It's definitely loud. I built a little rolling cabinet for mine and lined it with acoustical tiles. The hose comes through a hole in the door and it probably cut the noise level in half.
You are right in having to remove the paper filter before sucking up liquids. As far as extending the life of the paper filter I have put a pour man's prefilter on mine. I took a pillow case and put that around the paper filter. It's held in place by one of those big rubber bands around the housing just above the filter mounting. I don't replace the paper filter very often now and it's pretty easy to clean what dust makes it through the pillow case. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:27 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop Vac All: somebody correct me if this is wrong please. I have a Rigid Shop Vac, and I like it pretty well, accept that's pretty loud. Also, you do have to take the paper filter off of it's mounting before using it as a wetvac, is that right? WE used to have some units that I believe were made by Shopvac, and the filter was a nylon bag mounted on a rim that sat near the top of the canister. This was really convenient because all you had to do was remove the rim and bag if you were sucking liquids. The filter was also immeasurably easier to clean than the sort of accordion filter I have now. How often do you guys clean these paper filter before you trash them? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 09:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop Vac In buying a shop vac it's a lot handier to have a wet dry model. I'm a bigger is better guy so I'd say don't buy one of the smaller models that will fill up and have to be emptied all the time. I have a 16 gallon model that I've had for about 8 years now. It has sucked floods out of carpets, water out of cars with open windows after rain storms and so much more. I can't say I've ever used it for gutters though. I think it would work if none of the attachments were used. But remember you have to figure out a way to hold it while you use it and that won't be easy. They are on wheels so you can't set it on the roof, the junk in the gutters is heavy and it will get heavy on the ladder and trying to work the hose at the same time. So I'd have to go against recommending a shop vac for gutter clean up. I believe Lowes carries the Shop Vac brand, and Home Depot carries the Ridgid brand. I bought Ridgid for the lifetime warranty but I understand they no longer offer that warranty. It's still a great tool for over all clean up. ----- Original Message ----- From: Agent86b To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:30 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Workshop Vac Hi all, I am looking to purchase a workshop vac. What should I look for when shopping? I think I should get a wet and dry one. If I do can I clean out roof guttering with it? thanks for any advice. Max. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
