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Don LC

10-01-2002 07:28:43




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I have a proplem in my shop with dust, dirt on the floor that a broom doesen't get..... Years ago we used a product called "Dust Down"...where can I buy it? ...thanks....Don




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Richard

10-10-2002 04:11:22




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
My best investment was a leaf blower. It also vacuums. For small messes I just vacuum it up, and as far as the entire shop, I start from my purlins and down to the floor and out the door. It takes me about 5 minutes to have spotless floor in a 30x50 shop. Great for cleaning the riding mower and for blow drying my Harley.



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Little Ed

10-05-2002 06:32:05




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
If you have a recurring supply of coffee ground use them. They are free, and you can tell where you have been.



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Hal/WA

10-04-2002 00:56:40




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
If you have access to sawdust, it is easy to make your own sweeping compound. I prefer fairly coarse sawdust, like what comes off a chainsaw. Just put it in a bucket, add some water and let it set for awhile. If it is too dry, add water until the sawdust quits soaking it up.

I like to use this cheapie sweeping compound as it is very effective at picking up very fine dust on the concrete floor and it costs nothing. If you use a vacuum cleaner, you end up having to clean the fine dust out of the filter, or else they plug up.

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C

10-03-2002 20:46:24




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
I think a generic name for what you ask about is "sweeping compound". Some hardware stores may have it or can order it for you. Otherwise any of the industrial cleaning supply houses will have it too.



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jal-SD

10-03-2002 08:00:41




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
Don, I'd go w/Sears Craftsman. I have a wet/dry shop vac that the kid's named R2-D2 after seeing the FIRST Star Wars movie. It has a 2" (or 2 1/2"-not sure on size) inlet & will take ANYTHING that will go through the hose into the tank, including plaster chunks. It's been used & abused for years. Its motor started growling a few years ago, so I bought another just like it at an estate sale. #2 R2-D2 is now residing in the basement, waiting for #1 R2-D2 to give up the ghost. #1 son bought one just like it about 10 years ago when he bought his first house-its still going; #2 son bought one just like it for work about 4 years ago-still going; #3 son bought one just like it when he bought his first house last fall. I don't work for Sears. (My $0.02 worth. jal-SD)

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John Ne.

10-02-2002 15:54:49




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
In a shop I worked in the supplier of our sweeping compound quit, so we used some floor dry, cat litter, added a quart of used oil to a gallon of it, after sweeping up, spread this around, almost oily wet, then reswept, picked up all the fine dust real nice. John in Nebr.



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JD 4000

10-01-2002 13:03:38




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 Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 07:28:43  
Why dont you use the Shop-Vac? that what I use in my shop to keep it dust free. mosty using it in winter time it helps warm up the shop.



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Don LC

10-01-2002 18:35:04




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 Re: Re: Dust Down in reply to JD 4000 , 10-01-2002 13:03:38  
Good idea,I could work that from my wheel chair easier than a broom..... now what kind and what size would you recomend ?



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D.L.

10-10-2002 19:50:37




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 Re: Re: Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 18:35:04  
If noise is of great concern, there is a brand of shop vac you can get that is so quiet you can almost carry on a normal conversation with it running. The bad part is, they're damned expensive.

The vacs are wet/dry capable and made by a company called "Fein". These vacs are very popular in woodworking shops.

They have two models;

The Mini Turbo Vac (6 gallon capacity) - $149
The Turbo II (9.2 gallon capacity) - $229

They are sold by various places (many on the net) and in most woodworking tool retail stores as well (such as Woodcraft, etc).

Probably more than you want to spend, but just thought I'd throw that out as an option.

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JD 4000

10-02-2002 11:47:49




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 Re: Re: Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 18:35:04  
Don. you could go to store like where they sell hard wear for shop you could choose from one thoe shop-vac, as you are in wheel chair, there are shop-vac that you can add on more hose makes it longer and shop-vac should have 4 wheels under them. just have to pick what shop-vac you like best. maybe one those under 20 gallon like 12, 15, gallon that you will easy to dump to clean out.



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chris

10-01-2002 20:13:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Dust Down in reply to Don LC, 10-01-2002 18:35:04  
Don LC, in your case, it would be what you can handle yourself, one thing it seems to me that the bigger models 20 gal. are quieter the the 5-10 gal. ones for some reason. See if some places have demostrators so you can hear and handle before you get home. Good luck chris



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