Shoutout to the old sweep in Albany who showed me the bag trick, my soot rash cleared up in 2 weeks

Jason Bennett · 2026-11-03T03:05:04.305805+00:00

I used to just sweep straight into a bucket and let the dust fly, and after 6 months my arms were covered in a rash I blamed on the brushes. The old guy who runs the route up in Albany had me switch to a canvas bag clamped right under the hatch, and the rash was gone in 2 weeks flat. Am I the last guy still learning this stuff from a 70 year old instead of a video?

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