that's interesting as the shop va uses a filter that looks like a nylon wind breaker jacket as the dry and a foam around the motor housing.
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote: > 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] > >
