Venson

Wash whatever parts are readily accessible and then you might want to try picking up a tablespoon or two of borax before you start cleaning OR -- if you can find them -- a very small amount of moth crystals.  Borax generally lends to sweetening exhaust air.  Moth crystals provide a stronger effect and have usually helped de-funk some pre-owned vacuums I've acquired.  Back in the day, some manufacturers like Electro-Hygiene (which actually had a compartment for just this purpose built into some of its tank-type vacs and uprights), Royal, etc., recommended small amounnts of these -- no more than a couple of teaspoons -- to help kill odors in the machine.  This has worked for me in past.  I found after a few applications that most obnoxious odors were eliminated.

Being Dyson is bagless, you may need to dump in the crystals each time you clean until the smell is reduced or gone.  Again, in this situation, more is not better.  Merely use the couple of teaspoons of Paradichlorobenzene crystals suggested.  Also please note that this is a toxic material -- same stuff is used bathroom deodorizers and moth $#%* -- and should be stored out of the reach of children or pets.

Best,

Venson

Hi Carmine,

Elaborate is the wrong word I guess, but early GE swivel-tops employed a somewhat dome-shaped plastic collar inside. You had to fit a portion of the top of the wide mouth disposable bag through it after fitting the lower portion of the paper bag into the permanent cloth bag and then flatten that against the collar before clamping the cover on.  The collar was important due to the design of the machine.  The bottom of the collar allowed for a seal against the rubber ring on the permanent bag as it held the folded over part against a second rubber seal where air entered from the swivel top.  Later GE swivel-top canisters dumped the collar and the puter cover design but the disposable bag style did not change and bag changing remained a little involved.  GE always got points off because of this by way of CR.

As I recall, authentic GE swivel top bags were always pink.  Do you think they did that to please the ladies?

Venson

Thanks Carmine and my apologies to DIB and M00seUK. Dyson is quite a dabbler.  Call me me when he makes a good blender.

Venson

Check here --http://www.svcvacuum.com/eureka/eureka_k_vacuum_bag.htm

Please be advised that I am not affiliated or familiar with this company.  You must satisfy yourself as to their prices and reliablity.  Also . . .

The original wide-mouth disposable bags for that machine had about a half-inch paper collar stitched on.  If you can't find something to fit the width then see if you can find a generic bag for the GE swivel top canister.  I can't guarantee a perfect fit you can fit the bag into the permanent bag, fold the excess over the rubber sealing ring and then fit the permanent bag and the excess into the vacuum.

Hope that helps,

Venson

I am attaching a link to another "if that don't beat all" type story.  Don't know why Andy Warhol, who spent so much uplifting the lowly Campbell soup can, didn't think of this.

It's seems a student pursuing an art degree worked her way through school by cleaning private homes.  The story doesn't indicate whether she was short on dough for paint or clay but clearly states that María Adelaida López used vacuum sweepings to make sulptures.  Her The Johnsons and the Ramirezes piece is the second image displayed if you click on "More Photos"  once you reach the site.  the story also says that friends continue mail her lint and the like so I'd suggest -- don't dump that vacuum bag!  Mail it to Miami.  BUT . . .

My question is -- who gets the royalty?  The artist or the person whose rug the dust came out of?

Go thisaway -- http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/577507.html

Venson