Hoover 33 convertible

[bikerray]

Walked in to Goodwill and found this
The first 3 pictures are before I cleaned it up
The last picture is after I cleaned it up

 

[madman]

Sweet.

 

[huskyvacs]

Oh my god thats the one isnt it?! Endora's vacuum!

 

[bikerray]

Took the bag off and made a new cloth outer bag
The first pic is of the bag before I dyed it
The others are after I dyed it Lilac

 

[hygiene903]

Looks great Ray! The lilac bag really makes it pop! And since you've recently dyed a bag, maybe you can help me out. I have never dyed a bag before, but I have a couple generic grey Royal bags that I would like to dye black and have the logo imprinted on them to complete the restoration of a couple vintage Electro-Hygienes that I have. I have asked about this in Vacuumland and the Royal group before but didn't get any answers that were really helpful. If you can give me any procedural advice I would certainly appreciate it. Here's a few questions to start with:
1. Do I need a special dye or will the readily available Rit Fabric Dye work?
2. Do I need to remove the metal collar, or can I leave it on?
3. Can I dye 2 bags together or should I only do one at a time, and if I can only do one at a time, can I reuse the same solution for the second bag?
Any other advice, hints, or tips will be appreciated. Here are a few pics to show you what I'm working with. First pic is one of the grey bags that I intend to dye. Second pic is a model 94 Electro-Hygiene that the previous owner had sewed a section of the original bag onto a grey bag. I posted this pic so you could see what the logo looks like that I want to have imprinted on the bags after I dye them. The third pic is my model 80 Electro-Hygiene, which will proudly wear one of the reproduction bags when finished. Any information or advice you can give me will be appreciated! Thank you in advance,
Jeff

 

[bikerray]

1. I use Rit Dye in a pot of water on the stove.
2. You can reuse the same bath for several bags.
3 If the pot is big enough you can dye more than one bag at a time.

Just follow the directions on the bottle of Rit

To create Lilac I had to mix several colors together.
The Rit website tells you what colors to mix and how to dye the item.

 

[hygiene903]

Thank you, Ray! Sounds easier than what I had thought. Didn't know they have a website, I'll have to check it out before I proceed. Since I'll be dying the bags black, I'm assuming that they have black dye and I won't have to mix colors, but that kind of brings back memories. I worked in the Printing Industry most of my career and occasionally had to mix custom ink colors for certain jobs. Had a matching book to go by with printed strips of each color and how many ounces of the basic colors you needed to make one pound of the custom color. It was done by weight using a triple beam scale. Thanks again for the info.
Jeff