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<blockquote data-quote="twocvbloke" data-source="post: 169145" data-attributes="member: 531">HEPA filters used on domestic vacuum cleaners are not the same HEPA ratings used on industrial machinery which can filter out unwanted gasses, on domestic vacuums you need an activated carbon filter which should remove most of the smell...Just wash the filter as per my description in the other thread on Tristar filters and it should de-dog the filter... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for cleaning out the smell from the Tristar, you need to do more than use damp rags and alcohol wipes, you need a full cleanout, using soap &amp; water and a scrubbing brush, the motor can be a bit fiddly to clean though, if it too is a bit on the stinky side, as you&#039;d need to dismantle it to remove the fans &amp; vanes to soak in waster with dishwasher detergent...The shell though should be easy enough though, it&#039;s just 3 parts, the lid, the top and the base, so, separate those and scrub away, and you should be good... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And I bet the previous owner had a dog that had a lot of lanolin in it&#039;s fur, like a German Shepard, cos dogs like those absolutely STINK, my brother had one, and just one visit to our old house and the living room stunk of that dog, horrid smell... :S</blockquote>

[QUOTE="twocvbloke, post: 169145, member: 531"] HEPA filters used on domestic vacuum cleaners are not the same HEPA ratings used on industrial machinery which can filter out unwanted gasses, on domestic vacuums you need an activated carbon filter which should remove most of the smell... Just wash the filter as per my description in the other thread on Tristar filters and it should de-dog the filter... :) As for cleaning out the smell from the Tristar, you need to do more than use damp rags and alcohol wipes, you need a full cleanout, using soap & water and a scrubbing brush, the motor can be a bit fiddly to clean though, if it too is a bit on the stinky side, as you'd need to dismantle it to remove the fans & vanes to soak in waster with dishwasher detergent... The shell though should be easy enough though, it's just 3 parts, the lid, the top and the base, so, separate those and scrub away, and you should be good... :) And I bet the previous owner had a dog that had a lot of lanolin in it's fur, like a German Shepard, cos dogs like those absolutely STINK, my brother had one, and just one visit to our old house and the living room stunk of that dog, horrid smell... :S [/QUOTE]

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