I had both a sleeve that wrapped around the motor housing and the cloth in a ring that sat atop the tub. I think there must be something finer as the exhaust smelled dusty, and it did bow a fine mist when working on floods.
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Victor Gouveia wrote: > Hi Matt, > > The shop vac does require a filter, which usually looks like an accordion > style round tube that fits over the cage with the ball in it, otherwise the > dust and sand will pop right out the exhaust hole on top of the unit. > > There are different types of filters you can buy, depending on the level of > dust you are planning on sucking up. > > There's the normal one, but there's also a denser one for picking up find > particulate matter like drywall dust and other fine stuff like that. > > You should get the one according to the type of stuff you'll pick up. > > Usually I would go with the fine particulate matter filter, as those can be > used in most applications. > > Just remember that you have to clean that filter up once in a while, as it > can get plugged up with too much dust. > > Victor Gouveia > >
