Where can I find an owner's manual/instructions for an old HOOVER Floorwasher?

[gottahaveahoove]

I have a machine, (blue), but not totally sure how to use it?
Thanks.

 

[oldappliancenut]

me too

I have one to but I don't like it funky lookin thing LOL

 

[aeoliandave]

Oh Lordy, I luv the (1963?) Floor Washer. I have two of the yellow ones and would like a blue someday. Simple to set up and fun to use - it really does suck up the dirty water well.

I had to cobble up a nozzle for one of them out of a floor brush nozzle but it works great. The other one has the nozzle but no brushes plate. :-(

This video is from someone else and I think a member here.

If anyone has a manual I bet it's Tom Anderson...

 

[aeoliandave]

Missing Floor Washer nozzle and how I solved it.

Found the thread from late November 2007 when I went down to North Canton via Pennsylvania.

http://www.vacuumland.org/TD/ARCHIVE/VINTAGE/2008/2333x50.htm

 

[oldappliancenut]

i got it

I got a blue one.....I'm gonnabe parting with it...email me if your interested [email protected]

 

[aeoliandave]

Yes Please, Brian!

I'll shoot off and email when I get back home in 3 hours. Midnight-ish.

Dave

 

[aeoliandave]

Vacuums up its own scrubwater

 

[aeoliandave]

Now it's called the Electric Floor Washer-Dryer.

Yes, the warm motor exhaust is directed at the back of the nozzle path, so sure, it does blow the floor dry enough to walk on!

I suppose in an effort to sell more of these clever contraptions, please, Hoover seized on this accidental feature...same as they did when it was realized the Constellation could float if they punched a hole in the base.

Ah, evolution and marketing - which came first?

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Thanks

does anyone else think it's a forerunner to the Floormate?
And, then, there's the Floor a matic .... H's "best kept secret".

 

[myhooverco]

I do not have a manual for the floor washer...this was Hoover's first attempt at a wet pick up machine. According to a friend (his father designed it!), it was known as Hoover's Edsel. It took lots of $$$ to bring to market and it did not sell nor was it around for long. The Floor A Matic on the other hand scrubbed the floor and dried it. It was a great product that was around for a number of decades (1965-2000 or so) and was then replaced in the line up by the Floormate which is also an excellent machine.

--Tom

 

[aeoliandave]

The very reason I must like it so much...

Always have had a affinity for the oddballs.

Speakin' of which, What about this crazy Hoover Windtunnel V2 twin path double layer counter rotating brushes contraption as a stand alone Power Nozzle? Well, that's my plan for it. The upper body is burnt toast - literally...all melted and stuff. But the foot is fine and the double florescent green brushes intriqued me. I had to take it apart before returning it to the dump. The brushes had been inserted LL/RR instead of LR/RL and were fouled by yards of carpet weft yarns. But the solid Motor & brush gear transmission is a thing of real engineering robustness. So as I got it cleaned up and running I had the brilliant idea of adapting it for use on any power hose. Stay tuned for Frankenschnozzle - it's ALIVE!

Poor little misfit, nobody likes you.
Sittin' in the garden eating worms, yum yum.
Great big juicy ones, long slim slimy ones.
Itsy bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms, yum yum.

First ya bite the heads off, then ya s...oh never mind...

Dave

 

[aeoliandave]

Very clever, packing all this into a low profile nozzle with highly commendable smooth airflow funnels around both sides to a more-or-less central rear takeoff.

 

[ozhoover]

Hoover Floorwasher new in box

Hi all,

I haven't been on here in a while, been busy with work. But here is a NIB Floorwasher I picked up from ebay in Germany mid last year. So they where so in parts of Europe but where never sold down here in Australia.

Mark

 

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