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Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor
clean? Just wondering if it works... |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:44:18 -0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... Only if the shop floor is clean - - - |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
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Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
Doug Miller wrote:
Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... We have been running a roomba in our home 5 days a week for the last 9 years. It will work in your shop after you sweep. It's capacity is about that of two packs of cigarettes. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
Leon wrote:
Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... We have been running a roomba in our home 5 days a week for the last 9 years. It will work in your shop after you sweep. It's capacity is about that of two packs of cigarettes. It will get that dust you are talking about. The upper end models have Hepa filters although not Hepa certified. Ours sucks up enough dog hair and dust to build a new dog every couple of weeks. You can test drive one for 30 days if you but direct from IRobot. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
wrote in : On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:44:18 -0000 (UTC), Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... Only if the shop floor is clean - - - OK, I guess maybe I should elaborate. I plan on using a broom to deal with the largest stuff, the jointer shavings and the sawdust that escapes the dust collector, the handplane shavings, and so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/2017 10:58 AM, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. Correct. unless they travel in a straight line for 15', then they change direction, obstacle or no obstacle. The latest top end models are no longer random, they map the room and cover every spot like some of the competitors so. The mapping of the room may just be something that iRobot is offering to compete. The beauty to the random vacuuming is that if something gets dropped after the fact or if it pushes debris out of the way it may get it on one of the random passes later on. With maping IIRC the any spot on the floor only gets covered once per cycle. If it mushed something out of reach it will try again on the next scheduled day. We have not used a conventional vacuum cleaner on our tile floors in over 9 years. The Roomba,ours is random coverage, does a great job if you let it run often, especially with a pet or kids. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) Actually you need to think several hundred to get a decent Roomba. The upper end ones are neat $1K. Ours IIRC was about $5~6 hundred. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. No, they learn the area. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) I agree with you but I think his issue is the fine stuff that settles hours after he's done in the shop. My issue is the concrete "dusting" but I don't think a Roomba is the solution. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/17 10:58 AM, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) Maybe they have improved their "brains" since we had one. But our would often get stuck in one area and just keep re-cleaning that section over and over until it decided it was done. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/17 11:43 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 10:58 AM, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) Maybe they have improved their "brains" since we had one. But our would often get stuck in one area and just keep re-cleaning that section over and over until it decided it was done. Then again, I'm not sure this was a Roomba. It may have been another brand. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/2017 11:43 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 10:58 AM, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) Maybe they have improved their "brains" since we had one. But our would often get stuck in one area and just keep re-cleaning that section over and over until it decided it was done. Typically and especially if you use a light house to direct the roomba, the robot remains in an area approximately 22 minutes before moving on. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/4/2017 10:44 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... The best answer is "The company thought of that and made a product for cleaning shops and it was a total bust so it was dropped." https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-110-Di...ct_top?ie=UTF8 Shops are not meant to be _totally_ clean. If your shop is immaculate then you aren't using it right. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/17 1:21 PM, John McGaw wrote:
On 8/4/2017 10:44 PM, Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... The best answer is "The company thought of that and made a product for cleaning shops and it was a total bust so it was dropped." https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-110-Di...ct_top?ie=UTF8 Shops are not meant to be _totally_ clean. If your shop is immaculate then you aren't using it right. I get what you're saying, John, and agree with the premise. However, any time I do finishing, I sure wish my shop was "immaculate" because it would save me a whole lot of time knocking the fuzz off between coats. There are air cleaners for the airborne stuff and I see a place for something that would capture all that stuff on the floor before it gets airborne. