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Homes & Gardens
Dan Fauzi

Can you vacuum broken glass? Expert advice to protect your appliance, and what to use instead

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Hearing glass shatter in your home isn't a great experience. You've likely lost something useful or precious, be it a tumbler or a snow globe, and then comes the task of cleaning it up before you, someone in your home – or a pet – gets a cut from it.

Carefully disposing of the large shards and vacuuming the rest is pretty standard for most, but vacuums are not invincible, and experts share their advice on the appliances that can hack vacuuming glass, which types you shouldn't use and what to do instead.

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