My new Electrolux (before)
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Very Nice!
That's a nice-looking 1205. Your canister is one of the earlier ones- it doesn't have the clip for the dusting/upholstery tool that the later versions did. Your PN-2 power nozzle was introduced by Electrolux fairly late in the 1205's run. I'm really impressed that you have the correct turquoise cord for the PN.
Really great save!
That's a nice-looking 1205. Your canister is one of the earlier ones- it doesn't have the clip for the dusting/upholstery tool that the later versions did. Your PN-2 power nozzle was introduced by Electrolux fairly late in the 1205's run. I'm really impressed that you have the correct turquoise cord for the PN.
Really great save!
Wow, snazzy looking Lux. Looks like mine.
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Paint Colour:
I've personally had bad luck with 1205s (my fault- no reflection on 1205s), so I never got around to this, but I'll pass the idea on for whatever it's worth.
Teal and turquoise shades were pretty popular car colours there for a while, so it seems possible that a look through the touch-up paint selection at your local Pep Boys or other car parts store might turn up a close match. Auto touch-up is made by Dupli-Color, in both spray cans and bottles with a brush in their caps. A couple of spray cans should be more than enough to shoot a 1205.
The thing to remember is that today's auto paints are made to be a colour coat under a clearcoat; they do not have any gloss of their own when applied. You have to purchase clearcoat (also available through Dupli-Color at auto parts stores), and spray it over the colour coat to get a proper gloss.
Anyway, that was my idea. Maybe it'll help. P.S.: I've noticed some colour variation on 1205s. I don't know if it's due to production variations at the Electrolux factory, or if it's due to sun fading or the passage of time. Anyway, some 1205s I've seen are bluer, and some are more turquoise. It feels to me like there's some latitude on the colour, which may help you pick out a Dupli-Color shade.
I've personally had bad luck with 1205s (my fault- no reflection on 1205s), so I never got around to this, but I'll pass the idea on for whatever it's worth.
Teal and turquoise shades were pretty popular car colours there for a while, so it seems possible that a look through the touch-up paint selection at your local Pep Boys or other car parts store might turn up a close match. Auto touch-up is made by Dupli-Color, in both spray cans and bottles with a brush in their caps. A couple of spray cans should be more than enough to shoot a 1205.
The thing to remember is that today's auto paints are made to be a colour coat under a clearcoat; they do not have any gloss of their own when applied. You have to purchase clearcoat (also available through Dupli-Color at auto parts stores), and spray it over the colour coat to get a proper gloss.
Anyway, that was my idea. Maybe it'll help. P.S.: I've noticed some colour variation on 1205s. I don't know if it's due to production variations at the Electrolux factory, or if it's due to sun fading or the passage of time. Anyway, some 1205s I've seen are bluer, and some are more turquoise. It feels to me like there's some latitude on the colour, which may help you pick out a Dupli-Color shade.
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One More Thought:
If you do find that you're able to respray your 1205, be very careful of the "sled" that surrounds the front swivel caster. It's the turquoise plastic guard for the caster. You'd need to do a nice, careful job of masking it off, because there's not really a way to remove it. It's fastened with some of the damndest rivets I've ever seen.
Those sleds are NLA if you break one, and they're more fragile than the ones on later Luxes, like Diamond Jubilees and the like. The sled got beefed up on later models, due to customer complaints about broken ones. Just be reasonably careful with it, is all I'm saying. In my experience, they only break if they're really banged down on the floor, like bumping a vac up and down stairs, or by pulling it over a threshold hard and fast, like my partner did with one of my 1205s. He cracked that sled into a million pieces.
If you do find that you're able to respray your 1205, be very careful of the "sled" that surrounds the front swivel caster. It's the turquoise plastic guard for the caster. You'd need to do a nice, careful job of masking it off, because there's not really a way to remove it. It's fastened with some of the damndest rivets I've ever seen.
Those sleds are NLA if you break one, and they're more fragile than the ones on later Luxes, like Diamond Jubilees and the like. The sled got beefed up on later models, due to customer complaints about broken ones. Just be reasonably careful with it, is all I'm saying. In my experience, they only break if they're really banged down on the floor, like bumping a vac up and down stairs, or by pulling it over a threshold hard and fast, like my partner did with one of my 1205s. He cracked that sled into a million pieces.
