CLEANING OUT THAT VACUUM CLEANER

Do you have a vacuum that just is not picking up good. Maybe it is time for a good brush cleanout. Make sure the vacuum is not pluged in. Don't be like me I forgot to unplug mine and about got my hand caught trying to pull all that hair out of it. No, we do not have no dog's in our home but just human hair and you would really be surprised at how much hair gets wound around a vac. brush. I just learned that a seam ripper is better than trying to use scissors to get all this junk out. If you have a up-right one, mine gets cloged up at the plastic neck. I take a wire hanger and bend it, the part where it hangs and make a hook and use this to get down in there and get stuff out of it. Just make sure you don't punch a hole in the plastic hose. If you have a vac. and the long hose is stuck tight I take a 1/2 inch pvc pipe and put a drill bit on the end of it and stick it down in my vac. That is where the good ole gray tape comes in handy. I tape the drill bit on real tight. You just take and twist the pipe around and it will catch some of the stuff on the bit and then you can pull it out. You can just use the 1/2 inch pvc pipe to reach all the way to the other end of it without the drill bit. Would not wont anyone to have a bit come off in the vac. and not be able to get it out.  I keep a pvc piece handy to use for this all the time. Nothing makes me more upset than to have a stopped up vac.