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/2017 2:54 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 1:21 PM, John McGaw wrote: On 8/4/2017 10:44 PM, Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... The best answer is "The company thought of that and made a product for cleaning shops and it was a total bust so it was dropped." https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-110-Di...ct_top?ie=UTF8 Shops are not meant to be _totally_ clean. If your shop is immaculate then you aren't using it right. I get what you're saying, John, and agree with the premise. However, any time I do finishing, I sure wish my shop was "immaculate" because it would save me a whole lot of time knocking the fuzz off between coats. There are air cleaners for the airborne stuff and I see a place for something that would capture all that stuff on the floor before it gets airborne. Something along these lines works beautifully in removing fine dust from floors. I always find that, if you don't have a dedicated finishing area, cleaning up as best you can, waiting a couple of hours, and then proceeding carefully so as not to raise any remaining dust works best. This also means turning off any 'dust filters', fans, heaters, or air conditioners since each of these will sabotage your efforts to get dust out of the air. That can make things pretty uncomfortable for a while depending on season and your shop. http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/17 2:12 PM, John McGaw wrote:
On 8/5/2017 2:54 PM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 1:21 PM, John McGaw wrote: On 8/4/2017 10:44 PM, Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... The best answer is "The company thought of that and made a product for cleaning shops and it was a total bust so it was dropped." https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-110-Di...ct_top?ie=UTF8 Shops are not meant to be _totally_ clean. If your shop is immaculate then you aren't using it right. I get what you're saying, John, and agree with the premise. However, any time I do finishing, I sure wish my shop was "immaculate" because it would save me a whole lot of time knocking the fuzz off between coats. There are air cleaners for the airborne stuff and I see a place for something that would capture all that stuff on the floor before it gets airborne. Something along these lines works beautifully in removing fine dust from floors. I always find that, if you don't have a dedicated finishing area, cleaning up as best you can, waiting a couple of hours, and then proceeding carefully so as not to raise any remaining dust works best. This also means turning off any 'dust filters', fans, heaters, or air conditioners since each of these will sabotage your efforts to get dust out of the air. That can make things pretty uncomfortable for a while depending on season and your shop. http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 03:12:54 -0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
wrote: wrote in : On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:44:18 -0000 (UTC), Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... Only if the shop floor is clean - - - OK, I guess maybe I should elaborate. I plan on using a broom to deal with the largest stuff, the jointer shavings and the sawdust that escapes the dust collector, the handplane shavings, and so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. From my experience (short term) with one in the house, I'd say you will be dissapointed. It will plug the filter in no-time, as well as fill the tiny dirt cup. Terribly ovepriced toys. |
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On Sat, 05 Aug 2017 12:23:17 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. No, they learn the area. The one I used didn't. It would vacuum the same corner 10 times before it got the rest of a 6X10 washroom, and got stuch under the same dining table at least 10 times before it found the rug. If it ran for 24 hours there is a 50/50 chance it would have covered the entire livingroom/diningroom area. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) +1 - or a lot more! I agree with you but I think his issue is the fine stuff that settles hours after he's done in the shop. My issue is the concrete "dusting" but I don't think a Roomba is the solution. Nor do I. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:46:31 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote: On 8/5/17 11:43 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 10:58 AM, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) Maybe they have improved their "brains" since we had one. But our would often get stuck in one area and just keep re-cleaning that section over and over until it decided it was done. Then again, I'm not sure this was a Roomba. It may have been another brand. The one we had was a Roombs by i-robot |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 14:20:09 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote: On 8/5/17 2:12 PM, John McGaw wrote: On 8/5/2017 2:54 PM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 1:21 PM, John McGaw wrote: On 8/4/2017 10:44 PM, Doug Miller wrote: Any of you guys use a Roomba (or other robot vacuum cleaner) to keep your shop floor clean? Just wondering if it works... The best answer is "The company thought of that and made a product for cleaning shops and it was a total bust so it was dropped." https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-110-Di...ct_top?ie=UTF8 Shops are not meant to be _totally_ clean. If your shop is immaculate then you aren't using it right. I get what you're saying, John, and agree with the premise. However, any time I do finishing, I sure wish my shop was "immaculate" because it would save me a whole lot of time knocking the fuzz off between coats. There are air cleaners for the airborne stuff and I see a place for something that would capture all that stuff on the floor before it gets airborne. Something along these lines works beautifully in removing fine dust from floors. I always find that, if you don't have a dedicated finishing area, cleaning up as best you can, waiting a couple of hours, and then proceeding carefully so as not to raise any remaining dust works best. This also means turning off any 'dust filters', fans, heaters, or air conditioners since each of these will sabotage your efforts to get dust out of the air. That can make things pretty uncomfortable for a while depending on season and your shop. http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. They used that stuff at the high school back in the sixties/seventies all the time. - it was a "dust magnet" compound. |
