Susan Cline on thu 28 feb 02
I recently purchased a Tacky-Surface Matt from McMaster-Carr in Cleveland, OH. These come in re-usable or disposable
formats and are designed to hold the dust from your shoes when you walk on them. Mine has 60 layers; when it's too
dirty for words, I peel off the top layer and dispose of it. Keeps me from tracking clay dust through the house. This
company has all sorts of "industrial-strength" stuff, a huge catalog. You can find them online at: www.mcmaster.com,
then give them a call or order online if you are interested.
Saw them in use at a construction site at the hospital where I work, where dust can be a very serious problem....
Cats don't like it much, but it's saving my kitchen floor.
Frank Gaydos wrote:
> The issue of tracking dust from the Clay Room toward the Computer Center came up during a planning session.
> We have the room cleaned each evening and installed air cleaners but the tracking problem during the day is vexing.
> At present we have a ten foot carpet outside the door which is not doing the job.
> I'm asking for solutions others have implemented for this problem.
> I suggested laying down carpet tile outside the door and just vacuum each night.
> Frank Gaydos
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Jocelyn McAuley on thu 28 feb 02
> > The issue of tracking dust from the Clay Room toward the Computer Center came
> > up during a planning session.
> > We have the room cleaned each evening and installed air cleaners but the
> > tracking problem during the day is vexing.
I missed the original post, so may be missing some details.
The histology lab where I work had sticky matts placed in the doorways of
their facility during times of construction. These seemed to suck the
footprints off of your shoes so that we wouldn't track in any dust.
http://www.mcmaster.com sells these sticky mats that suck the dust off of
your feet, this site calls them "contamination control matting".
Hope this helps
Jocelyn
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Frank Gaydos on thu 28 feb 02
The issue of tracking dust from the Clay Room toward the Computer Center =
came up during a planning session.
We have the room cleaned each evening and installed air cleaners but the =
tracking problem during the day is vexing.
At present we have a ten foot carpet outside the door which is not doing =
the job.
I'm asking for solutions others have implemented for this problem.
I suggested laying down carpet tile outside the door and just vacuum =
each night.
Frank Gaydos
Sharon Villines on thu 28 feb 02
> The issue of tracking dust from the Clay Room toward the Computer Center came
> up during a planning session.
> We have the room cleaned each evening and installed air cleaners but the
> tracking problem during the day is vexing.
This may seem very simplistic but an exterior door to the ceramics
facilities may be the only solution. Clay will get on the floor all day
long, no matter what you do.
Having people leave their shoes at the door and put on a special pair of
studio shoes? Requires small lockers.
Putting on plastic coverings when they enter the studio and removing them on
exit? Hospital suppliers should have these.
Sharon.
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