Dustless Drywall Sanding Systems Question
V. Natarajan
dustless systems you hook up to your shop-vac. Does anyone have any
thoughts on them and if they're worth it? Essentially a bucket of water to
collect most of the dust before going into your vac. (about $20 for the
"jr" version and $40 for the larger one).
Or should I just use the "drywall" bags for the vac and a gore-tex pleated
filter?
Or are there any other systems to look at?
Thanks.
Vel N.
Tom Emberley
on ceilings and walls. They work well but have two major drawbacks - they are
extremely noisey and your arm will get very tired very quickly. Both of these
drawbacks are a result of the shopvac on the other end of the bucket. The vac
is noisey and its suction which is helping to control the dust is also trying
to "stick" the sanding attachment to the drywall. You are fighting this
suction all of the time you are sanding.
Even with the drawbacks I would/will continue to use this system to keep the
dust managable. I let a friend borrow it and he couldn't believe how well it
contained the dust. Another plus to this system is that it is relatively
inexpensive to own.
An alternative is a system that is made by Porter-Cable. This thing is GREAT!.
I've borrowed my Brother-in-laws a couple of times and it beats the
"bucket-o-water " systems hands down. The drawback here is that it is very
expensive and hard to justify for a homeowner. You may be able to rent one.
Make sure you get both the sanding boom and the vacum to go with it.
Here are the links to the sanding boom and the vacum.
http://www.portercable.com/cgi-bin/products.cgi?method=byid&prod_id=7800
http://www.portercable.com/cgi-bin/products.cgi?method=byid&prod_id=7810
Good luck with your new shop.
C. Westcott
end. Sure beat breathing in the dust. It wasn't perfect the heavier dust
landed on the floor, but the lighter stuff entered the Vac. I don't know
about the one with the water catcher. If you have a wet/dry then you might
get away with filling it part way with water.(??)
--
Young Carpenter
"Save a Tree, Build Furniture"
"V. Natarajan" <gv...@atntbroadbandinternet.com> wrote in message
news:Bn7S9.257490$qF3.23213@sccrnsc04...
-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
Jay Chan
sanding". I don't recall seeing any dust in the air. Basically, we use
a spongy-like handheld object for wet-sanding. This doesn't involve
any power-tool though. You may want to take a look of it at your local
home improvement store. There may be some pros and cons in wet
sanding. But I am not an expert in this area; therefore, I will have
to let other people to tell you its pros and cons.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Jay Chan
Bay Area Dave
I created a humongous cloud of dust by crazily using my 1/4 pad sander
with no DC. I let the dust fly out the side door of the shop, towards
my neighbor's house. She mentioned it the next day.
Either do the wet sand thing as Jay mentioned or try this:
I picked up a Fein vac and a 1 micron bag a few days later. ( I still
had more drywalling to do) Hooked up the Fein vac to the PC pad sander
and WOW! NO visible dust in the air. I mean NO visible dust. What a
pleasure. I don't like hand sanding the walls, because I have had 2
neck surgeries which left my arms a bit weak, esp. for overhead work.
Easier to hold the small pad sander and let it do the work. I use the
drywall sanding mesh--not the sandpaper type. All the dust goes right
to the DC holes in the pad and the vac retains all the dust.
dave
Peter Crowl
sheets or so. I did a trowel texture - or should I say I had a trowel
texture done for me - over the basic tape and mud finish.
I tried to come up with dust containment solutiuons but in the end
realized that resistance was futile. I enclosed areas with plastic
sheeting, wore a dust mask, and just went in and did it. Sweeping
compound makes clean up a bit easier than trying to sweep the raw
dust.
If you're going to do a knock down or spatter texture over your tape
and mud you won't have much to sand in that stage anyway. If you do a
relatively decent prep job with the tape - preferrable using mesh -
ditto.
Just lie back - it'll all be over before you know it :~)
Peter