Water Claw...Brain Tease!

[John LaBarbera]

I was wondering, When was the first time you recall using, seeing or hear about the Water Claw? How about the Spot Claw, which I believe was the original tool. Do you recall any of it's history? WARNING! You might be dating yourself.

 

[hogjowl]

Who had time to keep up with this poo?

Have you come out with a decent sprayer yet?

 

[John LaBarbera]

Hi Marty,

Did those question give you a headache already? lol

 

[harryhides]

Clearly trying to be a nicer person was not one of Marty's New's resolutions.



















I'm not sure how I feel about that.

 

[John LaBarbera]

No post to the questions. Are you guys stumped?

 

[hogjowl]

No, just bored.

 

[John LaBarbera]

Do you want to buy a sprayer?

 

[hogjowl]

My favorite suppliers send me things for free.

 

[John LaBarbera]

My favorite customers pay for them.

 

[hogjowl]

It's not necessary that you like me.

 

[Curtis Pennington]

Do you want to buy a sprayer?

AS others have learned the hard way dont sell nuthingto anybody in Prattttville.

 

[hogjowl]

That's exactly my point. Thanks Curtis.

 

[Nate The Great]

I was wondering, When was the first time you recall using, seeing or hear about the Water Claw? How about the Spot Claw, which I believe was the original tool. Do you recall any of it's history? WARNING! You might be dating yourself.

I do recall seeing the original small claw first. I remember they sent a VHS tape with some information about it. They were looking for distributors. I believe either 98 or 99 when I remember it.

Do you remember the original rotovac stair tool that turned into the 360?

What about the magic wand that had a motorized brush on it?

 

[John LaBarbera]

Hi Nate,

Thanks. I remember the stair tool. Hydramaster was selling them. I don't remember the Magic Wand tool. I seem to recall the Spot Claw in the late 80's or early 90's.

 

[Farenheit251]

I saw it a few years before Chem Dry patented the holes.

 

[John LaBarbera]

Hi Brian,

Can you put a year to that?

 

[John Watson]

The orriginal Spot claw by water claw came out the same year we (CCINW) had the See it in Seattle Convention at the Seattle Center, I think it was 96 or 97. Shawn brought a Vortex and some dipshit sabatoged it, John Sales brought his big truck with all the different machines. John Downey also made the daybue of his brothers machine ??. Dr Edgar P. York was there. I bought an orriginal claw at our auction there, I just sold it at our Nov Chapter meeting swap meet.

Nancy Willie of Blaine WA bought it. It did not have vac release ports like the next version 6 mo later. The water claws also got new vac releases and I believe the orriginal guy sold out to some other company (Nick Nellows went to Eagles or HD and came out with his copy called The Nic-o-claw.

 

[Guest]

'99 is the first year I heard about the claw. And I believe it was Lowe's that Nick went to to get his shower floor drain to make his own claw. Pretty clever.

 

[Ron Werner]

same with me, sometime late last century

 

[The Great Oz]

I also bought one of the Spot Claws from the inventor's rep, but don't remember the year. It was either at a tradeshow in Silverdale in 97 or one in Seattle in 2000. It wasn't quite as polished a piece as it became once acquired by BridgePoint though. At the time I thought it was a clever derivative of US Products' upholstery spotting vacuum tool.