John Rodgers on fri 29 sep 06
Much has been said about keeping one's shop/studio clean and free of
dust, clay, silica- to avoid health problems. I determined to address
this when I set up my current shop. Any clay, dust, glaze that is not on
the floor, gets a wet wipe with sponges and towels, before it is allowed
to sit for very long. This is a must, because sooner or later it will
get into the air, then into the lungs - a serious no-no. But how to deal
with that which winds up on the floor was another matter. Sweeping just
throws dust into the air. Vacuuming might work, but there must be a
filtering system to prevent tiny dust particle - particularly silica -
from being blown back into the shop air. Cleaning of ware also produces
dust, so how to deal with that was another question. A cleaning table
with a downdraft fan and filters seems to be the solution there. But for
floor cleaning I devised a simple solution. In setting up the shop, I
considered how the building needed to be configured, and now have the
shop with an overhead door in the back. Everything in the shop is on
wheels or metal legs at least 12 inches tall. When ready to clean the
floor, I open the overhead door, and beginning at one end of the shop, I
simply being hosing it down with a high pressure stream of water, moving
all dirt, trash and debris towards that overhead door opening.
Eventually all the watter and debris is forced out of the shop through
the doorway. The residual is scooped with a shovel and put in the trash
to be hauled away.
When I am done with this floor cleaning process, I turn on all the fans
to circulate the air, and the floor dries relatively fast.
I do have to move things around a bit when cleaning the floor this way,
but that is exactly why I opted to put everything on wheels, to make it
ever so much easier to move things around. I work mostly by myself, and
it is a royal pain to have to wait for extra help to come over to assist
in moving stuff. It's all on wheels, and when the mood strikes, I can
just pull, push, or shove at my convenience.
Wheels and hoses ... a good way to go for cleaning floors.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
A Kettner on fri 29 sep 06
when sweeping the floor we all know that this kicks up a lot of dust.
One thing we do to cut down on that is to spread moistened (not
drenched) saw dust around, then use a dust mop to push into a pile.
This really helps. All table tops and even the trim around the doors
can be wiped off with a bucket of water and a sponge.
Arthur
On 9/29/06, John Rodgers wrote:
> Much has been said about keeping one's shop/studio clean and free of
> dust, clay, silica- to avoid health problems. I determined to address
> this when I set up my current shop. Any clay, dust, glaze that is not on
> the floor, gets a wet wipe with sponges and towels, before it is allowed
> to sit for very long. This is a must, because sooner or later it will
> get into the air, then into the lungs - a serious no-no. But how to deal
> with that which winds up on the floor was another matter. Sweeping just
> throws dust into the air. Vacuuming might work, but there must be a
> filtering system to prevent tiny dust particle - particularly silica -
> from being blown back into the shop air. Cleaning of ware also produces
> dust, so how to deal with that was another question. A cleaning table
> with a downdraft fan and filters seems to be the solution there. But for
> floor cleaning I devised a simple solution. In setting up the shop, I
> considered how the building needed to be configured, and now have the
> shop with an overhead door in the back. Everything in the shop is on
> wheels or metal legs at least 12 inches tall. When ready to clean the
> floor, I open the overhead door, and beginning at one end of the shop, I
> simply being hosing it down with a high pressure stream of water, moving
> all dirt, trash and debris towards that overhead door opening.
> Eventually all the watter and debris is forced out of the shop through
> the doorway. The residual is scooped with a shovel and put in the trash
> to be hauled away.
>
> When I am done with this floor cleaning process, I turn on all the fans
> to circulate the air, and the floor dries relatively fast.
>
> I do have to move things around a bit when cleaning the floor this way,
> but that is exactly why I opted to put everything on wheels, to make it
> ever so much easier to move things around. I work mostly by myself, and
> it is a royal pain to have to wait for extra help to come over to assist
> in moving stuff. It's all on wheels, and when the mood strikes, I can
> just pull, push, or shove at my convenience.
>
> Wheels and hoses ... a good way to go for cleaning floors.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> Chelsea, AL
>
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Lee Love on fri 29 sep 06
On 9/29/06, John Rodgers wrote:
> throws dust into the air. Vacuuming might work, but there must be a
> filtering system to prevent tiny dust particle - particularly silica -
> from being blown back into the shop air.
I use a long hosed shop vac. The cannister is outside.
>Cleaning of ware also produces
> dust, so how to deal with that was another question. A cleaning table
> with a downdraft fan and filters seems to be the solution there.
I dust work outside. Wet sponge only, in the studio. All dry
mixing of clay and glazes is done outside too. Only wet mixing in
the studio.
> When I am done with this floor cleaning process, I turn on all the fans
> to circulate the air, and the floor dries relatively fast.
I point my fans blowing to the outside only. It is the best way
to pull any dust in the air out. You don't want turbulance inside
the studio, pushing any dust on the walls, etc, into the air.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
"When we all do better. We ALL do better." -Paul Wellstone
curtis adkins on sat 30 sep 06
Hi John,
Best way I know of is what you wrote...I grew up in a paint n' body shop and that's how my old pop used to get the job done...floor squeegees help with moving the water and crud too.
Curtis "Monk" Adkins
A Kettner wrote: when sweeping the floor we all know that this kicks up a lot of dust.
One thing we do to cut down on that is to spread moistened (not
drenched) saw dust around, then use a dust mop to push into a pile.
This really helps. All table tops and even the trim around the doors
can be wiped off with a bucket of water and a sponge.
Arthur
On 9/29/06, John Rodgers wrote:
> Much has been said about keeping one's shop/studio clean and free of
> dust, clay, silica- to avoid health problems. I determined to address
> this when I set up my current shop. Any clay, dust, glaze that is not on
> the floor, gets a wet wipe with sponges and towels, before it is allowed
> to sit for very long. This is a must, because sooner or later it will
> get into the air, then into the lungs - a serious no-no. But how to deal
> with that which winds up on the floor was another matter. Sweeping just
> throws dust into the air. Vacuuming might work, but there must be a
> filtering system to prevent tiny dust particle - particularly silica -
> from being blown back into the shop air. Cleaning of ware also produces
> dust, so how to deal with that was another question. A cleaning table
> with a downdraft fan and filters seems to be the solution there. But for
> floor cleaning I devised a simple solution. In setting up the shop, I
> considered how the building needed to be configured, and now have the
> shop with an overhead door in the back. Everything in the shop is on
> wheels or metal legs at least 12 inches tall. When ready to clean the
> floor, I open the overhead door, and beginning at one end of the shop, I
> simply being hosing it down with a high pressure stream of water, moving
> all dirt, trash and debris towards that overhead door opening.
> Eventually all the watter and debris is forced out of the shop through
> the doorway. The residual is scooped with a shovel and put in the trash
> to be hauled away.
>
> When I am done with this floor cleaning process, I turn on all the fans
> to circulate the air, and the floor dries relatively fast.
>
> I do have to move things around a bit when cleaning the floor this way,
> but that is exactly why I opted to put everything on wheels, to make it
> ever so much easier to move things around. I work mostly by myself, and
> it is a royal pain to have to wait for extra help to come over to assist
> in moving stuff. It's all on wheels, and when the mood strikes, I can
> just pull, push, or shove at my convenience.
>
> Wheels and hoses ... a good way to go for cleaning floors.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> Chelsea, AL
>
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