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Used my six gallon shop vac yesterday. The old one, with the
metal canister. Decided to empty it. Well, the rubber band that holds the paper filter is no where to be found. Filter is, of course, laying in the bottom of the canister. I have a couple spare filters. I remember they came with spare rubber band, but that replacement rubber band is no where to be found. Today I was in Dollar Tree, and they had "childrens head bands" in various bright colors. Eight for a buck. Sure, worth a try. And wonders, they are the right size. I used four of them on my shop vac filter, and put four on the shelf with the empty bags. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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On Oct 20, 2:41*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Used my six gallon shop vac yesterday. The old one, with the metal canister. Decided to empty it. Well, the rubber band that holds the paper filter is no where to be found. Filter is, of course, laying in the bottom of the canister. I have a couple spare filters. I remember they came with spare rubber band, but that replacement rubber band is no where to be found. Today I was in Dollar Tree, and they had "childrens head bands" in various bright colors. Eight for a buck. Sure, worth a try. And wonders, they are the right size. I used four of them on my shop vac filter, and put four on the shelf with the empty bags. Bicycle inner tubes. Free and you can make almost any length/width band you could want. R |
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On Oct 20, 3:33*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 20, 3:25*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Oct 20, 2:41*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Used my six gallon shop vac yesterday. The old one, with the metal canister. Decided to empty it. Well, the rubber band that holds the paper filter is no where to be found. Filter is, of course, laying in the bottom of the canister. I have a couple spare filters. I remember they came with spare rubber band, but that replacement rubber band is no where to be found. Today I was in Dollar Tree, and they had "childrens head bands" in various bright colors. Eight for a buck. Sure, worth a try. And wonders, they are the right size. I used four of them on my shop vac filter, and put four on the shelf with the empty bags. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . What kind of shop-vac uses a rubber band to hold filter on? My Craftsman *had* a plastic bar with a nut in the middle that screwed onto a threaded rod to hold the filter on. That bar is long gone - years. Now I use a small spring clamp on the end of the thread rod. It's actually much easier to use than the threaded bar. Squeeze on---squeeze off instead of spin-spin-spin off--- line-up-nut-on-rod, spin-spin-spin on. I think he's talking about the paper filter that fits over the pleated filter. R- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I know nothing of "paper filters over pleated filters" which might explain why I never heard of that whole rubber band gizmo. Strictly pleated filters in my Craftsman wet-dry vac. |
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On Oct 20, 3:47*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I considered bungee cord, but figured it would leak air at the place where the ends fasten. The paper filter goes over the green foam. Use a long bungee and wrap it around twice... Hit the local office supply store for a bag of those big red rubber bands and use several... Buy a few feet of elastic at a fabric store... |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:54:28 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: I know nothing of "paper filters over pleated filters" which might explain why I never heard of that whole rubber band gizmo. Strictly pleated filters in my Craftsman wet-dry vac. My ShopVac "hangup" has a pleated filter, but they sell a foam jacket that goes over it. I should get one. The pleated filter raises a lot dust when I clean it. Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard. That's what I do anyway. Seems I never clean it except when I need it, and I don't want to wait for it to dry Thinking the foam might clean up easily with a rinse in the laundry tub, and make for less frequent cleaning of the pleated filter. Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. And thanks for "mulching wet leaves" advice. --Vic |
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On 10/20/2011 1:22 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:54:28 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: I know nothing of "paper filters over pleated filters" which might explain why I never heard of that whole rubber band gizmo. Strictly pleated filters in my Craftsman wet-dry vac. My ShopVac "hangup" has a pleated filter, but they sell a foam jacket that goes over it. I should get one. The pleated filter raises a lot dust when I clean it. Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard. That's what I do anyway. Seems I never clean it except when I need it, and I don't want to wait for it to dry Thinking the foam might clean up easily with a rinse in the laundry tub, and make for less frequent cleaning of the pleated filter. the foam doesn't catch much fine stuff, just the large stuff. Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. blow it out with your compressor. i've found banging it on something tends to crack it over time. And thanks for "mulching wet leaves" advice. --Vic |
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On Oct 20, 4:22*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:54:28 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: I know nothing of "paper filters over pleated filters" which might explain why I never heard of that whole rubber band gizmo. Strictly pleated filters in my Craftsman wet-dry vac. My ShopVac "hangup" has a pleated filter, but they sell a foam jacket that goes over it. I should get one. The pleated filter raises a lot dust when I clean it. *Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard. That's what I do anyway. Seems I never clean it except when I need it, and I don't want to wait for it to dry Thinking the foam might clean up easily with a rinse in the laundry tub, and make for less frequent cleaning of the pleated filter. Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. And thanks for "mulching wet leaves" advice. --Vic "Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard." There's more than one way to "bang it on something hard". I take mine outside and throw it up as high as I can, letting it come down and "bang" on the street or in my yard. That tends to keep the dust well away from me since I can throw it outward as well as up. Three or four throws and most of the fine stuff is blowin' in the wind. |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:43:51 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: It's a Shop * Vac model 600a. Metal canister, white plastic housing for the motor. I bought it, maybe 1985 or so. They stopped making metal canisters a couple decades ago. Nope they still make a model with a chromed metal can - at least sporadically. Mine is significantly less than a decade old - 8 gallon (US, I think) |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:55:25 -0700, chaniarts
