Oh Happy PineSol Day! Memories of Mom's favorite floor c
Went to work on nozzle-less Washer #2. This is the really dirty scuffed one Tom threw in with the eBay one I won from him. What fun taking it all apart to see how it's made and check for and renew any leak points. Really, all it needed was rubber gaskets cleaned of waterlime deposits in the various valves. Washed each part to remove years of dust & dirt and of course the Magic Eraser final touch.
Then to work on the gray transplant floorbrush as I envisioned it last night. Patiently picked out every dust bunny fibre from the brushes forming a perfect thin wide footprint surrounded all around by dense brushage flat to the floor; a hot water soak straightened out the twisted ones. Looking more & more ideal for the purpose. Nozzle reducer connection was a snap, literally. Found a piece of thick walled rubber hose that clamped snug into the gray tool halves' hole without pulling out. The inside diameter of the hose is a match to the machine end - all I added was a punched hole for the lug - punched 3 to form a slot so the nozzle is free to rotate like the original. Voila, it's a secure push on fit. Amazed I didn't have to add any collar shims.
Broom-cleared a section of linoleum in front of the sink, no pre-scrubbing. Now understand that this is OLD scuffed flooring with some surface wear (black spots) through the pattern (Gold line grid on yellow/cream speckled background), probably put down in the 1930s in an 1894 house, so allowing for my floor's shabby well worn chic, the pictures show the clean. Nothing special other than adding PineSol to the tank water. The machine worked flawlessly. Dispenses wash water on demand and stops when you release the trigger, the brush spreads it out as you scrub. You could turn the motor off while scrubbing but why bother? The motor has a soothing hum to it and you want it warmed up for the next step. Warm exhaust air directed at the nozzle from the bottom of the motor casing blowdries the floor at the same time the machine is sucking up dirty water in one pass. And NO STREAKS!!!
Frankly, I could have done the same job on my hands and knees with attendant backache like Mom, in small sections as far as my arm would reach but it would have taken considerably longer, would have left streaks to be gone over with a mop, wouldn't have done any better a job and certainly wouldn't have been as much fun. Standing and working with the Hoover Model 3500 Floor Washer lets you clean 6 foot deep areas as wide as you like without stepping on wet floor. Why, my jean's knees aren't even wet! Gotta love this convenient sexy machine.
Wash the rest of the Kitchen floor tomorrow or tonight and Tomorrow - We Wax & Buff! Mmm, continue with Hoover or give the red wine Electrolux Model BX10 with wax solution tank a run?
