Removing Drywall Dust From Wood Floors

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Removing drywall dust from wood floors.

Installing drywall in any room or home is a serious undertaking and during the installation process you may occasionally drop or splatter a bit of drywall compound or drywall mud on your wood floors. The dust isn t poisonous but it does create a respiratory hazard so letting it circulate throughout the house isn t an option you don t want to wet it down though because it turns into a goopy mess that settles into every crack and crevice in the room. But i ve got a trick that is going to blow your mind. Your vacuum accessory shouldn t have a beater bar and if it does make sure you turn it off or it might redistribute as much dust into the air as it picks up.

Drywall dust is embedded into our engineered hardwood floor in the cracks and in the grain of the wood. I dry mopped and used a shop vac. How do i safely remove construction dust and dirt from drywall safely off new hardwood floors. To clean drywall dust start by sweeping up any dust on the floors using short gentle strokes so you don t stir it up into the air.

Not water we are in process of having our kitchen completely remodeled and now have new hardwood floors. Removing drywall dust from walls before you paint is up there with the west jobs ever. Made from stones polymers and other adhesives drywall compound can be difficult to remove once. I dry mopped and used a shop vac.

Its labor intensive frustrating and dirty. Once you have a working vacuum with a proper filter cleaning drywall dust and residue from a hardwood floor is easy. Next when you re finished sweeping vacuum the floors with a wet and dry vacuum that has a hepa filter. We have recently renovated the en suite bathroom and the drywall and cement dust silt has settled into the grain of the hardwood bedroom floor.

This helped the surface of the wood but the white dust is still embedded in there. The floor feels gritty and all the grain is a grey colour really noticeable next to the hallway hardwood floors. You may want to apply a sweeping compound to the floor so the dust sticks and is easier to sweep up.