shop dust control
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I have a major problem in my shop and its dust :blush: . it gets everywhere and its making me sick. im looking for suggestions on how to get my shop as dust free as possible. i know i can get vacuum assisted sanders but what can i do about the dust generated from grinding, hand sanding, or when some tools dont have that feature? or when i use compressed air to blow the cars clean?
my shop has 2 doors opened during the nice days to get air moving but i cant have them open during the winter because of heat loss. the exhaust fan really doesnt do much unless the dust is around it. most of our work is repairing and refinishing so we generate a ton of dust. any ideas are greatly appreciated. thanks
Vacuum sanding will go along way for that. Plus you can buy sanding blocks that work with vacuum also.
If you had a room just for prepping it would help also. That way it was at least contained.
Quite blowing dust off cars. I havent for years. I will wipe them off with waterborne degreaser after sanding. Once they appear clean then i will blow out the cracks. To conserve on cleaner just cut it with water some or use glass cleaner. You will go through more rags so keep some cheap ones or use microfiber ones and wash them.
Other than that just try and sweep everyday. By nature it is a dusty trade.
Have you considered an air extractor???
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Quite blowing dust off cars. I havent for years. I will wipe them off with waterborne degreaser after sanding. Once they appear clean then i will blow out the cracks. To conserve on cleaner just cut it with water some or use glass cleaner. You will go through more rags so keep some cheap ones or use microfiber ones and wash them.
[/quote]I’d highly recommend this too.
Although I use vacuum sanders there’s still a bit of dust left about so I’ll wipe as much as I can off with a microfiber cloth then blow out the edges.
And as Ryan also says, a sander and blocks with dust extraction capabilities are what you really need. Control as much of it at the source as possible.
If you do blow, use low pressure like 25 psi. I built an overhead filter box by using perferated angle iron and home style a/c filters. It continously filters the air in the shop and can be taken down and cleaned outside. Keep everything, tools, tape, supplies behind closed doors and make the area convienent for a water washdown. Vacuum the dust up rather than blow.
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