Welcome to my Blog

I collect, restore and sell old vacuum cleaners for a hobby. Until now, I have posted detailed write-ups on how I dismantle, clean, restore and re-build old (and new) vacuum cleaners on various forums, and these have been few and far between.

Now, I aim to keep all of this together on this blog. Many of the cleaners you will see will be for sale, some will be added to my collection. The rest I will give away when I have finished with them.

I hope you enjoy reading about my strange hobby, and if you learn something new, then even better.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy.

Sam

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