How to clean fins on baseboard H/W heat?

Patchogue Phil_5

I use a long thin air nozzle ( 1/8th inch curved tube ) from my compressor, which fits between the fins. While using short air blasts, I have the shop vac hose right on the area I am cleaning. The vac sucks up 98% of what gets dislodged.

Pat Satchwill

Fin Cleaning

I don't think my baseboard fins have been cleaned since the sixties.
I swept and vacuumed them out and in the kitchen I flooded them with water to get the dirt out from between the fins and it worked great.
Now I have no idea how to get the living room and dining room as clean (carpeted).
Does anyone have a suggestion other than pulling the carpet out?
Thanks alot
PAT

Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating

i use

compressed air on a windy day, with the windows all open. but yo will still have to clean your whole house. bob

Boilerpro_2

If you don't have an air commpressor....

You could purchase a small compressed air tank at a home improvement store and refill it as many times as you need at the gas station. Cleaning those fins is definitely worth it....if they were rather dirty, you'll see a drop in fuel usage. While your at it, clean the fins of the refrigerator. These should be cleaned at least once a year. Cleaning them will cut your electrical usage and extend the life of the frig.

Boilerpro

David Sutton_2

long brisell vac brush....

on my shop vac ,this is what i like to use as well as air,