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kingscreen
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DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 05, 2015, 05:01:56 PM »
Here's a cheap build I did over the weekend. Total build time: ~45 min. Total build cost: $23.50
This is made from 1 1/2" PVC. and a stainless steel sink strainer. The three holes drilled through the vertical pipe at the top helps ease off the vacuum.
Works great!
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Scott Garnett
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ericheartsu
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 05, 2015, 05:42:06 PM »
wow this is very cool!
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 05, 2015, 08:03:54 PM »
Excellent! I might be inclined to put 2 or 3 layers of a 110 mesh or the like over the mesh screen to support more delicate fabrics, but I'll be shamelessly copying that in the next month or two.
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 05, 2015, 09:07:43 PM »
Great idea, and nice work. Got one question is that going into a shop-vac, and well two questions, is there any special filter in the shop-vac
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Rockers
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 03:37:45 AM »
I was wondering as well were the fluid is going to end up in? The shop vac?
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 05:18:29 AM »
The fluid evaporates before it even makes it to the shop vac. I have a similar setup and thought I could collect the used fluid and reuse it but there is never anything in there. Just don't use a flammable fluid.
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tonypep
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 06:17:48 AM »
We have some of these but accelerate the evaporation with an air gun @60 PSI
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 06:56:02 AM »
BRILLIANT!
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kingscreen
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 08:23:33 AM »
No special filter. It's just a basic cheap wet/dry shop vac. As Binkspot said, the fluid evaporates before it even reaches the shop vac. Three 90-degree turns and a 36" vertical pipe almost guarantee it. Plus the height makes it comfortable to use while standing. Unfortunately, we had a situation that gave us the opportunity to test it out on about 80+ tees yesterday.
At the end, I pulled out the shop vac hose from the bottom and it was dry.
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Scott Garnett
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 09:08:38 AM »
what non-flammable fluid are you guys using?
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Binkspot
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 09:13:18 AM »
Been using CCI SR.-97 in mine for the past four years and haven blown anything up yet. Just makes toxic chemicals when comes in contact with flame, heated element or sparks.
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tonypep
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January 06, 2015, 09:40:47 AM »
TS-3 is non-flammable. Been doing it this way for 20 ys here. Dry-vac exhausts next to fan and draws any vapors out immediately. And again the air hose is a good idea. Prevents rings as well
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mk162
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 09:41:56 AM »
I would recommend a piece of old screen mesh over the stainless mesh, less likely to punch a hole in a thin shirt this way
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tonypep
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 09:42:57 AM »
That's how ours are fitted
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Re: DIY Spot Cleaning Station
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January 06, 2015, 10:46:34 AM »
Xenon Spotbuster is a great spot fluid. Alcohol carrier makes it evaporate almost instantly.
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