need a good shop vacuum

Find yourself an old 5 gallon bucket, with the lid. You'll need two poly pipe fittings that fit your vac's hose, and also another length of vacuum hose. (I used a 25' length of sump pump discharge hose for the second length).

Drill hole to fit the pipe fittings in the lid of the bucket. Attach the hose from the vac to one of the fittings, and the additional hose to the other. Put a few inches of water in the bucket, and vacuum away. MOST of the fine particles get trapped in the water, never getting to the shop vac.

Prior to using this method, fine drywall dust really did a number on my vac. I keep this setup handy whenever I need to vacuum up any fine material. Works well for me.

I bought a Craftsman brand last year. One of my pet peeves was a vac tipping over when pulled. The craftsman is aroung ten gallon, squat, rolls easy, has a good heavy duty pleated filter plus one those those foam things. I"ve used it on dust and dirt and sawdust and haven"t noticed any thing coming through the filter.

Of the 4 vac"s I"ve owned over the past 40 years, it is the best.

Bob