moglite
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 144
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Jan 29, 2018 14:57:42 GMT
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After attacking my filler based Morris Oxford with a slitting disc - my garage is now a mess. To be honest it was really dusty before, but now it is just ridiculously dusty. I'm lucky enough to have a double garage, one side has a very dusty car, but the other side is full of roller cabs, tools, work benches, cans of paint, shelves, and just about everything else that will collect dust. I'd like to get it a bit cleaner than it is currently and maybe keep it that way. I have - A shop vac
- A big compressor
- An aversion to spending too much money
If I used a blow gun, I'm just moving the dust from one place to another.
So I'm thinking of some kind of extractor/hoover setup.
So for those clean freaks, or those with bodyshop experience - what can I do ?
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1967 Morris Oxford Traveller
1979 Toyota LandCruiser BJ40
1993 Daimler Double Six
2007 Volvo XC70 2.4D
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Jan 29, 2018 15:40:14 GMT
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Running a professional restoration workshop in a 2 1/2 bay garage means I have the same problem has most of you have - hence my fabricating, welding, profiling, painting & fitting up is all done in the same workshop - prevention & limitation are better than the cure but then again hindsight is wonderful - so before any major paintwork I always have a deep clean of the workshop - for that very reason I keep everything in the workshop on industrial castors - remove all vehicles - pull everything away from the walls and have a really good delouse with the sweeping brush / handbrush and remove all dense / thick areas - I run a soft broom around the ceiling and walls - vacuum sounds like a good idea but takes forever - so dust mask and a blow gun - open all the doors - start at the back of the workshop and work towards the doors - I turn out high quality paintwork and it works for me - others in the trade / paint reps don't believe the paintwork has been undertaken outside of a booth - but if you are methodical with the process you will soon have the workshop relatively dust free and apart from your time and a bit of electric - it costs virtually nothing.
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Last Edit: Jan 29, 2018 15:45:34 GMT by Deleted
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Jan 29, 2018 17:51:10 GMT
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I recommend that you chase all the chickens out before you start.
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slater
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 78
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Jan 31, 2018 10:05:19 GMT
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Vaccume the worst of it then use a blow gun and keep vacuuming it up as you go.
That's how I clean my blast/paint booth anyway. Keep blowing it off and hoovering it up. You never end up 100% clean unless you physically move and scrub everything tho.
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moglite
Part of things
Posts: 815
Club RR Member Number: 144
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I did some filler removal with a strip disk. Threw up a tarp to protect half the garage. I know it wasn't hermetically sealed - but there was loads of dust on the other side  As can be seen on the "foggy" image from the supposed clean side  Found out a leaf blower is good for a quick clean up !! |
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1967 Morris Oxford Traveller
1979 Toyota LandCruiser BJ40
1993 Daimler Double Six
2007 Volvo XC70 2.4D
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Wilk
Part of things
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If I'm painting I use 4 rolled up tarps that I hang from the ceiling to form a square. I then clean the underside of the rafters with brush on Hoover and Hoover the floor. Finally I'll leave it overnight for any floating dust to settle before damping down the floor prior to paint
Wife made comment it looked like a scene out of Dexter 😳
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If it can be fixed with a hammer, then it must be an electrical fault
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