I'm done

I hope not,as my wife’s handheld vacuum has a few grains of powder,sucked up.:)
If that lights up, I may as well move out...ha ha
 
A buddy of mine said he sucked up one in the vacuum one time and it want off . he figured it was a combination of the dust and the primer going off that sent his vacuum flying across the room. if the carpeting isn't a deep pile I'd get one of those sticky rollers for clothes and roll it over the carpet. or use an old paint roller with 2 sided tape on it on a paint pole . see if you pick them up . and you can still use them .
 
cement head said:
A buddy of mine said he sucked up one in the vacuum one time and it want off . he figured it was a combination of the dust and the primer going off that sent his vacuum flying across the room. if the carpeting isn't a deep pile I'd get one of those sticky rollers for clothes and roll it over the carpet. or use an old paint roller with 2 sided tape on it on a paint pole . see if you pick them up . and you can still use them .
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holy crap that would probably scare a lot of people! I've never heard of exploding vacuums.
 
I've read anecdotes about others saying they have wrecked a vaccuum by primers getting sucked up, but that could just be internet cowboy stories. I've used my vaccuum around my loading bench and I know there were a few magnum primers down there and so far no 'bang'
 
I have had primers go off when I was using the old style Lee Loader. I have reservations about a primer causing the vacuum cleaner to move, let alone defy gravity.

Having said that, I have vacuumed up primers with no problem other than the airflow in the built in vac not being enough to pull the primers from the first floor (basement) to the main floor where the vac motor is (garage). That too is easy to fix; a couple of paper towels into the hose and that catches the primers and they wind up in the garage.
 
I have sucked them up in the vac many times cleaning up . For me the only time they go bang is when I roll the chair wheel over one
Scares the crap out of you
Cheers
 
Use to hard floor head instead of the powerhead, or "sweep" the area with just the hose without any attachment if your concerned.
 
I've vacuumed up powder and primers with a vacuum, but not type with a power rotary head. Power heads tends to beat the heck out of solid objects.
A little safer, maybe.
 
Simply stretch a piece of nylon across the intake and vacuum away. Anything that gets sucked up will just sit against the nylon at the end of the hose. It doesn't answer your question but solves your problem.
 
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