I had my system for about a year now and it’s worked great. During that year I’ve emptied the bag several times and at one point I replaced the original collection bag with one I bought from Amazon. I just emptied the bag a few days ago this time I took the 5 micron cloth bag down, I turned it inside out and cleaned it with my shop vacuum. When I put it everything back together and turned it on the bags inflated but was really soft to the touch were before when turned on they got real hard. I checked for leaks but dident fined any, so I’m wondering if I damaged the 5 micron filter bag by vacuuming it?
| Blog entry by MLK | posted 07-24-2020 01:42 PM | 504 reads | 0 times favorited | 1 comment |  |
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#1 posted 07-24-2020 03:30 PM
Bags normally get a buildup on the inside which actually improved the filtering. You cleaned up the bag and now no coating. It will gradually build up.
You can get a canister filter which works better and better protects you. Your bag collects chips but let’s hazardous size particles out to harm you.
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