Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Sheetrock Dust from Hardwood Floors
I've read a few different things about cleaning up sheetrock dust, but
most posts were for tile floor or plywood subflooring. I re-sheetrock'd a room with hardwood floros, much of the dust cleaned up nice with a broom and dust pan, but the areas of the hardwood floors that saw traffic, the dust seems to be embedded into the floor. Mopping did very little, it almost looks like paint spills all over the place. Before I go crazy is there a good product or technique I can use to clean hardwood floors of caked-in sheetrock dust? I'm sure a stiff brush would clean it out, but hands and knees scrubbing is my last resot. Thanks, Justin |
#2
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Sheetrock Dust from Hardwood Floors
|
#4
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Sheetrock Dust from Hardwood Floors
wrote in message oups.com... Before I go crazy is there a good product or technique I can use to clean hardwood floors of caked-in sheetrock dust? I'm sure a stiff brush would clean it out, but hands and knees scrubbing is my last resot. Thanks, Justin Call ServiceMaster or some such place that does industrial/commercial cleaning. They almost always do home cleaning too, but may not advertise it. These people deal with this all the time since contractors usually call on them to do just this kind of work after a major renovation or new construction, just prior to handing over the building to the owner. |
#5
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Sheetrock Dust from Hardwood Floors
On Aug 12, 9:36 pm, "Bob M." wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... Before I go crazy is there a good product or technique I can use to clean hardwood floors of caked-in sheetrock dust? I'm sure a stiff brush would clean it out, but hands and knees scrubbing is my last resot. Thanks, Justin Call ServiceMaster or some such place that does industrial/commercial cleaning. They almost always do home cleaning too, but may not advertise it. These people deal with this all the time since contractors usually call on them to do just this kind of work after a major renovation or new construction, just prior to handing over the building to the owner. Thanks for the info folks. As a side note, any of it will scrape up if I scratch at it with my fingers. I definately SHOULD have covered the floors, would of made life a lot easier. It didnt' occur to me to cover sincei t was "dust". I thought it would just a make mess that would be vacuumed and mopped up. They are solid hardwood floors, but I'm not sure of the finsih. It is NOT the thick glossy finish I've seen in some houses. It appears to be a stain or very thin flat finish. Thanks, Justin |
#6
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Sheetrock Dust from Hardwood Floors
If you wet it, you have a problem, it turns into a liquid and will fill
pores and grain in the wood. If it is still dry powder, good old fashioned sweeping compound, which is nothing more than sawdust mixed with a sticky oil/wax mixture so that it will pick up and trap the fine dust, leaving a clean floor behind. To use it you spread a line of the compound across the floor and sweep to the other side with the grain. Then pick it up with a dust pan and toss. This stuff is a little out of date and old fashioned, so you may have problems finding it. wrote in message ups.com... On Aug 12, 9:36 pm, "Bob M." wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Before I go crazy is there a good product or technique I can use to clean hardwood floors of caked-in sheetrock dust? I'm sure a stiff brush would clean it out, but hands and knees scrubbing is my last resot. Thanks, Justin Call ServiceMaster or some such place that does industrial/commercial cleaning. They almost always do home cleaning too, but may not advertise it. These people deal with this all the time since contractors usually call on them to do just this kind of work after a major renovation or new construction, just prior to handing over the building to the owner. Thanks for the info folks. As a side note, any of it will scrape up if I scratch at it with my fingers. I definately SHOULD have covered the floors, would of made life a lot easier. It didnt' occur to me to cover sincei t was "dust". I thought it would just a make mess that would be vacuumed and mopped up. They are solid hardwood floors, but I'm not sure of the finsih. It is NOT the thick glossy finish I've seen in some houses. It appears to be a stain or very thin flat finish. Thanks, Justin |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Cleaning Hardwood Floors | Woodworking | |||
Cleaning Hardwood Floors | Home Repair | |||
Engineered Hardwood Floors over Solid Hardwood Floors | Home Repair | |||
Hardwood Floors Help | Home Repair | |||
Hardwood floors again | Home Ownership |