hello again, doing alot of drywall in the basement, and will have a fair amoung of sanding to do. I see amazon sells a dust containment system, but seem pretty expensive 129.99 for two poles when i would need 4 or 6, for that kind of money, may as well buy a dustless vac system. Anybody know if there are similar but cheaper systems out there? By way, saw on a previous post that youns hated to drwyall and tape in closet, my vote goes for a stairwell. Hard to hang drywall and tape while standing on a 5.5″ wide plank.
Thanks
Dan
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Try any containment you want, but plan on a mess anyway. I've been around drywall a long time and the only effective dust control involves constant, agressive manual clean up by laborers
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
For the smaller jobs we do 'in-house' I hook of an el-cheapo sanding screen holder that hooks up to my Fein shop vac. Still need the old elbow grease to sand, but with the one micron bag inside the Fein very little dust escapes.
Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
I just used a device purchased from Menards for about $37 which worked great. It uses a bucket with water and is hooked up to a shop vac.
I had very little dust and didn't even need to to use a face mask while sanding in the new house I'm building. I can get the exact name if you would like.
There is a film product called "Painter's Plastic" that's sold in boxes and rolls out to 12' x 400'. It's very strong and light weight, and you can stick it to anything with blue masking tape. We used it in several rooms to cover stuff and make temporary walls to keep the dust in one general area. If you can, put in a small window fan blowing outddors to created slight negative pressure in the room where you're sanding. That will help keep the ultra-fine dust in the room.
Some #!@* dust always escapes on clothes, shoes and tools, so be prepared for that cleanup with a good filter bag in your shop vac.
You must be talking about Zipwall poles. I have four of them, use them all the time, and yeah they cost a little too much. There is a similar product called Third Hand from a company called Fastcap, and they are cheaper and also fairly good. No matter how you try you will still get some dust thru the barrier, but you can stop 95% of it.