Removing Drywall Dust From Hardwood Floors

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Removing drywall dust from hardwood floors. Our steam cleaner is not the answer. 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. Weekend home improvement aficionados are even more likely to get mud on the floor. 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.

I really like the method wood floor cleaner. All this could spell disaster but it doesn t drywall mud is easy to remove even from wood floors. Every drywall installation and repair job brings with it clouds of fine dust a product of sanding the drywall after taping and finishing. Removing drywall dust from walls before you paint is up there with the west jobs ever.

Once you have a working vacuum with a proper filter cleaning drywall dust and residue from a hardwood floor is easy. As an added bonus you probably only need to clean high traffic areas like foyers living rooms and hallways throughout the week. The brush on my vacuum helps get it out of the joints in the pre finish flooring. This helped the surface of the wood but the white dust is still embedded in there.

The best means of cleaning hardwood floors is to use a microfiber dust mop or a vacuum cleaner. The floor feels gritty and all the grain is a grey colour really noticeable next to the hallway hardwood floors. 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. Is there white residue on your newly installed floors.

Finish haze could be caused by water as well. I always vacuum as much as i can first though. Its labor intensive frustrating and dirty. Made from stones polymers and other adhesives drywall compound can be difficult to remove once.

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. We have done extensive remodeling. It s likely drywall dust.