[Bill Robinson]

just thought of  agreat idea
 

before cleaning the rug first of all turn it upside down then atach it to your air mover then leave blowing for long time im sure this will do a better job than the rug badger or hoover. havent tried it yet but will do after i return from ireland.

guy asked me today if i would clean his fathers rugs valued at about 15k should i upgrade my insurance. 

[Robert Watson]

Sorry to disappoint you bill, but it not a new idea. 
Good thinking anyway 
Rab.

[Bill Robinson]

Sorry to disappoint you bill, but it not a new idea. 
Good thinking anyway 
Rab.

dam i never have anything possitive to contribute to this site   

[Robert Watson]

 

[Ian Gourlay]

I think you need several

I think Paul Piearce told me to aquire some plastic palets and blow air from underneath

Or was that for drying

Also swimming pool matting  ie a Grid with holes close to gether  put them together and Vac rug  dust drops through holes

[carlton care]

Yep, it's probably been done before, but it's still worth mentioning as there will always be someone to benefit.

Running a badger, or even an old hoover with beater bars over an upside down rug, placed face down on a plastic rack will loosen a massive amount of dry soil and won't cause a dust storm.

[Jim_77]

I reckon the next best thing to a badger is a Royal vacuum.  I really can't believe how much crud it knocks out of rugs!  I've never used any vacuum that's got anywhere close to it before.

I think it's the design of the brush strip.  The bristles are sandwiched between strips of plastic, so you've got a hard bit providing a beating action.  I think the bristles on most upright vacuums just extend directly from the bar, so they're a lot more forgiving and don't cause nearly so much vibration.

[Jim_77]

This one's a cracker....

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Bye eck I had to look twice you haven't taken the face off the Turin Shroud?

Would it be too cumbersome for domestic use? pity it doesn't have a separate nozzle for edge and stairs.

Shaun

[carlton care]

Is that the Royal ?  Looks like a clone of the another large American product.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The only thing with cloning something is that it can be an evil twin, meaning that we often tell our clients that cheaper isn't always better.

With us cc you can never win!

Shaun

[Jim_77]

Shaun - I use it on domestic and commercial alike.  It's not cumbersome in the slightest, it's very nifty!  It's actually a shade lighter than a Dyson, believe it or not.

I totally agree about the nozzle thing.  Your only option with this machine is ridiculous if you want it to do upholstery and stairs too.  You have to order a separate nozzle kit and when you want to use it you must:

> unscrew the little grub screw in that round black plastic thing on the front
> Remove the plastic thing
> use a special tool to unhook the drive belt from the brush strip
> insert the nozzle tool
> do what you need to do with it
> repeat the whole process in reverse to turn it back into an upright again

Absolutely silly!

I carry a small but very powerful Electrolux UZ cylinder vacuum with me too, I use it for going round the edges of rooms, stairs and upholstery.  Far quicker than dismantling the Royal and putting it back together again :

But don't get me wrong, I wouldn't swap the Royal for anything right now, I'm smitten by it

Robert - It's not a clone, Royal have been going since 1904 or something like that, and probably haven't updated the design much in that time either!  Maybe Kirby copied them, I don't know!

[Ian Gourlay]

jim admit it you got some saw dust for the photo


There is a guy on here who put leather flappers on some make of vac


How you secure them so they do jam or come or jam the beater bar is a mystery to me.