stove cleaning

get yourself a drywall dust filter bag for your shop vac, or get another section of hose and put the vac outside. That should solve your problem.

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Get a drywall filter bag...works great and well worth the money

yep, use a drywall filter bag and also a hepa filter (avail on amazon or shop vac website) and you won't see any dust or debris.

I've been using this filter with a standard bag in my shop vac without any issues. I am seriously thinking about shelling out the coin on a loveless for next year though, as it is a pain to shut down the stove for a couple of hours to clean it out. I was going to get drywall bags as well, but they were out of stock when I was at the store.

http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Vac-90340-CleanStream-Replacement-Cartridge/dp/B000093HP2

I've been using a Shop Vac - 2 1/2 gal. 1.5 hp . Works great . Muss

I use a shop vac put a tee shirt over the filter works great just remove the tee shirt and wash it out.

ad356 said:

i would like to use my shop vac to clean my stove after it cools. i tried cleaning it once with the regular filter and it exhales a terrible amount of dust. i mean it was really bad. i was wondering if they sold a filter for this purpose. i have a 6 gallon 3 hp shop vac. i looked into loveless ash vacs and i found they arent cheap. at 250 bucks they are the price of a ton of wood pellets. what do you guys use? i have been using my household vaccum just because the bag doesnt leak nearly as much dirt as the shop vac did, however i realize that is less than ideal.

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I had the same problem $4.00 was enough to resolve it.
All you need is to get a PVC T , shove it into the exhaust and cut 2 small pieces of any filter media into the ends for a secondary filter that traps the dust.
Here`s a picture of mine:
And another of it attached to the vacuum:

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Now THAT is a good idea... I have that very same shop vac and will be trying this One question, do you add any water to the vac, to help trap the dust???

By the looks of the black soot all over the outside of it.....it seems to be letting some ash out.

pellet burner said:

By the looks of the black soot all over the outside of it.....it seems to be letting some ash out.

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Nah, it`s tight. maybe 25 yrs old and a bit grubby but this vac has been thru the war.

THE ROOSTER said:

Now THAT is a good idea... I have that very same shop vac and will be trying this One question, do you add any water to the vac, to help trap the dust???

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I don`t add water but maybe it would work?

Shopvac with regular bag filter. 20 min after I hit the off button I am running again. No dust no fire no problem. I clean my stove everyday. I don't have too but for only 20 min mitt as well.

I put a drywall bag in mine. Works great.

I clean 100's of stoves with the same pleated filter and

primary full cloth filter on my shop vacs.



Normally replace the standard cartridge filter about 3 times a year. and the cloth filter when needed about every other year.
Working in customers homes I need to be sure I dont blow dust.
I have been using the same system in all my vacs for 19 years.


http://www.shopvacstore.com/product/0-26282-90638-0.html

[quote author="hearthtools" date="1263721410"]I clean 100's of stoves with the same pleated filter and
primary full cloth filter on my shop vacs.


Normally replace the standard cartridge filter about 3 times a year. and the cloth filter when needed about every other year.
Working in customers homes I need to be sure I dont blow dust.
I have been using the same system in all my vacs for 19 years.




Rod, Yours is a much newer design. I couldn`t find a pleated filter that fits my old shop vac. All thats available is the round cloth that wraps into a bag over the foam. However with my $4 modification it works real good but if I was cleaning stoves for a living I`d probably have the best .

just get a fine dust filter, thats what i use in my craftman

If and when I buy another vac it will be one that utilizes a pleated filter. From what I can gather it is the most efficient and as Rod`s (above post with pic`s) illustrates along with the resusable bag helps extend the efficiency and prolongs the cleaning of the vac itself.

I use the blue Ultra filter and a disposable filter bag together. When the bag gets full I dump it in my wife's flower beds.

Gio said:

If and when I buy another vac it will be one that utilizes a pleated filter. From what I can gather it is the most efficient and as Rod`s (above post with pic`s) illustrates along with the resusable bag helps extend the efficiency and prolongs the cleaning of the vac itself.

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what I use in not a bag it is Dacron material that stops the heavy partials from plugging up the Pleated filter

fits over the rim of the can
I would go broke if I used the bag type. I would go through 5 a day.

I use the small shop-vac with a HEPA filter. The filter actually costs more than the vac but lasts forever. I am on my third year and the filter still looks and works like new when I whack it against a tree a few times each time I empty it.

I use a craftsman with the blue hepa. On 2nd year with it Works great.

Schoondog

Not sure if this is a crazy idea or it has been done, but I have a shop vac with a 1.25 inch hose and my stove exhaust is 3 inches...anyone see or know where I can get a piece of pipe to attach to my stove exhaust (3") and attach the other end (1.25") to my shop vac and just suck all the crap out?

john193 said:

Not sure if this is a crazy idea or it has been done, but I have a shop vac with a 1.25 inch hose and my stove exhaust is 3 inches...anyone see or know where I can get a piece of pipe to attach to my stove exhaust (3") and attach the other end (1.25") to my shop vac and just suck all the crap out?

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Try a leaf blower instead. A shop vac on your exhaust will do some good, but a leaf blower is much more powerful, and will clean your stove much better.

Where do you attach the leaf blower?