Vince Pitelka on wed 9 feb 00

>I don't agree with this statement. I've found that mopping
>leaves a thin residue of very fine material, which I imagine
>gets scuffed up into the air again when we walk on it. I've
>mopped to the point where I ALMOST get rid of this residue but
>it takes three or four tries. On the other hand, my Beam vacuum
>from Mark Ward gets it all. And it's vented to the outside so
>there is nothing getting into the air during vacuuming......just
>my two cents

Jennifer -
I admire your commitment to studio hygiene, and agree that the Beam vacuum
from Mark Ward is one of the very best solutions. But worrying about the
residue left by wet-mopping borders on paranoid or obsessive-compulsive
behavior. Please do not take offense at that, because I am sure this does
not apply to you. But people need to be realistic about cleaning the
studio. The amount of clay, and therefore the even more miniscule amount of
free silica, which would be raised in the air by scuffing the dry residue
from wet-mopping simply is of no concern at all.
Best wishes -
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Home - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166

John K Dellow on thu 10 feb 00

God !!,I think most of you would have fit if you came into my
pottery with its dirt & sawdust floor . If i was to take a vacuum
cleaner into it ,I think the vac would die of shock !.


John Dellow "the flower pot man"
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
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Louis H.. Katz on thu 10 feb 00

My favorite solution is to hose on a slooping floor into a drain and follow
that with a squeege. Of course only half of my studio is sloped, so the mop
gets some use, but only after the squeege.



Vince Pitelka wrote:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >I don't agree with this statement. I've found that mopping
> >leaves a thin residue of very fine material, which I imagine
> >gets scuffed up into the air again when we walk on it. I've
> >mopped to the point where I ALMOST get rid of this residue but
> >it takes three or four tries. On the other hand, my Beam vacuum
> >from Mark Ward gets it all. And it's vented to the outside so
> >there is nothing getting into the air during vacuuming......just
> >my two cents
>
> Jennifer -
> I admire your commitment to studio hygiene, and agree that the Beam vacuum
> from Mark Ward is one of the very best solutions. But worrying about the
> residue left by wet-mopping borders on paranoid or obsessive-compulsive
> behavior. Please do not take offense at that, because I am sure this does
> not apply to you. But people need to be realistic about cleaning the
> studio. The amount of clay, and therefore the even more miniscule amount of
> free silica, which would be raised in the air by scuffing the dry residue
> from wet-mopping simply is of no concern at all.
> Best wishes -
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka
> Home - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
> 615/597-5376
> Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
> 615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
> Appalachian Center for Crafts
> Tennessee Technological University
> 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166