wrote: On 10/20/2011 1:22 PM, Vic Smith wrote: Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. blow it out with your compressor. i've found banging it on something tends to crack it over time. Thanks. Didn't think of that. Maybe because I got a compressor after my last filter cleaning. Not much of a compressor, but it can handle that. --Vic |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:34:43 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: On Oct 20, 4:22Â*pm, Vic Smith wrote: Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. And thanks for "mulching wet leaves" advice. --Vic "Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard." There's more than one way to "bang it on something hard". I take mine outside and throw it up as high as I can, letting it come down and "bang" on the street or in my yard. That tends to keep the dust well away from me since I can throw it outward as well as up. Three or four throws and most of the fine stuff is blowin' in the wind. That's pretty funny. Thanks. Pretty sure if I did that it would end up in a tree or on the roof. --Vic |
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It's very possible that you bought one brand, I bought
another. Also, mine is from a different time era, and a whole different design. Mine has a soft "cloth like" filter, over green foam. Looks green to me, but my color vision is not normal. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "DerbyDad03" wrote in message ... I think he's talking about the paper filter that fits over the pleated filter. R- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I know nothing of "paper filters over pleated filters" which might explain why I never heard of that whole rubber band gizmo. Strictly pleated filters in my Craftsman wet-dry vac. |
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Interesting. I'd been thinking to go to the sewing and
fabric section of Walmart, and buy a length of elastic. Put that on with a safety pin or two to hold. As I was thinking this, I stepped out of Harbor Freight, and noticed a Dollar Tree in the distance. I'd meant to buy a couple "puck lights" for the work bench in my van, and decided to wander through the aisles of Dollar Tree. That's when I noticed and bought "childrens head bands". Which seem to work for my shop vac filter. I may need the vacuum tomorrow, will know if they really work. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Larry Fishel" wrote in message ... Use a long bungee and wrap it around twice... Hit the local office supply store for a bag of those big red rubber bands and use several... Buy a few feet of elastic at a fabric store... |
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My shop vac has a green foam, not a pleated. I take it out
doors, power up the vac. Take the mechanism off the canister. Put the hose on "exhaust". Turn off my hearing aids. turn on the blower. Use the blower to undust the green foam. Try not to breathe in the dust. Works, for me! -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... My ShopVac "hangup" has a pleated filter, but they sell a foam jacket that goes over it. I should get one. The pleated filter raises a lot dust when I clean it. Basically you have to take it outside and bang it on something hard. That's what I do anyway. Seems I never clean it except when I need it, and I don't want to wait for it to dry Thinking the foam might clean up easily with a rinse in the laundry tub, and make for less frequent cleaning of the pleated filter. Any pleated filter cleaning tips welcomed. And thanks for "mulching wet leaves" advice. --Vic |
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Andy comments
When my foam filter became unuseable, I took one of the one dollar 20X25 fiberglass air condx filters and wrapped it around the dohickey a couple times, and secured it with a piece of wire. Seems to work OK, and now I have a use for used air condx filters. And they are easily removed and washed...... In a later version, I slip one of the wife's old nylon panty hose legs over the fiberglass and secure it...... Also works OK..... Andy in Eureka, Texas PE |
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Global warming! Global warming!
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... I take mine outside and throw it up as high as I can, letting it come down and "bang" on the street or in my yard. That tends to keep the dust well away from me since I can throw it outward as well as up. Three or four throws and most of the fine stuff is blowin' in the wind. That's pretty funny. Thanks. Pretty sure if I did that it would end up in a tree or on the roof. --Vic |
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Hmm. I must shop only in low end box stores, then. Thanks
for the update. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:43:51 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: It's a Shop * Vac model 600a. Metal canister, white plastic housing for the motor. I bought it, maybe 1985 or so. They stopped making metal canisters a couple decades ago. Nope they still make a model with a chromed metal can - at least sporadically. Mine is significantly less than a decade old - 8 gallon (US, I think) |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:19:51 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Hmm. I must shop only in low end box stores, then. Thanks for the update. When you shop for the "lowest common denominator" all you can find is junk. |
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On 10/20/2011 4:42 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:43:51 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: It's a Shop * Vac model 600a. Metal canister, white plastic housing for the motor. I bought it, maybe 1985 or so. They stopped making metal canisters a couple decades ago. Nope they still make a model with a chromed metal can - at least sporadically. Mine is significantly less than a decade old - 8 gallon (US, I think) Actually it is a stainless steel tank and you can see them at http://www.shopvac.com/wet-dry-vacs/...ries=Stainless Don |
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Update, October 22, 2011
The use for the vacuum cleaner will be next week. The store isn't ready to have me come out. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Dollar Tree bought "childrens head bands". Which seem to work for my shop vac filter. I may need the vacuum tomorrow, (October 21, 2011) will know if they really work. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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![]() Get ye to your local Big Box store and buy a pack of replacement paper filters for your model (those for mine come in a 3-pack). Included in the package will be a replacement rubber band. |
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