Royal 801 Polish - Before & After pics

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I decided to pick up some mothers polish and give my old royal some love.

Before 1

 

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Before 2

 

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Before 3, I repaired the cord while I had everything apart

 

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Work in Progress

This is when I first started. You'll notice (your left) side of the nozzle is slightly shinier

 

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Power Tools

by this time my fingers were hurting so I pulled out the dremel with a small buffing wheel on it. I had to go over all parts by hand again to even out the shine, but it made short work of everything

 

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more hard work

At this point I was very eager to see what the finished product would look like

 

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fancase and nozzle

Things are starting to come together. I have the nozzle and fancase mostly completed, just need another once over

 

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motor

Shining up the motor. I also fixed the cord at this time

 

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Drumroll Please..

Here she is, and all her shiny metal glory I think it came out nice, I could have done a better job if I spent more time on it but I work full time. Tell me what you guys think.

 

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nozzle

 

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turned off the flash because it was ruining the mirror effect

 

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from the side

 

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I am very happy with the results! It looks 20 years younger. I wish it didnt have those scratches on the nozzle but thats what you get with 50 years of use

 

[gsheen]

Looks lovely, Its nice to see the results of your hard work

 

[kirbyvacuum]

Nice

Hi Nick Very nicejob .Their is no wasy way to get the shine up is their. I have a few Kirbys waiting to look their best but an not looking foward to working on then. Take care Doug

 

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I found a dremel with buffing wheel sped things up considerably. It took the oxidation right off, but looked like a used a grinder almost. A final hand buff smoothed everything out though. Using the dremel did in seconds what would normally take 15 minutes of rubbing the same spot.

 

[hygiene903]

That's One Beautiful 801!

Congrats on a job well done!
Jeff

 

[nubz3760]

Thanks, I love this vacuum even more now! now if only I could find an original bag for it..