Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 17°C, max - 25°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm

  • CEOofmyhouse56
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    8 days ago

    Tbh. Without a pic I can’t advise what to do but washing it is only gonna create mud. If it’s anything like a dust buster then turn the bag inside out and brush out as much as you can.

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      8 days ago

      It’s this stick vac

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      Inner non-woven fabric bag

      It does look a bit coated with dust so I could try to tap it a lot but don’t want sacrifice a paintbrush. I’m not sure if it’s too delicate to rinse.

      Perhaps I might be able to find an equivalent or close enough spare part

      Edit: Dry unused toothbrush of a disliked type to the rescue

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          8 days ago

          Thanks! Dry brushed that and the sponge disc, removed all hair from the sweepers - then I found a hidden clog that I hadn’t seen or been able to reach. It was wayyy up there (Morty). The opening was also pretty small.

          I sent a drain snake brush through because it was a narrow rigid hooked bend too long for a pipe cleaner - then realised it was detachable. Doh!

          It’s still kind of just ok and was never really that strong. Probably either a stick thing, cordless, or Kmart.

          But it’s now picking up something rather than nothing and it’s useful to know about the bottleneck. It doesn’t tend to handle even tiny torn pieces of cardboard from Melbcat’s scratching piece, so that will be the first thing I check in future.