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how do you catch your dust?
Hi guys
this might be a silly question but, how do you prevent dust from falling and marking the wall when you are drilling it?
we have been working on a job and behind the plastered and rendered walls is red brick. when we drilled it to fit locators, the red dust fell as expected, but it has marked all the clean rendered walls.
i am hoping someone will have the answer. a simply job has turned into a pain in the ar$e! 😏
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Mini dustpan from Ikea with junior fitter holding it!
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Vacuum cleaner.
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this works surprisingly well
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thats cool idea!
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thanks guys. 👍
the vacuum cleaner is an option but need an extra pair of hands.
a dust pan is a similar thing, two people to drill a hole and there are lots of them. 😏I was hoping that i could plug something on to my drill but i am not having any luck.
the ones i did find were additions to large masonry guns costing a couple of hundred quid for the dust catcher. -
Paul…
When doing indoor office type signs, I often use an envelope with a bit of masking tape.
This works great and catches pretty much everything. However, the downside of this is that every so often, the masking tape can lift a bit of paint from emulsioned walls that haven’t been painted very well.Your suggestion of a folded Post-it is very good because the adhesive is very minimal but enough to get the job done! I think it would work great for plasterboard walls, but I think if the walls are brick, the chips of concrete and dust are a bit more extreme and will land out with the post-it area or would be too heavy for it.
I’ve always used the envelope or even and few bits of masking tape to create a little cradle to drill above and the waste to fall into.
However,
I would be interested if anyone has a solution for drilling into rough-cast walls and catching the dust!
Even using a small hand brush doesn’t clear the mess, once the hole is drilled.I think the best way to do it would be a small hand-held vacuum cleaner with some sort of nozzle at the end, for rough surfaces. without the nozzle, I think it would lose suction on the rough wall. Granted, some suction is better than none.
https://youtu.be/3wW33OfYSWw?feature=shared
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