I now own a Kirby

[texaskirbyguy]

Barry, Your G4 looks much better than when you started - even with just a hand polish - success!
Yes, the tech drive is really nice - I use my G6 to do all my carpet and my Heritage with its hose and attachments to do the hard floors and dusting. They make a great team.

If you have lots of hard floors, then try the hose and attachments.
You can also use the rug nozzle, just disengage the belt and adjust it to almost touching the floor. It will use straight suction to get loose dust and stuff.

Maybe it is time to get a houseful of carper just to enjoy your G6 on! lol...

Congrats on the great free Kirby set!

BTW, if I ever plan on posting a portrait picture to this site, I just automatically rotate it upside down, then post - the site then turns it right side up! Not sure whats up with it...

 

[mivintagevacs]

Hey Barry,
Nice work on your Kirby, it looks so much better!

 

[human]

Very nice work indeed! Be proud of your accomplishment.

 

[justjunque]

Thanks, Rob,
What's ironic is that this house had wall to wall everywhere when we bought it. It had a lot of damage from the previous owners' pets though. We went through and had hardwood installed everywhere.
I'm definitely going to try the hose and bare floor tool at some point. Like the vacuum itself, the floor tool needs a thorough cleaning first though. And, I've seen that Kirby made a bare floor attachment that clips right onto the power nozzle. I don't know if I might invest in one of those eventually.

Thanks, Ben.
And thanks for fixing the orientation of my pictures, and doing the side by side!
It's far from perfect, but it does look better than it did.

Barry

 

[justjunque]

Thank you, Edgar!

 

[lesinutah]

Umm

You said you couldn't get it polished. It's quite impressive job.

 

[justjunque]

Thanks, Les.
It looks better than it did. But, if you see it in person, it has a lot of imperfections and what look like water spots in the finish.
From a distance, or in a picture, it looks pretty good.
For the price, I'm not complaining!

 

[kirbyklekter]

Barry Barry Barry

I was amazed when I saw the side by side pic of your Kirby. You have every right to feel good about what you have accomplished. Really! You can also put a coat of car wax or polish as a top coat to slow down the oxidation that occurs with time. My friend who collects exotic autos gave me a tube of Blue Coral that he uses on the chrome of his cars and it actually took the shine a step or two further!

There are a lot of good products out there, that's just one I tried. I have "liver spots " on a couple nozzles also. I was thinking of getting a bench grinder/polisher, but after Les mentioned a while back that he had a part fly across the garage while polishing, I thought, ahh, I'll just wait for a better nozzle to come along!

Also, the compliments you are receiving from the members here are genuine. These people don't mince with words, they call it as they see it,so enjoy the kudos! Give your G4 a good run at your moms like you said. Win/win! Billy

 

[justjunque]

Thanks, Billy!
I certainly appreciate all the kind words. I don't take any of it for granted.
But, since I'm looking at it up close and personal, I just want to make sure everyone knows, the picture doesn't show the "warts" that remain.
I'm definitely pleased with the fact that it looks better than when I first got it.
I was wondering about hitting it with a coat of car wax. I'll probably do that too.
In addition to cleaning up appliances, and things around the house from a very early age, my real passion used to be cleaning cars. I even did it for a job briefly. But, I didn't last long there because, #1, I was just a kid, and it was one of my first jobs. And, #2, they wanted quick turn-around. Get 'em clean, and get 'em out on the lot. I wanted to take my time, and do it "my way". But, it doesn't work that way when you're on the clock.
But, when I started collecting vacuums and stuff, I kind of applied some of the cleaning methods I used to use on cars. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Barry

 

[blackheart]

Kirby

I think any good collection should have at least 1 Kirby they're an iconic brand.

If you find those water spots are bothering you get some very fine sand paper like 1200 grit wet the spot with polish and sand it until the spot is gone. You'll need to re-polish it afterwards, labor intensive for sure but it's been quite effective.