be going backwards - | ||
| Post# 99841 , Reply# 11 6/3/2010 at 21:24 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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But which dusting brush to assign? | ||
| Post# 99842 , Reply# 12 6/3/2010 at 21:29 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Does this colour & fake wood veneer make me look less cheap? | ||
| Post# 99843 , Reply# 13 6/3/2010 at 21:37 (5,075 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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I'll call this color Pontiac Sea Foam green. It has a hi | ||
Post# 99863 , Reply# 15 6/4/2010 at 06:55 (5,075 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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