My 6 year old ridgit,is almost done and Looking to buy a new one,I can't even look to festool as much as I want to )) I just think its ridicolous price.

 

Sharp..You are about to open a world of hurt! 1st you asked about RRP in a another thread, now a vacuum...I suspect by the end of this thread you will go out and spend @2200.00 on ....wait for it....A FESTOOL.

Ha Ha...seriously...I am sort of not kidding:whistling2:.

We use shop vac's, 8 gallons. I will be taking the festool plunge this month.

 

I don't think so but you never know! ))

I will better invest that money on something else like a new painting rig,but not vacuum

Sharp..You are about to open a world of hurt! 1st you asked about RRP in a another thread, now a vacuum...I suspect by the end of this thread you will go out and spend @2200.00 on ....wait for it....A FESTOOL.

Ha Ha...seriously...I am sort of not kidding:whistling2:.

We use shop vac's, 8 gallons. I will be taking the festool plunge this month.

 

We use the Festool set-up for sanding, but not general vacuuming. We have the Dustless Technologies Hepa vac for larger messes and RRP work as necessary and I keep an inexpensive 6 gal. craftsman that is light and easy to lug around for just general everyday stuff.

 

I use a Nikro 2 gal most of the times. It's a well built machine and a nice size to have in my rig.

 

Fien makes great vacs, and I think I saw the Hepa on the approved list for RRP. I have the smaller one, and love it.

 

Not to go green but the festool I have is tits. It could suck the chrome off a bumper.

 

Is there a store to go and check the Festool tools? )

 

Is there a store to go and check the Festool tools? )

I just got back from my local Benjamin Moore pro show and they had a booth there that you could demo most anything related to our trade. Also, the two local tool centers I've bought from will demo everything they carry. I'd go to the website and find a dealer near you, don't think it would be a problem to test there stuff.

 

Never would a BM store do that here. Way too small of a market I suppose. SW (steaks and free stuff), General + ICI (comp items)....BM...nope...nothin'.

 

I'm not one to baby sit my tools.

Doing a bathroom this week. I have both on site.

Pulled up old ugly vinyl and a lot of the paper stuck to the floor. Instead if scraping I used the RO125 with some Mirka 50 paper and took it down lickity split.

The more I use the Festool the more I find uses for it.

 

I'm not one to baby sit my tools.

Doing a bathroom this week. I have both on site.

Pulled up old ugly vinyl and a lot of the paper stuck to the floor. Instead if scraping I used the RO125 with some Mirka 50 paper and took it down lickity split.

The more I use the Festool the more I find uses for it.


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Did it come up really easy. I find if I floor scrape it gouges. Some of that glued asbestos paper is a bugger.

 

That purple tar remover from the auto parts store is a big help with that stuff.

 

For removing old vinyl?

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The black adhesive paper stuff under old vinyl.

 

hahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhaahhahahahwhwhwhwhwhahahhahahahah

 

Don't laugh so hard- they invented the HVLP..

 

I picked one of these up at Harbor Freight a while back for $85 and it has really come in handy. Super easy clean up, latex or oil.

 

I use this one:

http://www.shopvac.com/wet-dry-vacs/default.aspx?series=The+Right+Stuff

I back up the HEPA filter with HEPA bags.

OK, it does not quite qualify for RRP work, but it's damn close - and quite affordable. My only problem is the size - a 10-gal vac takes up a lot of truck space.

I used to use a 5-gal Shop-vac from Wal-Mart, but had some trouble finding a replacement when I moved East. I had a similar arrangement: HEPA filter and HEPA bag.

Oddly enough, the new 10-gal unit is a LOT quieter than the cheap one, and I can still hook up the hose for blowing if I want. The hose screws on, so there's no more popping off. I just have not found a brush attachment yet, or a small nozzle that attaches to the pipe. It seems mostattachments are designed to thread onto the hose, rather than slide over the pipe.

 

I have used the Festool vac before and it works ok for the EPA work. I just don't care for it because the HEPA filter doesn't seem to last anytime. I was telling another friend that does similar work as me and he recommended the Dustless Technologies hepa vac and boy, has it ever been a great recommendation! :thumbup:

I use the Dustless vac for so many different things with paint, and more for construction. etc. The best part about the vac is they have made an outer bag that holds the hepa filter that protects the hepa filter and the outer bag filters down to like major microns, so the HEPA filter doesn't have to do as much work like on the festool. It has really extended the life of my vacuum and hepa filter. I bought mine at a local Sherwin Williams store and the store had heard good things about the vacuums too.

 

:whistling2:

 

I use a 3 gallon Craftsman. It has the same size hose as the big dogs and really is a breeze to carry. Plus the blower port isn't too strong.