weber air filter cleaning?

[dlb]

i googled this a while back and couldn't find anything definitive. i read on a jeep forum to just wash the filter with soapy water, dry it out, and put it back in, but i didn't like that because the filter was tacky when new but wasn't after the washing. so i just bought a K&N cleaning kit and used it last night but wanted to see what you other weber cats do for this.

[ARCHINSTL]

This is interesting.
Frankly, all I did after cutting it down (first time removed) was to wash it in soapy water a number of times. I did not oil it - too cheap to buy the K&N kit. Now, STL ain't the AZ or NM deserts, so I figgered I was OK.
I will add that I sent a couple of emails to Redline (after perusing its site) and got no response. Irritating...
Tom M.

[dlb]

yeah, i've received a few wack responses from them when i've asked them questions. i thought it was spam because the grammar and language was so poor--it came off like those emails asking you to send money right away to help get the person out of some desperate situation.

[Petros]

I think that sticky oil stuff that comes in the K and N spray can is necessary for the filter to work properly and stop all the fine dust. It costs so much it is questionable if it is really cheaper as KnN claims to run their filters over a paper filter. It seems to me all we need to do is find out what kind of oil is in the KnN spray can and we can just buy it directly instead of through a KnN repackaging resale rip-off scheme. Does anyone know?