How do you do it? I just bang it on the ground till most of the fluff comes off. But my vacuum is getting weak. The store is out of stock, and in the meantime I was wondering if anyone else had a good method for cleaning an air filter? Some kinda solvents, or something? Compressed air?
Even if replcing filters cost as much as bags, I would never dream of going back to a bagged vacuum. With two cats, I would need to use one or two bags every time I vacuumed. That’s just crazy talk.
I have one and what I do is rinse it under warm water and use a toothpick to get all the corners. I use the toothpick extremely gently because the air filter can tear. Make sure you let the filter air try (I use paper towels in a rush) before putting the air filter back. The vacuum will work like new.
there is more than 1 filter in a bagless vacuum cleaner, usually one before and one after the motor, the one i got has a sponge like circular filter before the motor, and one that looks like a car air filter after the motor. also the plastic bit the holds the dirt also turned out to be porous and was clogged with dirt, good luck, sounds like a clogged filter to me somewhere
The way the shopvac tech manuals tell you to do it is use the spray thing on your kitchen sink from the inside of the filter spraying out, with hot water. If you want to sanatize it, soak it in hot water saturated with dish soap. After about 30 min of soaking, re-spray, from the inside out untill all soap appears to be gone, then let the filter dry.
Sounds like your talking about the hard filter. I use a small dish washing brush (dry) to get off the majority, then compressed air to blow it clean (until you don’t see anymore dust). Unless all of you filters are really bad though, chances are this is not why your vacuum seems to be getting weak. I have worked on hundreds of vacuum cleaners and the main reason they start to get weak is the belt stretches and starts to slip. The belt may appear to be fine when you look at it (not broken and turning the brush bar), but when the brush bar actually comes in contact with the carpet the resistance causes the belt to slip. Try a new belt, but keep the old one in case of emergency. Hope this helps a little. GOOD LUCK & HAPPY VACUUMING!!
I don’t believe bagless is better. It’s just another way to get more $ out of your pocket while trying to make a perfectly good item (the vacuum dust bag) obsolete so we can’t get it any more.
The answers posted previous to mine are all helpful. I can’t add a thing to their suggestions on cleaning the filters and holes.
Once you have the filters/holes cleaned, you might consider selling the vacuum and getting an old vacuum that uses bags. You don’t have to clean them. Some people buy new filters rather than cleaning. Great for the filter makers, huh?