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Chris Ensor

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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:05 pm

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What is the best way you have found to get wood dust (i.e. rosewood, bloodwood, etc) off of lighter woods like maple and spruce?

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Laurent Brondel

Post subject: Re: Cleaning Question

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:31 pm

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A lot of attention… and compressed air.

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Mark Tripp

Post subject: Re: Cleaning Question

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:21 pm

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Exactly what Laurent said...

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gozierdt

Post subject: Re: Cleaning Question

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:15 am

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I normally vacuum first, then blow with compressed air.

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Eric Reid

Post subject: Re: Cleaning Question

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:35 pm

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I like the shop vac too. I've got a fitting that throttles down the end of the hose to a round half inch opening. I glued a styrofoam washer on the end so I don't have to worry about scratching things. Works as well as anything I've tried.

One more tip: I try to avoid sanding with anything finer than 220 until I have everything sealed. The coarse dust from 220 sanding doesn't get stuck in pores as badly as finer dust will.

As was mentioned elsewhere, if you can avoid sanding altogether--just scrape until you're ready for a seal coat--that works even better.

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Pat Foster

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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:50 pm

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Powerful industrial vacuum cleaner. I hold the hose with my fingers keeping the end about 1/8" off the surface to create a venturi effect. I figure I'm holding it right when I hear lots of noise at the hose end which means fast moving air. Works for me.

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