Making a replacement Hoover cloth bag

[john116]

Hi - wondering if anyone has suggestions as to the best fabric to use to make a replacement Hoover Dustette cloth bag. It's a British made vacuum, although lives in Australia with me

It has no paper bag, the cloth bag is clamped to a metal ring, and when full (or after each use) the bag was designed to be emptied and reused.

For a recent find I made of a Hoover Dustette, the bag has been 'eaten' by moths I think, so is not useable/saveable. Model is 2614.



Thanks,
John

 

[madman]

I thought moths only eat wool.

Anyway, some tight knit twill or light weight denim should do.

 

[huskyvacs]

There's many species of moth and different ones will feast on different clothes fibers. There's even moths that cat eat leather! God only knows what kind of scary bugs Australia has. lol

I believe Kirby used corduroy on their early bags - not sure if other companies did too or if that was only a Kirby thing.

 

[john116]

Bugs

Mostly we have bugs that will kill you...but I've survived a few decades without that happening.

 

[huskyvacs]

Glad to hear it!

 

[anthony]

bag material

i have successfully made a few bags for various machines out of heavy duty calico . there's a thread here somewhere all about it

 

[anthony]

found it

Just type in homemade bad for hoover612