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How about making an attachment for a drill that you can connect to your air filter cage. Put the filter on the cage, attach the cage to a drill and let er rip. Like a washing machine ultra spin cycle. Could be a quicker way to dry a filter maybe?
Any other methods to drying a filter quickly? I know, I know buy another one you cheapskate!!!
Mark
Any other methods to drying a filter quickly? I know, I know buy another one you cheapskate!!!
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When my boy was down a few weeks ago we accelerated his air filter drying by hanging the clean and wet filter in front of a room fan. Took maybe 10 minutes to dry.
Edit - You do NOT want to use heat to dry it. A number of years ago a friend brought his bike over for me to look at the jetting since I had jetted it a couple of months earlier and suddenly it was running real rich. Filter was clean and oiled and I checked the jetting and made a couple of changes but it was still was not running "right" or "strong". Pulled the air filter is see if he had a rag or something in the air filter boot and it was clean. I'm starting to put the air filter back into place and it just did not feel "right" so I pulled it out of the air box and descovered that many of the filter pores(inside the filter) were stiff feeling. Mark had decided to speed drying his filter by using his wife's hair dryer. The filter appeared normal on the outside but the inside area was stiff due to the filter material pores particially sealing over.
Edit - You do NOT want to use heat to dry it. A number of years ago a friend brought his bike over for me to look at the jetting since I had jetted it a couple of months earlier and suddenly it was running real rich. Filter was clean and oiled and I checked the jetting and made a couple of changes but it was still was not running "right" or "strong". Pulled the air filter is see if he had a rag or something in the air filter boot and it was clean. I'm starting to put the air filter back into place and it just did not feel "right" so I pulled it out of the air box and descovered that many of the filter pores(inside the filter) were stiff feeling. Mark had decided to speed drying his filter by using his wife's hair dryer. The filter appeared normal on the outside but the inside area was stiff due to the filter material pores particially sealing over.
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Yeah but....
there are no power tools involved with paper towels.....
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Yeah Brad... what are you thinking!
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Move to Arizona! I wash mine, set it on the fence on a beautiful 112 degree day and its dry in 10 minutes :eek:
I dry mine with a small space heater running on fan mode. My filter fits the rear of the heater like a glove. It takes about 15 minutes of drawing air through the filter to dry it.
The power tool idea really has me thinking.....
Move to Arizona! I wash mine, set it on the fence on a beautiful 112 degree day and its dry in 10 minutes :eek:
I dry mine with a small space heater running on fan mode. My filter fits the rear of the heater like a glove. It takes about 15 minutes of drawing air through the filter to dry it.
The power tool idea really has me thinking.....
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I have a Peet electric boot dryer that I use on my waders. Takes an evening to dry out 5mm neoprenes chest waders but it sure works good. The amount of heat that it circulates isn't that much above room temp but it works well. Wonder if I can rig something up to put the filters on?
Don't know if this still qualifies for power tool status or not...
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Don't know if this still qualifies for power tool status or not...
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Mark W - Sure does qualify!!
If it is electrically powered, not absolutely necessary, people sometimes question why you have one, or if it gets "the question" - What the Hell is that thing for?
ANSWER - It is a power tool for drying air filters, boots, helmets, gloves, etc. best thing ever invented!!! Can't believe you don't have one? Of course this works best in front of the friend's wife or girlfriend immediately prior to say Father's Day or a friend's Birthday.
If it is electrically powered, not absolutely necessary, people sometimes question why you have one, or if it gets "the question" - What the Hell is that thing for?
ANSWER - It is a power tool for drying air filters, boots, helmets, gloves, etc. best thing ever invented!!! Can't believe you don't have one? Of course this works best in front of the friend's wife or girlfriend immediately prior to say Father's Day or a friend's Birthday.
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Got me thinkin now......
I remember seeing a device similar to what you describe used for drying off paintbrushes. Maybe you can get some inspiration from that idea. (In my best Tim the toolman Taylor voice) UGH UGH UGH !!!
I remember seeing a device similar to what you describe used for drying off paintbrushes. Maybe you can get some inspiration from that idea. (In my best Tim the toolman Taylor voice) UGH UGH UGH !!!
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I think it needs to connect to the air compressor... something with that high rpm whine... Yeah.... one that you can rip it every now and then.... I love that sound!
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Clothes dryer or if I'm in a big hurry I'll use the heat gun!
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At 20Krpm, it's likely to fling the pieces that used to be glued together!
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Buy another one, you cheapskate!
re: Case580s, whirring, powered and whining... Very funny!
Back to the original post:
Buy another one, you cheapskate!
re: Case580s, whirring, powered and whining... Very funny!
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It's either the wire mesh or the panty hose, one of the two.
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