| OK, you may not reach enlightenment with a water | | | | to empty a shop vac than doing it by hand.There are |
| vacuum but I hope to help you see the importance of | | | | many other emergency uses where a wet-dry shop |
| having one around your home. The lowly shop vac or | | | | vac can come in handy. If you're a homeowner, there |
| wet-dry vacuum cleaner is usually relegated to the | | | | always seems to be some problem lying just around |
| garage or other storage area. These large canister | | | | the corner. A washing machine overflow due to a |
| type vacuums typically hold gallons depending on their | | | | clogged drain pipe, a water heater leak or if you have |
| designed use.Almost any workshop but especially one | | | | kids, "someone" that used the toilet to give their a |
| that is used for woodworking should always have a | | | | teddy bear a bath and overflowed the toilet. All these |
| working water vacuum system to keep dust and | | | | minor emergencies can be quickly cleaned up using a |
| wood sawdust under control. This is especially | | | | water vacuum cleaner instead of a mop and |
| important if you're building anything for the outdoors | | | | bucket.The large vacuum hose also is great to pick up |
| using chemically treated wood material. The chemicals | | | | a variety of things that would take a long time to do |
| used to create pressure treated lumber, typically used | | | | by hand. Back in the workshop, kitty litter is great for |
| for outdoor structures has long been suspected of | | | | cleaning up those accidental spills. Spilling the kitty litter |
| being a cancer causing agent. Using a water vacuum, | | | | however is a much bigger mess due to it's very dusty |
| it's possible to safely cut and build playground | | | | nature. Most kitty litter, at least the stuff we use in |
| equipment or decks without to much worry about | | | | spillage control is made of clay granules. Clay however |
| breathing in the chemical laden sawdust.Where a | | | | tends to be dusty in the bag causing little clay dust |
| water vacuum really shines however is in the area of | | | | storms when cleaning up large amounts of the |
| water pick up. Imagine having a filled bathtub and | | | | material. Using a water vacuum however, the kitty litter |
| needing to work on the drain. Removing the water is | | | | can easily be collected without making another dusty |
| the first action needed to let you even get to the drain | | | | mess.I hope that these few examples of how to use |
| that needs repair. Yes, it's possible to manually bucket | | | | a water vacuum cleaner has helped you in your path |
| out the water, making a mess along the way to | | | | to realizing how convenient having one of these |
| emptying each bucket. The faster and easier way | | | | wet-dry vacuums can be around the house.Abigail |
| however is to just hook up that shop vac and suck | | | | Franks writes on a variety of subjects which include |
| out the water into the large holding tank of the | | | | family, Health, and Home. |
| vacuum. It's fast, easy and you will make fewer trips | | | | |