| So you think you want to clean that oil furnace or | | | | You take the bag and carefully install it in the tank |
| oil boiler yourself. You have watched the service | | | | making sure that the mouth of the bag is seated |
| guy do it and really didn't think that it looked all | | | | securely onto the intake of the tank. This bag will |
| that hard. You stick the hose of your shop vac | | | | catch the majority of the dust and make it very |
| into the chamber and all the soot is broadcast all | | | | easy to contain and throw out also. |
| over the place! Yikes, what did he have that you | | | | Now you are ready to clean your oil furnace or |
| don't in there? | | | | boiler like a pro. As long as you keep everything |
| When cleaning an oil fired appliance you need to | | | | dry you will be fine. Dampness or water will make |
| remember that the dust created by the unit is | | | | a hole in the bag and filter which will ruin any |
| very fine and will just go right through the filters | | | | chance of filtering your air intake properly. Also |
| that are standard to most shop vac's. You will | | | | remember that you are filtering through a fairly |
| have to go to the store and find some special | | | | fine media and it will plug up rather quickly. You |
| equipment to catch all that fine black dirt. It is | | | | may need to change the bag and filter a couple |
| very easy to find if you know what to look for. | | | | of times to complete a job. |
| Most vac's have a foam filter over a cage that | | | | One final thing for you guys. If you are planning to |
| holds the ball on wet/dry vac's or the cage that | | | | use the shop vac that your wife uses for her |
| holds the foam filter on just dry vac's. When you | | | | everyday cleanups, you may want to rethink this. |
| go shopping for your new filters, look for the | | | | After you get done with it and have black soot all |
| paper filter and ring that hold the filter paper over | | | | over the nozzle and such you will be sleeping in |
| the cage. This filter is actually your second stage | | | | the doghouse if your wife goes to use it and |
| of defense. To really help out you need to get | | | | ends up with black on something good of her's. |
| your first stage. | | | | You have now been warned. Don't blame me for |
| The first stage is a paper filter bag that installs | | | | anything that happens to you as a result of not |
| over the intake to you tank. These bags come in | | | | heeding this warning. |
| different sizes depending on the size of your vac. | | | | |