The blurb on the company website said that it filtered down to 0.1 microns, which was adequate for the dust we were creating. Initially, because my friend is renovating a fairly large portion of the house, with much filling and sanding of walls (the property is over 70 years old) and the problems of using the Dyson were making it annoying, she bought a dedicated dust extractor from Amazon. It worked, but wasn’t ideal for the reasons above. Nevertheless, we started my friends renovation efforts using the DC07 with some duct tape holding the hose onto the sanders. Spares are plentiful and cheap (filters).It’s very reliable (once we fixed the overheating issue).Almost no dust in the atmosphere even with heavy sanding.I’ll go into the modifications – and why I chose this route later. But sanding is inherently noisy anyway, so I recommend ear defenders. We’ve worked around these problems with some little modifications – though the noise does mean you may want to work in a different room to where the machine is running. The hose compresses on itself and makes it VERY ‘heavy’ when attached to the sander.It cuts out regularly due to overheating.But it still works great as a vacuum cleaner. It was laying around because the clutch has gone in the rotating brush at the bottom and as such it’s no longer any good for picking up dog hairs. It’s a Dyson DC07 Animal (the purple one). In our case we had one of these laying around. Get An Old Bagless Vacuum – Preferably HEPA Filtered ![]() So, if you’re going to be filling and sanding any reasonable amount of wall area in the future, read on because this is a pretty cheap way to get excellent dust extraction without breaking the bank, and potentially upcycling an old broken vacuum cleaner. For someone fixing up a couple of rooms that’s just silly. The problem with dedicated dust extractors is that they’re all designed for commercial use – or use a bag system which doesn’t filter the smaller particles effectively unless you pay big money. The problem with dust is that gets everywhere. One MAJOR Flaw With The Dedicated ExtractorĪ strange topic for perhaps, but I wanted to share my recent experiences with helping a friend redecorate and combating the insane amounts of dust that can be generated.Get An Old Bagless Vacuum – Preferably HEPA Filtered.
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