Just searching for better ideas on how to clean the filter on my cyclone. It is a Oneida V system and the filter is about 40" tall and maybe a foot diameter. Usually i give it a bunch of gentle knocks around the outside while the bottom cap is installed. Then I pull the filter and bring it outside and us the air nozzle on the compressor to blow from the outside in. This creates a nice cloud of fine dust that usually gets carried away by the wind. But that method doesn't get all the dust off from the bottom of the pleats.
I'd like to keep the dust contained since the reason for the dust collector is to avoid the dust.
Could i use the festool vac with some kind of upholstery tool on the inside? It's Hepa so that would mean less dust in the air but then i might just be plugging up the Festool filter.
Does leaving a little bit of dust in the bottom of the pleats really effect performance that much? (i.e. maybe it doesn't need to be absolutely clean)
Just wondering if there is a better way. Maybe there isn't but thought i would ask.
Thanks,
Mike