Can anyone help me with removing a guard on a Hoover?

[vacfan6384]

Just wanted to know if anyone has any thoughts on how to remove a furniture guard from a base on a Hoover? I am in the process of restoring my model 64 citation and need to strip and repaint the base and handle. The furniture guard is rivited on at least that is what looks like holding on the rubber guard. I don't want to damage the guard just take it off for painting and reattach when I finish. My second option was to try to cover the guard in painters tape? I really want to remove it to give the base a new coat of paint. Any help would be appriciated.

 

[hoovercelebrity]

I would recommending drilling out the rivets, from the inside if possible.. That way you won't damage the bumper. You can likely get flat-headed finishing screws and nuts at a hardware store, for when you put it back on -- you then won't need to re-rivet the bumper, which can be a pain. You could also lightly sand the heads of the finishing screws and paint them to match as well, so you don't have silver screws sticking out like a sore thumb.

 

[guido]

absolutely....

REMOVE THE BUMPER ! I tried myself without taking it out and you can' t possibly do a good job ! The other guy said wrigth : no new rivets ( the rubber could brake ) but flat headed screws paited the matching color ! Remember the transparent finish after thepaint in order to avoid scratches on your newly done job !

 

[anthony]

grind

the rivet ends off fron the inside that way if you do any damage its hidden i use a Dremmel with a small grinding wheel it works a treat then when your ready to put it back just use a pop rivet gun

 

[1926700]

or let me give the budget redneck option......

so to speak. spread the bumper from the base, the far enough that u can cut the rivets with a pair of dykes...

 

[rugsucker]

Painting base and not bumper

All good advise above.'Back in the day'before these were collector items for display the Hoover service centers had a shield from an L shaped metal strip that was bent in a U shape to slide over and cover bumper to to allow touch up spray painting with hood removed. They also had paint in common Hoover colors to make a repair or rebuild look like new again.