Keeping the Dust out while Sanding
My wife and I are going to be doing a DIY refinishing of our staircase, circa 1890, with way too many layers of paint. Looking to find the best way to to keep all the dust we’ll kick up at bay. Either some prefab construct or any DIYers tips. I am contemplating framing out the…
My wife and I are going to be doing a DIY refinishing of our staircase, circa 1890, with way too many layers of paint. Looking to find the best way to to keep all the dust we’ll kick up at bay.
Either some prefab construct or any DIYers tips. I am contemplating framing out the space with 1x2s and then sapling in plastic sheathing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for all the comments!
I second the opinion that Festool dust extractors are the way to go. We have six of them in our shop. The primary filter is great and the secondary HEPA filter is over 99% efficient to 2 or 3 microns. It is better to collect the particulates at their point of conception rather than making them air-borne.
If you are not collecting all the dust, you may need to increase the diameter of the hose as air-flow is more important than suction.
Keep the plastic up for 5 days after you’ve finished so the particles can settle out.
We have hook ups to our wet vac, but still it’s the really small particulates that re the bummer.
You can buy a hose attachment for your sander to your vacuum that will suck up most of the dust straight into the vacuum. This is pretty common for workshops, and should be used in the home more often. I have a festool vacuum and sander combo (which is expensive but collects 95% of the dust). Most Bosch sanders offer hose attachments. Fein makes a shop vac but I suppose any HEPA vac will do.
Thanks. Not sure I need to got to an extreme, but the blue tape then duct tape idea is great.
Work wet as much as possible.
There are EPA guides on line that show you how to tape the plastic correctly. Blue painter’s tape over painted surfaces (ceilings and walls) then silver duct tape plastic sheets to blue tape…. Double sheets overlapping cut out openings hinged at top…
Provide place for shoes and clothing so that it stays inside tent. Wet towel to act as door mat for bottom of shoes.
Might consider creating a negative pressure environment within the tent that vents to outside. I use an old squirrel cage blower and plastic flex tubing to the nearest window.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovaterightbrochure.pdf
I meant “stapling in plastic sheathing”