Cleanup of a Hoover 29

[air-waycharlie]

Yesterday when I did this, I only vacuumed my dining and living room with a brand new C bag. Those rooms are vacuumed almost daily and were shampooed about a month ago when Terry Lattz was here.

This is what was in the Hoover C bag.

That is either one hell of a vacuum or we are not as clean as we think we are! Notice all the fine grit like sand on the left. Ick!! The, "fluff", is cat hair and with 2 cats there will always be some floating around.

 

[twocvbloke]

The bag I used was a cheap (well, I paid over the odds for them) "Double Micro" generic bag, basically very similar to the Kirby Micron Magic bags, but not as well constructed, but I wouldn't mind trying a polypropylene bag in a Junior, lots of filtration and plenty airflow, should make for a pretty good little vac...

I don't like the plain Hoover bags, yours are Type C, ours are Type H1, being single-ply and relatively thick paper, they clog up too easily, reducing the airflow so you can't pick up as much, but with a micro-lined paper bag, the performance is much better, and with the "filtrete" type polypropylene bags, they'd be just superb...

The bags I currently use are the ones that are meant for my Victor Europa 271 (Clarke 500something over there in the states), they're huge, I cut the card plate off them, which reduces their size, but they're still massive bags for a Hoover, and they also have a micro-liner, so they filter nicely, infact, they filter that well that my 1334 has the same bag I put in it when I got it (it's nearing changing time), if I was using my Hoover bags I'd have used a few by now!!!

When inside the outer bags, they do tend to ride up the inside of the cloth bag, so they don't get as big as in this pic (1334 on the right, rebuilt unknown model on the left that I call the Bloover), but boy do they improve performance on my Juniors!!!

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Beautiful, Charlie! Thanks so much for sharing the restoration process with us on the site! I did get your message about the disposable bag. The bag might create some back-pressure and make the machine sound a bit different than it running with no bag at all (just dumping into the shakeout bag). Either way it will work wonderfully! And whomever ends up with that machine will have a wonderful 29 to add to their collection!

Makes me want to go give my 29 an overhaul!

Fred

 

[dial-a-nap]

Very nice, Charlie! This is one of my favorite Hoover designs (and sounds) they really do an outstanding job!

That Kirby-bag retro-fit is awesome, David, and the trouser-leg bag is ingenious!

 

[air-waycharlie]

I'm happy to report the Hoover 29 will be going to the home with one of our posters on this site. After it has it's new cord installed and it is boxed, off it will be to continue it's mission in removing stubborn dirt and grime from another collector's carpets!

 

[crevicetool]

Great job on the 29 Charlie! You really did a bang-up job on it. And, it is just loaded with your ingenuity. I'll bet it will be much appreciated by the recipient!


Thanks for showing it off to us!!!

Rick

 

[air-waycharlie]

Rick,
I have to keep up with YOUR ingenuity!! I have a strong suspicion the new owner will like it. Those 29's keep getting rarer and rarer and it seems you can never find an original bag.

Ask Fred N. where he got the PRISTINE one he has....................and how it arrived with a new original cord, tools, hose and attachment carrier. It is probably the best one I have ever seen and totally complete.

BTW, you remember the vacuum I acquired from Alex B. in St. Louis? It was at the Taylor Treatment Center and has passed all tests. Duane did tell me the handle was on correctly and not bent and that was how many handles of that era appeared due to how they were attached to the machines. Just a FYI.

I'm keeping the model a secret to create interest as I hope to bring it to Minneapolis. It is at the spa in Racine, WI, with Tania handling those details. It will then come to Charlotte for some finishing touches and should be ready to ship to MSP for the convention in Sept.

Stay tuned for details. And, more pics of newly acquired vaccums and those that have already received spa treatment.

 

[pr-21]

Hoover Model 29

Hi everyone, I was the lucky bidder on Charlie's Hoover 29. Thank You so much Charlie. I can't begin to tell you all what a wonderful job Charlie did on this vacuum. I actually had a DVC burgandy bag put back just in case I ever was lucky to get a mint Hoover 29 and thanks to Charlie I did. Now this burgandy bag looks better in person than in the picture, I don't have a very good cameral as I don't take all that many. However this is still a good match with the machine and plus having the new Hoover bag that Charlie retrofitted the Kirby bag inside, I have a cleaner that is fantastic. Here is a picture and you can see a few more in my photo album PR-21's.


 


Sincerely,


 


Bud Mattingly