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On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. |
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Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 12:27:21 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 8/5/2017 11:23 AM, wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. No, they learn the area. That strictly depends on the particular Roomba model that you get. Only the high end models have the mapping feature all others currently are random. That's what I was told buy the guy who used to design 'em. Perhaps iRobot only designed the "smart" ones (the rest coming from China). |
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On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 16:43:37 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote: On 8/5/2017 11:23 AM, wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: [snip] In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) I agree with you but I think his issue is the fine stuff that settles hours after he's done in the shop. My issue is the concrete "dusting" but I don't think a Roomba is the solution. Any reason you can't give your shop floor ONE really good cleaning and then pour satin polyurethane on it and roll it out? I did just that on my shop and garage floor when I built it 30+ years ago. The coating is till probably 95% (only place I've had problems is where the car tires run with salt and crap in the bad weather. Concrete dust? WTF is that? ;-) Some day I might get time to even work down there. |
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On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On 8/5/2017 9:18 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Works on any floor type, Mike. Most that I've seen has a red dye in it so you can see it on the floor. As others have said, a little goes a long way. Not only does the oily consistency (not enough to smear) pick up the dust, it prevents it from becoming airborne. Others have attested to its vintage. I first recall seeing my father using it in our basement ca 1953 and he was hardly an innovator. ;-) |
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On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 16:43:37 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote: On 8/5/2017 11:23 AM, wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: [snip] In any case given their limitations on larger debris, I would think the OP would be better off just making a fast pass with a floor vacuum tool attached to a shop vac or dust collection system. By the time he's picked up all the little bits, he's near done anyway. At a couple hundred for a Roomba, he can buy some nice hardwoods or another tool. ;-) I agree with you but I think his issue is the fine stuff that settles hours after he's done in the shop. My issue is the concrete "dusting" but I don't think a Roomba is the solution. Any reason you can't give your shop floor ONE really good cleaning and then pour satin polyurethane on it and roll it out? I did just that on my shop and garage floor when I built it 30+ years ago. The coating is till probably 95% (only place I've had problems is where the car tires run with salt and crap in the bad weather. Concrete dust? WTF is that? ;-) two words WATER GLASS or Sodium Silicate |
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On Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:50:26 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 12:27:21 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote: On 8/5/2017 11:23 AM, wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:58:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote: On 8/5/2017 10:46 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/4/17 10:12 PM, Doug Miller wrote: wrote in : [snip] so on. I'm wondering how well Roomba would do with the fine dust that escapes my air filter too, and settles out of the air hours later, or with the stuff that I miss with the broom. It would work great for that, if you didn't move stuff around a lot. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. How so, Mike? I don't own one but I always thought they cleaned in a randomized pattern - just take off and go until they sense/touch and object and then alter course until the next obstruction. No, they learn the area. That strictly depends on the particular Roomba model that you get. Only the high end models have the mapping feature all others currently are random. That's what I was told buy the guy who used to design 'em. Perhaps iRobot only designed the "smart" ones (the rest coming from China). iRobot designed them all - and likely has them all made in China (or some other low-wage PacRim country) |
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On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:18:53 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Yes it does. The old hardware srore in Elmira Ontario had hardwood floors and sweepong compound was used all the time.It was also used on hardwood floors as well as terrazo ot school. |
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On 8/5/17 9:36 PM, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
