<div class='ui dimmer modals page' style='display: none;'><div id='helpie-password-modal' class='pauple_helpie ui modal small' style='display: none;'><div class='ui header'><i class='circular lock icon'></i> Password Protected</div><div class='item-content'><br /><label for='password_check'>Enter Password : </label><p><input type='password' id='password_check' name='password_check' class='password' value='' required></p></div><div class='actions'><div class='ui black deny button'>Nope</div><div class='ui positive right labeled icon button'>Yep, that's right!<i class='checkmark icon'></i></div></div><div class='clear'></div></div></div>{"id":4737,"date":"2020-07-03T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T03:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/?post_type=pauple_helpie&#038;p=4737"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T04:54:19","slug":"can-you-clean-car-air-filter-compressed-air","status":"publish","type":"pauple_helpie","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/can-you-clean-car-air-filter-compressed-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Clean a Car Air Filter With Compressed Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='breadcrumbs pauple_helpie_breadcrumbs'><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/'>Knowledge Base<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/protecting-yourself\/'>Protecting Yourself<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/air-purifiers\/'>Air Purifiers<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/can-you-clean-car-air-filter-compressed-air\/'>Can You Clean a Car Air Filter With Compressed Air?<\/a> <\/div><p><span>Car nerds in Guangzhou, tested whether or not you could clean car air filters with compressed air (<a href=\"https:\/\/zhuanlan.zhihu.com\/p\/21421570\">in Chinese<\/a>). They found that using compressed air on a car filter actually made the filter less effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smart Air has also run tests on vacuuming HEPA filters. We found that in some cases, vacuuming HEPA filters could improve their performance. On average, performance was improved by 10%. This benefit is fairly small, and not worth the possible damage that you could cause to the air filter in the process of vacuuming it.<span> Only if there is a lot of thick, easily removable debris on the filter, like leaves or cat hair, do we recommend lightly brushing the HEPA filter to unclog it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, in most cases, it is recommend you replace your air filter with a new one if it is black, clogged and dirty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-clean-wash-hepa-filter\/\">How to clean and wash a HEPA air filter \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/do-we-need-car-air-purifiers\/\">Do car air filters really work at removing harmful pollution from the air? \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class='pauple-helpie-module article-voting'><span class='label'>Was this article useful?<\/span><span data-post-id='4737' data-user-id='0' class='icon-tray'><span  data-vote='thumbs up outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs up outline '><i data-content='thumbs up outline' class='thumbs up outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>0<\/count><\/span><span  data-vote='thumbs down outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs down outline '><i data-content='thumbs down outline' class='thumbs down outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>0<\/count><\/span><\/span><\/div><div style='clear:both;'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge Base &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Protecting Yourself &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Air Purifiers &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Can You Clean a Car Air Filter With Compressed Air? Car nerds in Guangzhou, tested whether or not you could clean car air filters with compressed air (in Chinese). 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