amtraksebo1997
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Alongside vacuum cleaners and trains, another one of my childhood interests has been car washes. I've always found them interesting for some reason. Of course, I'm also interested, to a lesser extent, in car wash vacuums. Now, I've never actually used them that much, just on one occasion, and that was when I vacuum/shampooed my sister's boyfriend's car. There's a car wash near me, and they had all JE Adams units, with two of them having Fraga-Matics scent sprayers/shampooers. I used the one with the Shampooer, and I was blown away with how powerful they were. It did a fantastic job! Though, I was a bit confused (and still kind of am), about shampooing. They use the dry-foaming method like a Kirby, but unlike a Kirby, you're seemingly supposed to suck up the suds after a few minutes of application. I don't think that'd necessarily damage the machine, but I wouldn't say that they're built for wet pick up in the same way that a Shop Vac is.
Anyways, I've never really put a ton of thought into getting one for my collection, as I've always thought that I'd never be able to acquire one, and even if I did, it'd take up too much room in my house. However, Blackhartvacs was able to get one for himself, and seeing his and how he was able to replace the coin-acceptor for a switch box re-motivated me to want to get one, alongside finding them for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
Anyways, if I were to get one, I'd want it to be one of the combination units, like the one I used before. I'd also want it to be either a JE Adams or Fraga-Matics unit. As for practical use/storage, I'm not entirely sure. I'm a little worried that it wouldn't be able to handle standard house current, but I've heard that there are some that use standard 120 volts. I also don't know how much these things usually weigh, so moving it might be a problem. Either way, I'd mainly use it as a sort of garage vac, either to clean my room, or cars if I were to leave it out in my driveway. If I were to keep it in my room, I'm wondering if there are any adapters that would allow me to run 1 1/4 attachments with it. Also, while bags may be out of the question for the machine, I'm wondering if there's any way to upgrade its filtration, as all they have for it is cloth filter-bags, and they work in a similar vein to a Beam or other similar central vac. Filtration doesn't seem to matter that much when used outdoors, but Indoors, that could be a problem.
What do you guys think about the idea? Is it plausible, or is it too crazy?
Anyways, I've never really put a ton of thought into getting one for my collection, as I've always thought that I'd never be able to acquire one, and even if I did, it'd take up too much room in my house. However, Blackhartvacs was able to get one for himself, and seeing his and how he was able to replace the coin-acceptor for a switch box re-motivated me to want to get one, alongside finding them for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
Anyways, if I were to get one, I'd want it to be one of the combination units, like the one I used before. I'd also want it to be either a JE Adams or Fraga-Matics unit. As for practical use/storage, I'm not entirely sure. I'm a little worried that it wouldn't be able to handle standard house current, but I've heard that there are some that use standard 120 volts. I also don't know how much these things usually weigh, so moving it might be a problem. Either way, I'd mainly use it as a sort of garage vac, either to clean my room, or cars if I were to leave it out in my driveway. If I were to keep it in my room, I'm wondering if there are any adapters that would allow me to run 1 1/4 attachments with it. Also, while bags may be out of the question for the machine, I'm wondering if there's any way to upgrade its filtration, as all they have for it is cloth filter-bags, and they work in a similar vein to a Beam or other similar central vac. Filtration doesn't seem to matter that much when used outdoors, but Indoors, that could be a problem.
What do you guys think about the idea? Is it plausible, or is it too crazy?
