On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:56:33 -0500, donald girod
wrote:

Very fine powdery ash tends to collect around my woodstove as a result
of shoveling out ashes (or it just blows out the door when I open it).
This fine ash either plugs the vacuum cleaner bag, blows thru it, or a
combination of the two. What is a good way to manage this? Sweeping is
certainly a bad idea, but that's mostly what I have been doing.

I've tried spraying or dribbling water on ashes before picking them
up. When they're wet, you can use a fireplace shovel, or a garden
trowel.

IIRC it worked pretty well.


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