midcentnurse
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Used my friends very vintage and very capable floor scrubber today on the kitchen floor. Very nasty grime lifted up. Way easier than hand scrubbing!
GE floor scrubber gettin it!
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I may need to pick one of those up next time I see one at a thrift store.
For a lot of the jobs around the house, a plain old mop literally doesn't cut it.
My parents had one for years and it just sat in the basement.
For a lot of the jobs around the house, a plain old mop literally doesn't cut it.
My parents had one for years and it just sat in the basement.
All the GE Floorscrubber needs is a small shop vac attached with a drop-down suction nozzle. And maybe a cleaning solution tank/sprayer as well.
Wait a minute, think I just described the Floormate... lol...
Wait a minute, think I just described the Floormate... lol...
That's a beautiful GE!
We had a pink Regina, then a 3 brush Electrolux when I was a kid. They were great! I bought a Kenmore around 1983 for my mom. That one didn't last long.
We had a pink Regina, then a 3 brush Electrolux when I was a kid. They were great! I bought a Kenmore around 1983 for my mom. That one didn't last long.
norgeway
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THat Floor!
HAS to be Armstrong Corlon!!
HAS to be Armstrong Corlon!!
Hans
That was exactly what I was thinking - Corlon! But, how about all of that surface texture in the lower left corner of the second photo?
Hmmm....
lawrence
That was exactly what I was thinking - Corlon! But, how about all of that surface texture in the lower left corner of the second photo?
Hmmm....
lawrence
firedome
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those are great floor cleaning appliances!
we have an old Shetland we use not only on hard floors but also great for cleaning tough stained areas on low pile carpeting. The old brushes are losing bristles though, and don't know where to get replacements. Ours also accepts snap on felt type pads that can be used for paste waxing wood floors, very handy!
we have an old Shetland we use not only on hard floors but also great for cleaning tough stained areas on low pile carpeting. The old brushes are losing bristles though, and don't know where to get replacements. Ours also accepts snap on felt type pads that can be used for paste waxing wood floors, very handy!
Armstrong Corlon has to be some of the toughest most durable flooring ever made. Got about 1000 sq ft we put in the basement In the 70's and it's been through a lot. Been flooded a number of time, stood up to lots of traffic for parties and been a work surface for projects and still looks fine. I used to strip and wax it yearly, then bi yearly now it easily been a decade sine I did anything to it but a quick going over with my Hoover Flootmate and it looks like new.
I remember when the Armstrong Theater presented programs on TV and I can still hear the words, "Montina Corlon."
I have a beautiful blue and most subtle off white Hoover Floor-A-Matic that is great at what it does, but cleaning it up after using it involves as many changes of water as does preparation for a gastrointestinal procedure. I stand the poor thing in a half inch of water in the utility sink and suck up the water into the tank to clean the innards. I carefully rinse all of the parts exposed to the cleaning product and remove and rinse the strainer in the wet vac part. These machines also had a vulnerable clutch that retracted the brushes and held them immobile when the switch was moved to wet pickup to lower the machine down onto the floor. Now that Hoover is kaput, I don't know how it could be fixed if it broke so I mostly use it for scrubbing and have a Rubbermaid commercial mop bucket and wringer handy to pick up the water.
I have a beautiful blue and most subtle off white Hoover Floor-A-Matic that is great at what it does, but cleaning it up after using it involves as many changes of water as does preparation for a gastrointestinal procedure. I stand the poor thing in a half inch of water in the utility sink and suck up the water into the tank to clean the innards. I carefully rinse all of the parts exposed to the cleaning product and remove and rinse the strainer in the wet vac part. These machines also had a vulnerable clutch that retracted the brushes and held them immobile when the switch was moved to wet pickup to lower the machine down onto the floor. Now that Hoover is kaput, I don't know how it could be fixed if it broke so I mostly use it for scrubbing and have a Rubbermaid commercial mop bucket and wringer handy to pick up the water.
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