Wet/dry vac filters

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mini1

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Has anyone come up with a good solution for the paper wet/dry filters? I have a Craftsman wet/dry vac that does the bulk of my suction and blowing. It eats the $19 paper filters for lunch! I go though far too many of these stupid filters. They just fall apart. On the other hand, the van seems to run forever, and it only cost $35 new!

Is there some type of a long lasting commercial service filter?
 
If you are doing lots of work, buy 2 vacs. One with the large inside the vac bag for dry only. One for wet work and just use the foam filter.



Or you could just use the foam filter for both wet/dry. Just suck up some water to wet the filter if you are doing dry pick-up. If you are dry vacuuming a lot, you will have to re wet the filter. Doing doing this for years.
 
The filters should last a while so I dont know why yours are deteriorating so fast. Are you removing the filter before you vac any liquids up because you are suppose to. I've had the same filter on my shopvac for about 5 months now and it still looks perfect and new. It is recommended to keep the filter clean to reduce strain on the motor. After using it a couple times I take the filter out and use the blower port on the vac to blow the dust and dirt out of the filter to unclog it.
 
Unless I'm sucking up straight water, then no I don't remove the filter. When I do extraction with the vac, the filter prevents some of the remaining dirt from getting sucked up onto the motor, so I leave it on the vac.
 
There's no reason for going through filters like people are suggesting unless you're abusing the intensions of your machine. The basic filter lasts a long time unless you suck up too much water and/or leave water inside the tank for long periods of time. I have the same filter that's been on my vac for several years and its holding up great. After every couple jobs I remove the filter and blow off all the debris. It's doing just fine.
 
David Fermani said:
There's no reason for going through filters like people are suggesting unless you're abusing the intensions of your machine. The basic filter lasts a long time unless you suck up too much water and/or leave water inside the tank for long periods of time. I have the same filter that's been on my vac for several years and its holding up great. After every couple jobs I remove the filter and blow off all the debris. It's doing just fine.
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I've got the same type of experience with my filter. Had the same filter on for over a year and the only reason the shop vac died was because we used to suck up ALL the drywall compound / dust when we drywalled the shop. Wet drywall compound = not good when it dries inside the vac :hmph:
 
For normal car dirt and dust the wet foam filter has worked for years for me.



If you are doing a lot of vacuuming like dry wall dust etc. You will have to buy the large filter bags, they even make a dry wall filter bag. If a couple drops of water hit the bag though, it will make a hole from the suction, and be useless.
 
I vacuumed my entire basement last summer, and the dust and webs were clogging up my paper filter. It would break apart when I cleaned it, so I got a cover for it from Lowes. It is a cloth or nylon bag that slides over the filter, and prevents the dirt from clogging the vanes in the paper filter.



Every so often, I have to open the shopvac and shake the dust off the bag, but it is better than buying new filters. It can also be washed.



I like the idea of a foam filter...I will look into that as well at some point.
 
Buy a vacuum that can use a bag type filter. That way most if not all the dirt and dust ends up in the vacuum, making disposal easy.
 
I have always had my filters last a really long time, but then again I take the filter out when I plan on using it as a wetvac...thats why they have that paper with writing on it packaged with the vac; they are instructions :wow: kidding...but you'll save yourself a lot of money and filters if you take the filter out every so often and use either another vac to clean the filter OR use an air compressor to clean the filter and always remove the filter if you're doing any vacuuming of moisture/water!
 
mini1 said:
Has anyone come up with a good solution for the paper wet/dry filters? I have a Craftsman wet/dry vac that does the bulk of my suction and blowing. It eats the $19 paper filters for lunch! I go though far too many of these stupid filters. They just fall apart. On the other hand, the van seems to run forever, and it only cost $35 new!

Is there some type of a long lasting commercial service filter?
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GO to Kopach filters llc we have a automotive grade paper,we are on e-bay and amazon.

They sell them for $6.82 Thank You
 
kopach filter said:
GO to Kopach filters llc we have a automotive grade paper,we are on e-bay and amazon.

They sell them for $6.82 Thank You
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What makes your filters better than any other? What is an "automotive" grade paper?
 
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