Polished And Shined Kirby Heritage (pics inside)

[gusherb]

I just finished cleaning and polishing my Kirby, got it all back together now and it looks great again! Replaced the brushes on the motor while I had it apart, didn't do the bearings at this time since the local vacuum guy didn't have any and the current ones are still in good shape.
The cord is new from a year ago, bumper is original, and I've got a new headlight bumper on the way since the current one is severely scratched. There are still some scratches on the headlight, and I didn't do anything with the bumper but otherwise everything else looks great.

 

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[petek]

Lookin good. Were you handpolishing (ouch) or using a polisher of some type

 

[gusherb]

hahaha, I hand polished it. I want to get a polishing tool though, can only get so far hand polishing before your hand starts to cramp up

 

[petek]

I know all about the cramped fingers. There's all shapes and sizes of polishing pads that fit onto an electric drill, from tiny little things to med. to big, triangle shaped, ball shaped etc. Not sure if Home Depot carries them but if you look up Lapidary Supplies (rock polishing) in the Yellow pages there might be a place near you that would have them and other neat stuff.

 

[eurekastar]

Outstanding! You did a wonderful job!

 

[suckolux]

Nice! Great looking machine.

 

[vintagecanister]

Nice job.....

I always loved that bag design.

 

[gusherb]

The video

Here's the new video of my Kirby.

 

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vintagecanister

This was originally my grandma's vacuum and when she got it new (around 1982) it was with the shakeout bag system and she later had it converted to paper bags, hence the Heritage II bag instead of the original orange one.

 

[joe22]

awesome kirby

 

[a007kirbyman]

Jonathan & Kirby HI...

Hello Jonathan.

Nice job on the Heritage. Congratulations.

If I may be of assistance, don't hesitate to contact me.

You may or may not be aware that you can use the Mini-Emtor setup with a Heritage bag, that is if you'd like it to be closer to original.

Cheers & hagd all,

Bill

 

[motojoejo]

I love the Heritage series and you did a great job on that one!

 

[classicfan1]

No pain no gain

FEEL THE BURN! (Rocky music)

 

[gusherb]

hahahahaha. Pretty soon I'll be able to crush a car with one finger. hehehehe

 

[thermokid]

Heritage Series

I like them too! I especially like the HeritageII and the LegendII. They are very powerful and kind of quite. Not like the deep throaty roar like the 500 series.

 

[thermokid]

Heritage Series

I like them too! I especially like the HeritageII and the LegendII. They are very powerful and kind of quite. Not like the deep throaty roar like the 500 series.