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