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Post# 183486   6/1/2012 at 00:27 (4,358 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Awhile back i had a room addition built onto my home, thus creating A huge amount of plaster dust, both in the new room itself, and also thruout the rest of the house.
If you've ever dealth with LARGE amounts of plaster dust, you know how badly it lingers and flys thru the air. Its evidently lighter in weight that regular household dust. I thought this would be a good test for the different vacuums i own. (Mind you, my collection is relatively small compared to many) One particular nasty day of much plaster dust being spread around, i first brought out the Filter Queen,,Mejestic Tripple Crown early 90s (Red model). Made sure the cannister was empty, and a new Filter Cone and Medipure (charcol) filter was in place. NOPE,,,clogged and choked almost immediatly. Suction was down to practically NOTHING within seconds. Sorry to say the Filter Queen was a VERY POOR performer in this test. Whereas ive always been partial to the Filter Queen for all other types of cleaning,,and always will be. THe FG is an excellent vacuum,its just the cellulous Filter Cones are not meant for picking up large amounts of Plaster Dust evidently. Next came the Rainbow D2. Made sure there was fresh water in the pan and that the seperator was perfectly clean. Im sure you can guess what happened. EVERY SPECK of that plaster dust went right out the exhaust of the Rainbow. Was like a white FOG in the room. The water in the pan turned white almost immediatly. Woulda been great if you are Lilly Munster. There again, The Rainbow is excellent for picking up most kinds of dust and dirt, just not large amounts of plaster dust,,and ive been told Talcum wont stay in a Rainbow water bath, as it wont stay wet in water, and will fly right out the back of the Rainbow faster than the lovbird of happiness! Next came the Electrolux Silverado with a brand new bag and Automatic Control set at number 6 (meaning bag will fill completly before motor shuts off and bag door opens) The Lux did OK,,BUT,,,the suction was very poor after a few minutes. Even with a half full bag, the release button of the bag door was starting to quiver,,like it wanted to pop open. I have always wished the ELectrolux C Bags werent so small,,and/or the Electrolux bag compartment was bigger! Beam Central Vac came next. Yes, the central vac did OK,,BUT the filtering of the Beam was poor,,,it left ALOT of plaster dust in the exhaust. Yes, the nice thing about Central Vac is that it removes 100% of dust and debris from the area its being used in. BUT,,just transfers it somewhere else. The exhaust of the Beam did have alot of plaster dust remaining for several days, even after the dust bin had been emptied and wiped out with a damp rag. Evidently some plaster dust was remaining in the central vac plumbing and/or hose itself. Next came the TriStar Compact(late 90s model, gray and black metal speckel tone body). Made sure the cloth bag and paper bag liner was brand new,,motor filter was brand new, and Hepa exhaust filter was brand new. Finally,,,THE WINNER!! The Tristar NEVER lost suction UNTIL the bag was so full, you couldnt cram one more speck of plaster dust in the bag. HOWEVER, I DID have to stop and turn the bag once or twice so that it would fill evenly,as the machine DID loose suction once the slant of the bag matched the slant of the lid of the Tristar. But once the bag was turned,and there was more bag area on the motor side,,the full suction returned. No big deal. After filling 3 TriStar bag liners completly full of plaster dust and debris,plus sawdust and wood shavings, i inspected both the motor filter and exhaust filter. The cloth bag was slightly dusty. Needed to be washed. The Motor Filter was slightly dusty. The exhaust filter was completly clean. Not ONE SPECK of plaster dust in ANY part if the filter,(of which there are 4 parts or levels.) NO dust on ANY. Yes the TriStar filters and bags can be expensive, compaired to some other vacuum cleaners, but not as expensive as others. I can say tho,, worth every penny. If you ever do any remodeling where plaster dust is an issue,,test your vacuums for yourself! IF i owned a cleaning business, or a business where getting up every speck of dust possible is the main goal,,, id use a TRISTAR COMPACT. Im sure other vacs would have performed well, if not better than any of mine, for what its worth,, this is just what the results were with my vacs, in my small collection. (Did NOT test a Kirby this way,,being a direct air system, i knew the motor,,fan,fan blades, fill tube and bag would be caked with plaster dust,,couldnt bear the thought of it!) |
Post# 183530 , Reply# 2   6/1/2012 at 07:28 (4,358 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 183534 , Reply# 3   6/1/2012 at 07:40 (4,358 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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I did the same test several years ago with my Kirby
We tore wall paper off the kitchen when we moved in. I had never used the Kirby sander, but thought it was a good test. I used my Ultimate G with a Heritage Sander. I had a Micron Magic bag in the Kirby. The sander worked great! No dust in the room. The Kirby was still at full suction power and not one drop or trace of plaster dust escaped that bag. I was impressed. Morgan |
Post# 183713 , Reply# 6   6/1/2012 at 23:02 (4,358 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Did someone say PLASTER DUST? THat's all I've known!!'Bob the Builder" used his shop vac. I swept, then used a Connie. kept it off the hard, bare floor...you KNOW what happens on the bottom of that cleaner. There wasalso buckets and buckets of old blown-in insulation falling from the attics when the ceilings came down. A NIGHTMARE!
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Post# 183771 , Reply# 7   6/2/2012 at 06:23 (4,357 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 183777 , Reply# 8   6/2/2012 at 07:15 (4,357 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I used my dyson dc23 which coped more than well with the dust, it outcleaned even the big industrial vacuums with ease as its filter never blocked . However that clear bin was badly scratched by bits of concrete flying around on the inside. I was really impressed at how well it did , so was my builder , he bought a couple of dc19's we had in stock |
Post# 411337 , Reply# 11   7/9/2019 at 20:07 (1,764 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 411356 , Reply# 12   7/10/2019 at 05:20 (1,763 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Dude give it a rest already! There was no need to revive a 7 year old thread just to brag about your compact AGAIN. We get it. You love your compact. But I for one am sick to death of hearing about it SO many times and seeing so many dead threads revived just for "I love my c9 it's such a beast/tank/whatever".
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Post# 411364 , Reply# 14   7/10/2019 at 13:17 (1,763 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 411365 , Reply# 15   7/10/2019 at 13:32 (1,763 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 411375 , Reply# 17   7/10/2019 at 20:45 (1,763 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 411376 , Reply# 18   7/10/2019 at 20:47 (1,763 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin)   |   | |
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As a side note this isn't any worse than all the harping about the Kirby needs to be completely redesigned that we seem to hear every year or two. It is a Kirby Leave a time tested and proven design that works alone. |
Post# 411379 , Reply# 19   7/10/2019 at 21:21 (1,763 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 411535 , Reply# 20   7/15/2019 at 10:43 (1,758 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 411538 , Reply# 21   7/15/2019 at 15:57 (1,758 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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