11 Brilliant Uses for Your Leaf Blower

1 / 11 I used to hold shop vacuum filters at arms length and blow them out with my air hose nozzle ideally when there was a breeze so the dust would blow downwind of me. But I still ended up covered in dust every time I did it.

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Family Handyman

Cleaning Shop Vacuum Filters

I used to hold shop vacuum filters at arm’s length and blow them out with my air hose nozzle — ideally when there was a breeze so the dust would blow downwind of me. But I still ended up covered in dust every time I did it.

Now I just hold the filter down with my foot and blow it out with the leaf blower. I stay a lot cleaner with this method.

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Family Handyman

Wood Shop

A few times a year, I give my dust-covered shop a blowing out.

First, I open the doors and put a couple of box fans in the doorways, blowing air outside. Then I open all the blast gates on the power tools and switch on the dust collector. I put on my dust mask, safety glasses and hearing protection, then go nuts with the leaf blower, starting at the back of the shop and working my way toward the doors.

Under and over benches, shelving, air collection ducts and overhead lights — everything gets blasted. The dust that isn’t blown outside gets sucked into the dust collector, which I leave running for about 20 minutes after blowing.

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