After 50 Years...The SunBeam meets it's match.

[super-sweeper]

Sunbeam,

I love them too, the brand they smack on cheapo appliances is not the same. The MixMasters got UGLY!!!!! Not all of their stuff is junk, though. The only modern toaster I have is a Sunbeam, and it's not the worst toaster I've met!

 

[ronni]

What is the difference between waxing and polishing? Are two different products involved? Is that still the case with the new synthetic waxes and polymers? Until now I thought they were the same task.

In another thread I recently read the unit (can't remember which one it was) provided scrub/wax brushes (dual purpose), polishing brushes, and buffing pads.

Please educate me.


P. S. Tom, Does the Vacuum Museum showcase "floor conditioners", (scrubbers/polishers/buffers/shampooers) as Hoover called them, along with vacuum cleaners? If so, please post some photos with annotations identifying them. If not, I have a mind to open the first Floor Conditioner Museum (taking for granted that another doesn't already exist)!

 

[super-sweeper]

From what I know, waxing is the process of applying a protective layer of wax to a hard floor. Polishing is the act of bringing this protective layer to a lovely shine.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Have you tried to get brushes? I have to believe a motor winding shop could find brushes for it. I can buy brushes for over forty year old Lamb motors with no problem at all. Fix that little guy. All the service he gave you he deserves it.

 

[super-sweeper]

that reminded me of a story,

That one of my military friends told me once!


 


So him and his crew were stationed in their barracks. Their officer walks in and tells them to wax the floors (likely in that typical drill sergeant style!). To wax the floors, they took the heavy-duty, military-grade blankets and used them to apply and buff the wax! Those floors SHINED!!!!! But they put the wax on Thick! He says he feels bad for the next person who has to buff those floors!

 

[super-sweeper]

Desert guy,

I have not, if I'm walking down an isle in Montgomery Ward and happen upon a set, looks like the Sunbeam will ride another day! If I get bored one day, I'll tear into it and poke around in it (it's sealed in plastic, chilling in the barn!)

 

[DesertTortoise]

Montgomery Ward? I thought they went out of business ages ago. Or were you being sarcastic?

 

[super-sweeper]

totally sarcastic!

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE Montgomery Ward! So far I have a Wards Signature sewing machine, and a Wards Porta-Power!


 


Wards IS still around, at-least in a way. The original company and all their stores folded in 2001 (along with the beloved FANTOM!!). The name was purchased, and Wards is now an online vendor. I used to get catalogs in the mail from them, but now I don't know how to sign up for them! I DO get their emails, though!