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    Quote Originally Posted by Bunky View Post
    The worst I see is the filter gets a little damp.
    If that happens, the worst I see is mold developing in the vac/hoses - to me that means replacing it.

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    I would not use a dry vacuum on a damp carpet. My day job is as the owner of a Janitorial Supply Distributor. I fix vacuums all the time that have rusted motors casued by someone vacuuming the carpets when they are wet. You will get away with it for a while but it is not long term. If you deal with damp carpets, where damp is defined as a vacuum will take out moisture I would suggest investing in a spotter which is nothing more than a mini extractor. You could also let them air dry or force dry them with a air mover type fan.

    I have a spotter, a steamer and a wet dry vac. I extract my interior 1x per year after the winter and when the temperature is above 40 degrees. I dry vacuum, pre spray, extract with just water and then extract with just vacuum.

    You can also get quite a shock vacuuming wet carpets with a dry vacuum!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSFM35X View Post
    I would not use a dry vacuum on a damp carpet. My day job is as the owner of a Janitorial Supply Distributor. I fix vacuums all the time that have rusted motors casued by someone vacuuming the carpets when they are wet. You will get away with it for a while but it is not long term. If you deal with damp carpets, where damp is defined as a vacuum will take out moisture I would suggest investing in a spotter which is nothing more than a mini extractor. You could also let them air dry or force dry them with a air mover type fan.

    I have a spotter, a steamer and a wet dry vac. I extract my interior 1x per year after the winter and when the temperature is above 40 degrees. I dry vacuum, pre spray, extract with just water and then extract with just vacuum.

    You can also get quite a shock vacuuming wet carpets with a dry vacuum!

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    Your better off just using a shop vac.

    On a side note,

    You wouldnt believe the amount of gunk you can pull out of carpet floormats by pressure washing them.

    It also gets all the residual cleaner out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bunky View Post
    I have always used a wet/dry so never worried about it but in many cases it would be the same if you use a "bag" filter (in addition to the pleated paper filter).in the wet / dry.
    Your suppose to remove the filter if your vacuming water Weightlifter

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    If you can `feel` the water being vacuumed up the hose then it`s to wet for a dry vac.

 

 
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