Dumb question of the day - how to clean grinding dust?

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OK, after you roll your eyes and state the obvious - a broom and dustpan - anybody found a great sweeping compound, or Swiffer, or anything to clean up the inevitable grinding dust? I grind near my rollup door and turn a fan on so most of it adds iron to my grass. But during the winter or when I can't move it outside, I get dust on my equipment, tool boxes, shelves, etc.I sweep up at the end of the day, but I would really like to clean and minimize all the other dust.So fire away.  Burt _____________________Miller Syncrowave 250Millermatic 211Miller 375 Plasma Cutter Hobart Handler 12010FtDrillBit.com
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Reply:Dust mask, eye glasses and maybe some earplugs... Oh, and a air hose. Makes the stuff vanish...[Account Abandoned 8/8/16 Please Do Not Attempt Contact Or Expect A Reply]. See you on YouTube! -ChuckE2009
Reply:a rolling magnet makes quick work of it.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
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Reply:Originally Posted by wb4rtOK, after you roll your eyes and state the obvious - a broom and dustpan - anybody found a great sweeping compound, or Swiffer, or anything to clean up the inevitable grinding dust? I grind near my rollup door and turn a fan on so most of it adds iron to my grass. But during the winter or when I can't move it outside, I get dust on my equipment, tool boxes, shelves, etc.I sweep up at the end of the day, but I would really like to clean and minimize all the other dust.So fire away.
Reply:Hi wb4rt   not such as dumb question... how to clean grinding dust?The black grit from my cut-off wheels built up on the overhead pipe along which glided my garage door.  The grit cut through the plastic slider and my garage door fell down!  So for me, it is important!1 For the floor, I used a magnetic sweep followed by a push broom.2 In all other accessible places I use a vacuum cleaner.3 For all those other places... in my garage.I position a cheap 20 inch fan at the garage door blowing outside.I hang a damp open-weave cloth over the fan intake side.I wear a good dust mask and sealed eye goggles (underwater divers type)I then use an air compressor to feed a long air wand and blow high pressure (>40 psi) air into every nook and crany of the garage.  The atmosphere is the garage quickly becomes a haze and the cloth on the fan begins to turn grey... more blowing = more grey until... black!  Time to wash or change that wet cloth!  Repeat until diminishing returns.Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:I have my fab table set up near the bay door in my shop.  When its time to clean up, I use compressed air, ear and eye protection, start from the front of the shop and blow toward the door.  Then, its big ol' broom and dust pan time.-AaronJet 17.5" Drill Press1942 South Bend 16x84 Lathe1980s Miller 320A / BP --- 2013 Power Mig 2562012 Jet 7x12 Horizontal BandsawVictor O/A Setup
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Reply:Rolling magnet is what i use you will be suprised at what you will get off the floor
Reply:An air hose is fine but a BIG air hose is better ->. Try using a leaf blower in your shop since you have a large opening at one end. Some shop vacs can be used as a blower but aren't quite as efficient as a leaf blower. Check Consumer Reports for the best one.You can use an inexpensive electric model and clean up in seconds. It can be used on shelves, the loft, cabinets, pretty much everything. You will be amazed at the clouds that come out of the shop. I use a Stihl gas powered model that does double duty each fall.
Reply:rolling magnet followed by a broom. and i do hav to agree watchn all that sh9t go down the drain really makes you wonder how much of it your breathing !MM 251MM 135Lincoln Pro cut 55Bobcat 250Miller Thunderbolt ac/dcolder ac forneyJackson nexgen 3n13-Smith OP setups97 Dodge dieselMakita chopsawJet swivel head bandsawlincoln tig 300/30030a spoolgunpuma port. gas air comp.
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Reply:I just do all my grinding outside.  No mess in the shop.Once in a while I have to grind something on the lathe or mill.  I make sure I have wet shop towels over the beds & precision moving parts, then some sort of shield to contain the grit.  That seems to catch most of it.Then out comes the shop vac.  Floor, benchtops, shelves all get vacuumed.  Haven't tried the magnetic floor sweep yet, but that's coming too.MarkI haven't always been a nurse........Craftsman 12"x36" LatheEnco G-30B MillHobart Handler 175Lincoln WeldandPower 225 AC/DC G-7 CV/CCAdd a Foot Pedal to a Harbor Freight Chicago Electric 165A DC TIG PapaLion's Gate Build
Reply:I put my chop saw table on wheels. If I use it, I wheel it out to the asphalt street in the gutter.  Then I sweep most of it up. I NEVER use it in my shop because all the dust eventually gets sucked into my expensive machines via the cooling fans.  If I have to cut inside, I use my cold blade saw instead. Virtually no mess, but the blades are very $$$$$$.Also, if you get the choo saw dust on a concrete driveway and don't get it all cleaned up, rain and morning dew cause those micro specks to rust and turn your concrete slab/driveway yellow.  Not good.Lincoln Power Mig 216Lincoln AC/DC-225/125Miller  625 X-Treme PlasmaMiller 211 Forney 95FI-A 301HF 91110Victor Journeyman O/PMilwaukee DaytonMakita  Baileigh NRA Life Member