Shopvac
 

So I picked this up to try. It worked great. Makes it easy to have a vacuum and blower in one for detailing and washing the car. The best part is its only $50.

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$50
Where???

Walmart

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Too big for IMO. I had a large one like that but it took up too much space in the garage and would bump other things in the garage as you move it around while cleaning. As for the blow part. Well, the thing tends to hold some dust even if you take the filter off and disconnected it from the canister part. You will blow dust all over the freshly washed car. You would need a dedicated vac and blower to keep things clean.

YzGyz

The filter isn't part of the blower. You never open the canister. The motor just twists off. Just used it and it worked great for me.

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Nothing special here other than a unique detachable blower feature, which I have to admit is pretty cool. But that shop vac does not filter the blown air any more than a normal leaf blower ...

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I bet the filter on the motor is similar to this:

Lol. OK guys, do what you want. But the blower itself has a separate second filter separate from the vacuum filter.

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First, you said the filter isn't part of the blower. Then you say the blower has a separate filter. Which is it?

I would be very surprised if that $50 shopvac has a separate filter on the blower. Quality handheld air filtered blowers are like $80, and they are the size of a dust buster. Larger ones with a decent motor cost $200+ typically.

First off, I wasn't asking you for your input or opinion. I was simply putting it out there so that people would have options. SECOND.. all you have to do is check it out for yourself. A regular leaf blower doesn't have a filter at all so this one is better in my opinion due to the motor having a filter and the canister has a separate filter for the dirt.

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You don't have to ask. It's The Intertubes. ;)

I actually need to invest in something similar.

I normally do all my washing and detailing at my house then sneak into one of the car washes near buy and just use their free vacuum to finish the job out. ;)

OP don't listen to the haters here. Bunch of Uncle's Ben eating race tards. What they really want to know is if you stuck your penis in the end and did not get carpet crumbs stuck in your peehole?

I had a Craftsman shopvac that only had one filter and I'd use it to vacuum up the corn flakes from the floor boards but after the missus went to bed, I'd get a little naughty and next thing you know I got sugar coated razor blades jammed into my urethra.

On a 1 to 10, 10 being a prison fifi, how would you rate this multi purpose tool? Aside from blowing dried baby gravy all over your freshly washed Z after using it elseware?

i jus bought a wall metro vac n blo

If you want to cop an attitude about my first post, that's fine. But for the record, you did start a thread on an internet forum :rolleyes:

But in my second post, I was simply asking you to clarify your contradicting statements about the filter. From everything I can tell, the blower on your shop vac does not have a filter. Therefore, it is no different than a leaf blower. If you're suggesting that the vacuum side has a filter that still works after reversing the air flow through the filter then you're a moron (btw that's not how the blower function works on your shop vac).

The $80 hand held blower I was referring to is in a completely different category from shop vacs and leaf blowers. The Metro Blaster Sidekick, for example.

A moron? Wow, good job JARblue. Now if you read back you would realize that it was you that coped an attitude first because you had the indecency to not do your research first before arguing about something you obviously don't know anything about. I own this vac and I know that the motor has its own filter. I now know that you do not have the mental capacity to understand all this since all you can do is resort to name calling. Have a good day.

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I copped an attitued first? Please ... I was just clarifying a simple fact that you misstated in your OP. And IF you'll actually read, I did not straight up call you a moron in my third post. I said *IF*... So if you think I called you a moron, then it is you who is lacking understanding.

I can't help it if you took exception to being called out. This shop vac does not appear to be anything special. If you'd care to share a model number I'll be happy to do additional research and prove you're wrong. At this point, I cannot find any shop vacs out there that filters the blower function as you so claim (certainly none available at Wally World).

I just have one more question, though I hope my insults do not get in the way of your reading comprehension this time :rolleyes:

You say that the "motor" has a filter. This is different from a cartridge filter or an exhaust filter?

wait...............why would you need a blower to clean/detail your car?

also even if it's blowing through the filter there's still little bits of stuff in the hose that could scratch the paint and whatnot.

Ibtl

PaulyZ

If you can't handle answering a few questions for clarification, take yourself back to my350z.com or whatever place you came from. You went 'full retard' in your responses, instead of answering simple questions. You never go 'full retard'. :owned:

[QUOTE=JARblue;3431151]First, you said the filter isn't part of the blower. Then you say the blower has a separate filter. Which is it?

This is where it started. I was answering questions. Lol I didn't go full retard. Like I said I was just putting it out there if people didn't want to spend hundreds on a blower. I will take pictures of the vac, filters, and blower when I get home. And btw, you don't use the hose that you vacuum with to blow dry the car. This vac come with separate attachments for the blower part.

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seems that the pic you used only shows one hose so how is it different?

also again what are you using the blowing operation for? i can't think of any good reason for that function and possible damage.

The motor on the top detaches and you take the discharge diffuser off and attach another tube to it. You use the blower to dry the car so that you don't touch it with towels. That's where you get swirls and scratches from.

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a good towel seems to be easier.

also i use a shopvac as well to get the water out of the taillights, mirrors, door handles but just use the longer tip, vacuum function, and put your finger between them as a guide. works like a charm and no possible damage. unless you got some gnarly fingernails lol

i use a craftsman's shopvac 5 gallons for blowing water out the nooks before blot dry. works great. :D been using it for 10-15yrs now?

i bought the craftsman cause it's red in color. :icon17:

the vac was only $29, but the attachments were rape.. :ugh2:

Thanks for sharing this Pauly Z.



For everyone else?

Please....

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Yeah I just used mine this past weekend and it was great. It's nice to get all the water behind the badges, door handles, and such. I didn't need to use a towel on the car at all. The Titan however, that's a lot of vehicle. Lol but even then, I just had to blot dry after using the blower.

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Lol Trips

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Whew! Rough crowd today! http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...mileys/lol.gif

Yeah. Lol

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Here are the pics that I said I would put up.
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Hmmmm

That filter in your motor is basically same as one in a leaf blower.

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It is designed to prevent larger debris from entering the motor and damaging it. It does NOT filter dust or smaller particles. But the configuration of that shop vac does prevent cross contamination of dirt from the vacuum canister.

I had one designed very similar to that long ago... �� that motor part separate with two little tabs on the side. They would flip out like how window locks work, and you could remove the motor. It worked but as a multi Tasker to stuck in debris and then blow dry a car, not so well...it's inevitable that some junk will make it to the impeller area and pull in junk. But, very cool of you to share your find. I hippie you enjoy your car and new found toy.

YzGyz

Blower vac
 

I use a leaf blower/vac to dry my car and it has no filter. I can't imagine ever worrying about any minute 'stuff' it might ingest that would hit my car while I use it. It isn't like I dry my car during a dust or sandstorm. It would be real easy to add some sort of media over the inlet if I wanted to, but I hardly see the point. I figure any sort of media that would offer effective filtering just might be too restrictive. Either it would get ingested, chewed up and spit out, (or worse, jam it up) or hinder the cooling of the motor. One thing is certain. If I used it as a vacuum I'd never use it to dry my car again.
OP.....thanks for posting up your find here. Seems perfectly viable to me since the blower detaches. It isn't like simply reversing a vacuum to use as a blower.
Not wild about those ones.

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As do I. No sense in being overly anal about it....Been doing it for 5 years, no issues.

now that we have the shopvac worked out I have this leafblower i use to dry car.....:icon17: