When the Wet-and-Dry Vacuum Went Feral
I learned the hard way that our Nilfisk wet-and-dry vacuum is not watertight. After it nearly cooked itself, I replaced it just in time to vacuum and paint the hulls before turning them.
Eh, for all of you who use this nice and cheerful vacuum cleaner from Nilfisk in your workshop- a word of warning.
It is not made watertight! Yes, I see you may think that wet and dry vacuum cleaner sold mainly in trade counters will be able to take a splash of water - but it is not.
Today in the morning - and I start early! - our trusty blue vacuum cleaner decided to impersonate a jet fighter. Not only by the noise, but also by smell. And since it doesn’t have afterburners yet, used the next best thing which are its electrical cables inside the motor ;)
And all because for the first time of its life in our workshop (1 1/2 year, and before that in my home) we subjected it to vacuuming water.
Well, we had a little bit of hose pipe malfunction so it seemed only logical…
Our little blue friend did survive the experiment but it is on life support now and if I start it again it may decide to burn down the whole workshop with it so we are not willing to take the chances.
So we welcomed to our workshop family a new member - DeWalt wet and dry vacuum cleaner. I really need to vacuum and wash the hulls before painting, and I need to paint them today as tomorrow we are going to turn the hulls. As Eamon says (helping us tomorrow with the task) it is easier to do with dry paint instead of wet.
And here big thanks to Aquafax, one of our suppliers- who managed to deliver a box of paints to our workshop before 9am on Monday despite me ordering them at 4pm Friday… well, I got a bit preoccupied with the work and missed the cut-off for the order (at 1pm…).
Still, paints are here and that means today is painting and supports day!
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