beko1987
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Wow that's a decent collection!
HOOVER 160 : OOOOPPS ! I did it again ! NEW ARRIVALS from UK
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ultimatevacman
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What a brilliant collection! And great restorations too!
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Hey Guido my dad has sent this to you!
watsonw
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Hello Guido,
Good luck with the restoration work, those colours can be a nightmare to match!!
I had the same problem with my 1334A (grey) but then found a supplier of car paint who holds sample cards for just about any colour/shade you can image; metalic or flat?
Hi-low,
This place is in Telford.
Regards, Walter.
Good luck with the restoration work, those colours can be a nightmare to match!!
I had the same problem with my 1334A (grey) but then found a supplier of car paint who holds sample cards for just about any colour/shade you can image; metalic or flat?
Hi-low,
This place is in Telford.
Regards, Walter.
gsheen
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Hi Guido
I heard lots about your collection from Guy, It looks really great. I use a Auto paint store to get the colours right buteven they sometimes get it wrong.
I use a wire brush hooked up to a angle grinder to remove the old paint, It works great then just a flat final sand with 600gritt water paper before primer, base coat and clear coat.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?21893
I heard lots about your collection from Guy, It looks really great. I use a Auto paint store to get the colours right buteven they sometimes get it wrong.
I use a wire brush hooked up to a angle grinder to remove the old paint, It works great then just a flat final sand with 600gritt water paper before primer, base coat and clear coat.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?21893
Hi everyone ! And thanks for the nice comments !
PORTABLE : yes they still produce and sell floor cleaners with fabric bags in ITALY, even if they are no longer popular like in the past ( in the first 90's the self-glittering waxes were introduced and floor polishers soon became obsolete ). I've also noticed that this kind of polisheres were a very Italian/French phenomenon : in the 50's and 60's carpets were not popular in Italy and every house tried to keep its marble/wood floors ( but also tiles ! ) clean and glittering like a mirror ! So we had this type of machines from brands like AEG,SIEMENS, PHILIPS, ELECTROLUX and even HOOVER Ltd produced its own line of floor cleaners in italy and for Italy , but they were different from every model sold in the rest of the world.
GSHEEN : I have been watching many of your posts for a long time and adore some of the cleaners I have seen ! With many interesting restorations like the last 652 in green . But I have not seen your restored 638 yet !Do you also have a 160 or do I remember wrong ? Would you post some image for me of the two !?
I also had much fun with GUY and Anthony and I am curious to see how the program will come out to be ?!!!
Well,as far as the 262 HOOVER restoration, I know its not the original color scheme but I already have 2 nice ones for display, and this one was missing so many parts and was in such sorry conditions that I wanted to create something different for everyday use, ...for another more precious model I probably would have spent more time finding the correct color...but anyway the hammeryte-effect of the paint would have been anyway impossible to re-create...
And thanks to the others for appreciating my collection !
PORTABLE : yes they still produce and sell floor cleaners with fabric bags in ITALY, even if they are no longer popular like in the past ( in the first 90's the self-glittering waxes were introduced and floor polishers soon became obsolete ). I've also noticed that this kind of polisheres were a very Italian/French phenomenon : in the 50's and 60's carpets were not popular in Italy and every house tried to keep its marble/wood floors ( but also tiles ! ) clean and glittering like a mirror ! So we had this type of machines from brands like AEG,SIEMENS, PHILIPS, ELECTROLUX and even HOOVER Ltd produced its own line of floor cleaners in italy and for Italy , but they were different from every model sold in the rest of the world.
GSHEEN : I have been watching many of your posts for a long time and adore some of the cleaners I have seen ! With many interesting restorations like the last 652 in green . But I have not seen your restored 638 yet !Do you also have a 160 or do I remember wrong ? Would you post some image for me of the two !?
I also had much fun with GUY and Anthony and I am curious to see how the program will come out to be ?!!!
Well,as far as the 262 HOOVER restoration, I know its not the original color scheme but I already have 2 nice ones for display, and this one was missing so many parts and was in such sorry conditions that I wanted to create something different for everyday use, ...for another more precious model I probably would have spent more time finding the correct color...but anyway the hammeryte-effect of the paint would have been anyway impossible to re-create...
And thanks to the others for appreciating my collection !
seamusuk
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WoW....
Hey Guido
The 160 started life about 10 minutes away from my flat!!!
Whats the chances of that lol!!!!
Seamus
I don't suppose it has anything with the name and address of the buyer- would love to see it if it does!!
Hey Guido
The 160 started life about 10 minutes away from my flat!!!
Whats the chances of that lol!!!!
Seamus
I don't suppose it has anything with the name and address of the buyer- would love to see it if it does!!