On 8/5/2017 9:18 PM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Works on any floor type, Mike. Most that I've seen has a red dye in it so you can see it on the floor. As others have said, a little goes a long way. Not only does the oily consistency (not enough to smear) pick up the dust, it prevents it from becoming airborne. Others have attested to its vintage. I first recall seeing my father using it in our basement ca 1953 and he was hardly an innovator. ;-) I'm getting some, that settles it. :-) -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On 8/5/17 9:49 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:18:53 -0500, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Yes it does. The old hardware srore in Elmira Ontario had hardwood floors and sweepong compound was used all the time.It was also used on hardwood floors as well as terrazo ot school. Thanks for that info. Think I'll try it. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:36:33 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote: On 8/5/2017 9:18 PM, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Works on any floor type, Mike. Most that I've seen has a red dye in it so you can see it on the floor. As others have said, a little goes a long way. Not only does the oily consistency (not enough to smear) pick up the dust, it prevents it from becoming airborne. Others have attested to its vintage. I first recall seeing my father using it in our basement ca 1953 and he was hardly an innovator. ;-) A lot of it is green too |
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... It will get that dust you are talking about. The upper end models have Hepa filters although not Hepa certified. Ours sucks up enough dog hair and dust to build a new dog every couple of weeks. In my case it would have to suck up the dog to stay ahead of the hair. English Setter... his white hair forms "snow drifts" in a matter of days... ;~) |
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On 8/5/17 9:49 PM, wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:18:53 -0500, -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Yes it does. The old hardware srore in Elmira Ontario had hardwood floors and sweepong compound was used all the time.It was also used on hardwood floors as well as terrazo ot school. Thanks for that info. Think I'll try it. The only time I ever saw it was when the janitor at the high school was sweeping out the gym, which had a hardwood floor. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/5/2017 10:18 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. Yes, it does. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
-MIKE- wrote:
On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. They seem to be contradicting themselves on their website. http://www.zepcommercial.com/product/Sweeping-Compound From the column on the right: "SDS & PRO TIPS" Pro Tips This product is safe for both hard and soft flooring. --- From the column on the right: "Questions & Answers" Questions And Answers Can you use it on finished hardwood floors Answers Thank you for contacting us. We do not recommend applying this product to hardwood floors. We hope this helps. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Zep Commercial | Consumer Relations Department 2 years, 6 months ago ZepRepresentative |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On Sun, 06 Aug 2017 13:21:06 +0000, Spalted Walt
wrote: -MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. They seem to be contradicting themselves on their website. http://www.zepcommercial.com/product/Sweeping-Compound From the column on the right: "SDS & PRO TIPS" Pro Tips This product is safe for both hard and soft flooring. --- From the column on the right: "Questions & Answers" Questions And Answers Can you use it on finished hardwood floors Answers Thank you for contacting us. We do not recommend applying this product to hardwood floors. We hope this helps. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Zep Commercial | Consumer Relations Department 2 years, 6 months ago ZepRepresentative Interestingly enough, DustBane Corp, who first mareketted the stuff, no longer even lists it as one of their products ---- I guess too many imitators made it unprofitable for them??? |
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On 8/6/2017 9:21 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
-MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. They seem to be contradicting themselves on their website. http://www.zepcommercial.com/product/Sweeping-Compound From the column on the right: "SDS & PRO TIPS" Pro Tips This product is safe for both hard and soft flooring. --- From the column on the right: "Questions & Answers" Questions And Answers Can you use it on finished hardwood floors Answers Thank you for contacting us. We do not recommend applying this product to hardwood floors. We hope this helps. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Zep Commercial | Consumer Relations Department 2 years, 6 months ago ZepRepresentative I'm surprised at that. I can show you a 20,000 sq ft warehouse where it has been used for years with no ill effects. Unless they mean unfinished wood. I can see that as it does have some sort of oil in it. |
Anybody use a Roomba in the workshop?
On 8/6/17 8:21 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
-MIKE- wrote: On 8/5/17 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 8/5/2017 3:20 PM, -MIKE- wrote: http://www.homedepot.com/p/ZEP-50-lb...EP50/202056504 Wow, that's a new one on me! I never knew such a thing existed. I've used similar things for oil and spilled paint, but I never imagined something like that for dust. 50# will last a very long time. You just sprinkle a little and it all works as you sweep along. It is sort of like oild sawdust. I think I'll pick some up. I wonder if it works on wood floors. They seem to be contradicting themselves on their website. http://www.zepcommercial.com/product/Sweeping-Compound From the column on the right: "SDS & PRO TIPS" Pro Tips This product is safe for both hard and soft flooring. --- From the column on the right: "Questions & Answers" Questions And Answers Can you use it on finished hardwood floors Answers Thank you for contacting us. We do not recommend applying this product to hardwood floors. We hope this helps. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Zep Commercial | Consumer Relations Department 2 years, 6 months ago ZepRepresentative Perhaps they are worried about it scratching the finish, who knows? Not an issue for me since I'm considering it for the OSB floor in my sharn. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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