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I took apart my highschool's shop vac to see the dirtiest filter I have ever seen. Going to order a brand new one and I took the whole thing apart and cleaned it all just waiting for the filter .

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that is typical for a shop vac without a bag or dust deputy, buying filters is a waist of money as far as I'm concerned 

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3 minutes ago, rfwjr said:

Just tap it on the ground and you will be ready to go.

lol nah its done for its the one that came on the vac 10 years or so ago :0 

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15 minutes ago, comp56 said:

that is typical for a shop vac without a bag or dust deputy, buying filters is a waist of money as far as I'm concerned 

what do use then ? 

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1 minute ago, CATERPILLAR said:

lol nah its done for its the one that came on the vac 10 years or so ago :0 

LOL I am glad you got the humor in my post.  I was afraid people might think I was serious.

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3 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

nice but a filter is 10 bucks new better then the one it came with and with free shipping .

your right but it last 10 minutes as soon as you start sucking up fine saw dust it gums up

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13 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

how good are they i have an 15 year or more ol shop vac and it always getting clocked up with dog hair and shit 

with the bag nothing gets to the filter, you empty the bag and go again filter stays relatively clean always

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2 hours ago, comp56 said:

with the bag nothing gets to the filter, you empty the bag and go again filter stays relatively clean always

On a more serious note. Never knew they had reusable filter bags? I picked up a  Gore CleanStream filter at HomeDepot and love the thing. A little pricey, but two years later it still cleans up just like new.

 

I'll have to try one of these reusable bags with it, thanks for the tip.

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Thats probably the original filter

in my shop class one time there was this one kid vacuuming out the cabinet table saw and he didn't realize the vac was full and all the saw dust was shooting out the back just as fast as it was sucking it up after he was done there was a good 1/2 inch of dust spread 10 feet back and 3 feet wide looked like it just snowed 

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8 hours ago, comp56 said:

your right but it last 10 minutes as soon as you start sucking up fine saw dust it gums up

Cement or drywall dust too!

 

I use the M18 vacuum whenever possible in houses, and that has a washable filter that doesn't collapse like a shop vac filter.... it doesn't take much to dry it out, either.

 

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10 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Yeah there wasn't any at all really 

 

If there was any, it was all bypassing the filter!! Like the seal was sucked right in...

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6 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

If there was any, it was all bypassing the filter!! Like the seal was sucked right in...

No I meant with the filter like that

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1 minute ago, CATERPILLAR said:

No I meant with the filter like that

Oh wow, it looks like the top of the filter seal was sucked in....the poor motor

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