Lux nozzles part two. Again, etc., et.al., revisited, section "B", "They're Back!"

[crevicetool]

E L E C T R O L U X

Front view so you can see the logo detail.

 

[crevicetool]

While I'm asking for help.......

When was this upholstery tool made????? Is it even for a US machine?

Sorry - blurry. I'll describe it. Turquoise (ish), plastic.

 

[crevicetool]

And what about this?

What years were these little guys made?

 

[crevicetool]

Also,

When did Lux go from stamped, chrome plated steel to cast aluminium for their floor tools and dusting brushes???

On the previous, this and the next picture, you can see the differences of how the logo was applied to these tools. Very interesting.....

Stamped steel floor brush.

 

[crevicetool]

Cast aluminum.

Much larger, deeper logo.

 

[crevicetool]

Same with the dusting brush.

Steel

 

[crevicetool]

Aluminium.

 

[crevicetool]

XXX Rug tool progression.....

Is this right?

 

[crevicetool]

That's it! Done.....

Hey wake up! You'll miss the tag-line!

No Lux nozzles were harmed in the making of this photo-play...



just brought back to life.


Rick

 

[crevicetool]

Don't ya wish there was an erase button? Dyed not died.

Forgot this.....the bottom of the plastic XXX nozzle does not have this small "gleaner" section like it's aluminum cousin.

 

[luxg]

Amazing!!

Wow Rick, I can't believe that you were able to bring these back to life. They look almost new. What in the world did you use to polish the plastic part of that XXX nozzle? I hope someone can tell us what the mystery nozzle might be!! Thanks for sharing!!

Terry

 

[crevicetool]

Terry, I scraped off the debris, rubber bumper parts that adhered itself to the plastic, and cleaned off the rust with 0000 steel wool. Also cleaned the body of the nozzle with steel wool. Then I sat for about an hour and hand polished the plastic with Megular's (sp?) automotive scratch/swirl remover. Then - went over all of it with Maas metal polish. I've used it on plastic for a while now, and it always works well.

 

[aeoliandave]

"Don't ya wish there was an erase button? Dyed not died." Well, logic dictates that one must be newly died before a ressurection can take place, eh?

Spelling typos under the time-sensitive gun of posting such magnificent pictures of a thoughtful thorough essay on tool restoration are understandable but perhaps 'we' are taking the 'magnificence' too far? Clearly Rick, your polished nozzle is a mere 10" long, not the claimed 10.5", mmm?

But let that pass. I believe that the all aluminum slim mystery nozzle is for the 1931 thru 1939 Goblin cylinder.

The Electrolux logos would have to be stamped in to the steel while the aluminum would have had the logo as part of the mold. I don't know when the change was made but I wonder if it was somehow connected with the war effort and perhaps the plastic nozzle came about for the same reasons? Btw, that is a beautiful piece of nozzle resurrection whatever 'M' polishing products you used. I get the same results from Mothers and steel wooling. I luv your detecting and noting the color of the rubber and the little detail about the gray paint...

Dave, running, ducking and dodging down prairie dog burrows for opening references to man's predisposition for misreading 12" rulers.

 

[crevicetool]

We're BOTH wrong.......

It's 10 5/8Th's inches! Must be another one of those camera/smoke mirror doohickeys.

 

[crevicetool]

I hope this is a clearer picture.....can't seem to focus today! I can't imagine it not being an early Lux nozzle. I think it looks just like the ones on Charles' display board for the V or XI. There were other Lux nozzles in the "exchange". It might be wishful thinking!

Rick

 

[crevicetool]

Here's the products....

It's Meguiar's. Irvine CA. I've used this stuff since I used to machine polish the lacquer finishes I applied to pianos.

 

[aeoliandave]

Surely it is obvious at this juncture that we need to see the entire length...er...width of the tool in question, parallel to the tape measure in the photograph to prevent accusations of creative embellishment...

 

[crevicetool]

And the MAAS. I had no idea it had a scent. "French Lavender"...they have a website. www.maasinc.com.

 

[aeoliandave]

You may be right, Rick, if it does indeed measure over 10" side to side. Faced with no identifying marks it may be an early Goblin or other import nozzle. I propose that until more humorously opinionated folks join this wise and wonderfully perplexing thread we'll accept all answers as correct...

My 10" Goblin has a Bakelite insert sporting the Hopping Goblin Imp with a sawtooth 'gleaner' comb completing the rim edge.

 

[crevicetool]

Maybe?