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    Electrolux Central Vac.

    I have the vacuflo full cyclonic. no filters or bags. I emty the tank when it's half full and clean the screen inside. and it's ready too go again. there is no dust from the catch tank that goes into the motor. great for the house and gargae. my carpet is low pile so I use the suction powred...
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    My Vax / TTI nightmare and now ruined carpet

    I have a couple of hoovers, gravity fed solution and suction powrd spinning brushes and decent suction too remove water. I use my rug dr. for bigger jobs. 3 gallon, 80psi pump. used hot tap water. my largest machine is 8 gallons and has a drag wand or power nozzle. it's 200psi and heats the...
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    the best nozzle for cleaning hard floors

    I have a hard floor tool that has dust mop like materiel on it. works great for getting into corners and dusting walls,floors,blinds...wish it was wider... I would take it too work for the hard floors...
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    How to Clean Inside Dirty/Rusty Hoses/Wands

    try those things for polish out engine blocks were the pistons go....
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    Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 Thrift Shop Find

    nice job. I like too use mothers brand mag and aluminum polish. most of my kirby's I gotten were near lots of moisture....so the metal takes a bit more work too polish.
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    Kirby 515

    I got a free Kirby 515. Seems too run great. But has a cloth knock off bag that has paper bag. It's missing a emptor. I would like a emptor and paper bag set up. What do I need too do this?
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    NSS Commercial Vacuums anyone?

    I got a pig in my collection. My boss gave it too me. There great for vacuuming out vehicles. My neighbors like it because of the long hose and the claw tool I have for it. I have the old cloth shake out bag.
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    in the market for a new steam vac

    I like my rug dr. I use commercial soap from janitor supply store. My 8 gallon machine that heats the water is the best
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    What's the best Straight suction Cylinder/Canister vacuum?

    I like the NSS M1 "pig". it's commercial use. 12feet of inch and a half diameter hose and tons of air flow...
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    Sanitaire Commercial Upright Questions

    the sanitaire is one of the most copied vacs out there.....the knock offs you have too remove the motor too replace the fan.....the sanitaire you just remove the quik kleen fan chamber and back in business...
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    Sanitaire Dual Kleen upright vacuum

    used a few of these when I went too job corps. part of daily cleaning of the dorm and rooms. ok machine. our soil was course and it wore the belts quickly. a few clogs were the hose inserts into the body too turn off the brush roll. used on commerical grade low pile carpet so it wore the brush...
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    Elusive Kirby Accessories

    I have the kit with drill, jig saw and buffer. it works great for polishing the other kirbys in my collection
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    How Long Are Commercial-Duty Vacuums Used?

    I have had my nss M1 pig for years. and I got it used and rebuilt it. I have seen a dyson being used in a commercial setting and the filters clogged, the low pile carpet wore out the brushroll quickly and the machine ran very hot and developed lots of air leaks. my sanitaire holds up ok. easy...
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    Panasonic Jet-flo belt issue

    I had a old panasonic that had a flat belt and large O ring stlye. the flat belt wore quiker, but I had too replace the pullyes and replace the ends of the brusroll..the bronze bushings had worn a bit funny and were pulling.
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    Brand New Vac For Christmas- So Awesome! Super Coach Pro 6

    I have helped many people buy a vacuum. I steer them the commercial route. they end up tell me they always thought commercial vacs were ugly and not made for residental use. they like durability, gettings bags and belts and filters in bulk. they love the backpack style for doing stairs and...
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    Domestic Vacuums in Commercial Settings

    when I worked at a hotel for a few sumers we had commerical grade prolux and a few older advance brand wide area vacs. the cleaners at my dads office had a residential vac catch on fire....
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    What Is Your Favorite Vacuum

    out of my collection of 45 vacs. I would have too say my nss m1 for bulk dry pick up. and my advance carpetwin 16xp for were I need a brush roll, then come the hoover conquest, and the eureka sanitaire, and my 6 kirbys.
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    Sanitaire ST Tube and Overmold For Conversion of F&G

    I have a Sc899 in my collection and on a walk one day I found a powrflite knock off with a free sign...but it came with a bag full of OEM eureka parts. so I know have cloth shake out bag, dirt cup kit and cloth bag with paper liner.
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    Hoover Professional Series Upright (Conquest)

    my sister got me a conquest for my collection. I love it. good power. I like the scrap trap so large objects don't damage the fan. mine has the paper bag too help with air quality.
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    Help! Shopping for New Vacuum and Overwhelmed

    go too a local janitor supply store and check out there vacs. I have one vac made by advance in my collection and it's very quiet...all your hear is the air sucking...then shop online and you will get a commerical duty vac for cheap. you can get bags and belts in bulk.
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