Bad Me...I got a Bronze Lux G with hose..I need to share

[lux1521]

That is a very nice looking tan g. The paint is real nice and I think that is the most important thing about getting an older Electrolux. Everything else can be dealt with but the paint can't be easily replaced.

I think some people here might have a solution to your missing white lettering. As for me, that is one trick I really don't know much about. The thing is, we collectors tend to find solutions to these things so I bet someone has a trick.

The aftermarket hose is a real good investment. I can't stand using an original hose with a leak once I have used a modern hose. Between the light weight, added flexibility, and the huge suction increase, it makes the vacuum experience quite different.

 

[camelotshadow]

It's in good shape
not perfect but
for a 40 year old machine
its really exceptional
well to me anyway

Hose is there
used not perfect has a dent

Machine has all its body parts
now m=noticed the turq G is missing the round exhaust cap
You don't even notice it should have one until you see one with it..lol

It had really fine white letters when it came
a light few strokes with a soft toothbrush some sudsy water
& it went away
first I thought maybe it was the water & it would whiten when it dried
but it really did take away alot of the white

It still is a good machine but shame that white comes off so easily


Here it is before
I wouldn;t have touched it but thought that dark spot was dirty so figured I get a brush in there to clean it out
went over the letters & the white faded

 

[camelotshadow]

Just opening the box pic

peeking out the box...

Hi...feed me I;m hungry

lol

 

[arh1953]

I like the tan G and the colored Canadian models after seeing Electrolux blues for years. My first three collecting Luxes were gold or brown. I have three blue ones since then.

 

[lux1521]

Yeah, seeing the front of that model g brings back some memories.

My grandmother had one of those. It was in great shape, but the front kept poping open. It was probably a very simple problem. Anyway, she opted to throw it out instead of letting me have it. I was quite ticked off to say the least. Luckily, she never kept the original combo duster on the machine and it was still in the closet and I got that, and still use it with my Super J. I also got the manual at some later point. When I got the manual was the first time I had ever known what a vintage Electrolux PN looked like.

The other thing I also remember is the smell of the bags. I think the rubber seal had some kind of smell.

It was my first encounter with a electrolux of that era. Since then I have only owned 2 cleaners of that type, a Model R and a Model L. My great grandmother had a model 30 which was extremely different experience.

 

[camelotshadow]

Hey the front did pop open
On its first start it ate the whole plastic bag that it came in
& the door popped open

LOL

Happens on the newer models also but
doesn't have the affect

LOL

I wasn't sure what happened
so for a few seconds I pondered
arrrgh hope its not one of them problematic ones

but that was its last performance

so the function works when I suppose a certain amount of air is cur off.

That plastic bag was a good size & would fill the bag

Thats a shame she didn't let you try to fix the G

Least it doesn;t shoot the bag out or did it?

It was so fast
scared me
I don't think it has an eject....

Nice machine built like a tank
thats what I like about it

I'm still trying to figure out what darn old one I had
bronze or maybe even gray?

Wish I could remember

Has some scratches on left top rear right side is just some old adhesive maybe from a repair tag?
Few blemishes but really not bad at all

 

[lux1521]

No ejector on the model G. Only the LX and LXI had the ejector. Those things weigh a ton and are a bit overdone in the engineering department.

 

[charles~richard]

The white lettering was applied with a rub-on sort of material that came on a long roll - think of a roll of celophane tape about an inch wide x how many inches long, with many copies of the logo lettering on it one after another. I don't know what the white stuff was made of but am guessing something like the stuff that grease pencils are made of, because, as you have noticed, it's fairly easy to rub off.

The technician would line up the lettering on the tape with the dye-stamped logo on the side of the machine and then press down on the tape with a tool that had a 'reverse' logo outstamped on it, pushing the white stuff into the dye-stamped logo.

What I use to replace the lettering is oil-based soft pastel sticks (like Prismacolor). Yellow for E and AE, then white or very light gray for pretty much all the other models.

I heat up the lettering-area of the motor housing with a hair dryer, not too much, just so it's nice and warm, then rub the oil pastel stick into the logo until it's very full to overflowing.

Then I heat that area up a little bit again, then buff the excess off with a soft cloth. It will take a few back-and-forths (put more in, heat it up, rub it out, put more in, heat it up, rub it out, etc. etc. etc.) until the lettering is perfect.

 

[camelotshadow]

Well there's one demerit for LUX
Should put a warning do not wet the letters

LOL

Thats a good idea
I used to have some oil pastels
think I threw them out

Well, will have to figure something

Thanks