Electrolux White Dusting Brush & White Wall Brush

[kevin]

Hello,

Please tell me how the white hair brushes were different than the brown hair ones, if they were effective or a gimmick, and when they stopped offering them as additional attachments.

Also, did the holder styles and colors ever change like those of the other tools? My Model G manual shows ones that look like they were from the Model XXX.

 

[kevin]

Bottom view:

 

[kevin]

Another question...were the wall brushes always friction-fit, or did later ones have wand locks?

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

Let me answer the second question first.


 


I believe the first locking mechanism for the rug/floor tool came with the model E when the attachments went through a complete makeover.  Here I defer to my friend Charles Richard Lester to answer that correctly.


 


 As for the white bristle wall and dusting brushes, these were introduced with the last years of the model XXX, and were designed for the delicate jobs like fine wallpaper, silk lampshades and other things. Yes, technically, they were gimmicks, as were countless other items used by both Electrolux and other companies, like Kirby's Handi-Butler for example. However, in the case of Electrolux, the buyer had the option to accept, or reject buying these. To give you a better idea, here's how the sale went. After the demo, the salesman said that the entire package, vacuum cleaner, cord winder, tool holder, power polisher, garment bag, spray gun, and so on including the chemicals like floor wax, polishes, and moth crystals were available for a price of---, and quoted the cost. Lets say the customer didn't want the power polisher, it was deducted. Some people bought it all, some bought only the vacuum cleaner hose, wands, and standard tools. This continued with the model LX/LXI.


 


If you have any further questions on the early models, please feel free to ask me.


 


Alex Taber

 

[kevin]

Thanks for the info Alex. The strategy makes sense from a business perspective. I was curious about how the white brushes were different than the brown--were they a different animal hair which made them softer or something? Sorry, but I'm a city slicker and unfamiliar with animal hair differences.

So they don't still offer the white hair brushes as options?

 

[suckolux]

I would think the white brushes would be handy to know they were clean before you used them on light walls, wallpaper or lampshades, this makes sense to me.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

No problem, I love answering questions.


 


As far as I know the white bristle brushers were softer. I have a set of both and can't really tell, but DO used the dusting brush for lampshades, and the other dusting brush for the coffee table and so on. As for the white wall brush, the bristles are longer than those of the floor brush. As I have hardwood floors, it's great for that too.


 


Give me a few minutes to scan the instruction book and you can read what the Electrolux Corporation had to say on the matter.


 

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

Have a look at this.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

Here was the complete package. The buyer had the option to deduct the items they did not want or need. The long, flat thing in front of the white bristle wall brush was the 'Tufter' designed for certain types of rugs.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

3 more pages from the book.

 

[kevin]

Cool! Thanks for posting that Alex. What is the copyright of that pamphlet? I'll have to see if I can get one on eBay sometime.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

Next page.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin.

The cover of this book is very impressive.

 

[caligula]

Hi Kevin

You don't have to go to eBay, you can get it now. Simply go to the homepage of Vacuumland, click on 'Manuals and literature' click on Vacuum cleaners, go to Electrolux and there's the book, ready to download.


 


Have fun reading this one, I think it's the best of all the Electrolux manuals.

 

[electrolux137]

The bristles on the white-bristle floor and dusting tools are longer and somewhat softer than the standard brushes.

The same metal friction fit housings for the white-bristle tools were used until the model G when a new style of plastic housing with a spring-loaded neck was introduced. The white dusting brush housing was white plastic.

From the Model G on, you could also get optional bare-floor brushes with the same construction as the white-bristle wall brush. I actually like this attachment better than the reversible floor-rug tool because it's lighter and somewhat narrower. Sometime later, this bare-floor-only brush became the standard attachment and you had to pay (a lot!) extra for the combination floor-rug attachment.

You could also get an optional dusting brush that was just like the XXX/LX brush except that the housing was gray plastic instead of metal.

The first combination rug-floor tool with the spring-loaded neck came out with the E-Automatic in 1956.

 

[suckolux]

That long white bristle wall brush seems very use full!

 

[caligula]

Thank you Charles Richard.

While I've had several copies of the model LX instruction book, they either fell apart or got packed away. Last September, I bought a box of tools, and hoses from Charles Richard. To my surprise, he included the instruction book which I've used here. And for those who don't know it, Charles was the person who talked me out of dissolving the V.C.C.C. in the early 1990's due to lack of member participation. Then around 93, I started to burn-out writing/publishing the newsletter and turned that operation over to Charles. His Electrolux issue of winter 94/95 was awesome! (To say nothing of his Hoover issue a few months before).


 


And let me end this by saying that Charles and I share a love of the Electrolux model LX. His site Electrolux model LX Extravaganza is awesome, have a look.


 


Alex Taber.


 


 


 

 

[floor-a-matic]

Is this the correct color scheme for the 1205-era?

Underside of wall brush[this post was last edited: 2/1/2014-01:04]

 

[floor-a-matic]

Top side of 1205? wall brush