I am standing in the Sherwin Williams store Friday picking up paint for a couple of job. A guy walks in with a paint stained tee shirt and asks the guy at the counter “do you guys sell something for removing the drywall dust from drywall?” The counter guy clarifies that he is asking about removing dust from fresh sanded drywall and Mr. tee shirt say “yeah, thats what I am talking about”.
The counter guy says no they don’t have anything special. I say “we wrap a towel around a broom and dust it off”. He looks at me like he has just been shot and say “you take a broom and dust it off?!”. Thinking he didn’t understand I say “yeah, just wrap a towel around a broom and wipe it over the drywall, every so often take it outside and shake it good and do it again. Then just look it over to make sure you didn’t miss something”.
He say ” are you a pro?” And I answered yes he turns around and walks for the door shaking his head. So I wonder what answer he wanted. Or maybe I was just too technical. Hmmmm. DanT
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my "applied coating specialist" doesn't "de-dust" ...
he just sands and rolls over ...
something about the dust blending the raw drywall and the seams ...
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Reminds me of talking to an archy once without really thinking. I gave him a set of rough drawings with rough dimensions that I took quickly by myself without a helper to hold the tape taught. I was trying to tell him the the dimensions were rough but what came out of my mouth was "I only used a tape measure." He says to me "how else would you measure?" ;-)
"Let's get crack-a-lackin" --- Adam Carolla
Maybe it had nothing to do with your advice to him. Could it be that someone at the job site sent him for the proverbial "smoke shifter" or "skyhook"?
I rarely tape/spackle entire rooms, usually just repairs. Either way, I'll just dust off the walls with my hand or a dry rag. If I'm trying to keep airborne dust to a bare minimum, I'll use a lightly dampened rag.
-Don
A few years ago, a client gave me a duster that you can buy at the home show. She had two and noticed I was using a rag to wipe down the walls. The duster has a wide head that swivels on 3 axis, and the handle is telescoping, so it's easy to clean the walls to the ceiling without a ladder. It works great, so good in fact my wife occaissionally hi-jacks it from my van to use in our house. The duster is held to the head with velcro.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
I have a picture in my head of a bunch of painters laughing their azzes off at the rookie. "Hey go to Sherwin Williams and pick up some drywall dust remover."
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
Yeah and while you're at it get the board stretcher, sky hooks, bucket of steam, henway, and dickfer. ;)View Image
Yep, that's the aholes I was thinking of.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
So, what did they send you for?
Nothing. We were never allowed to play those games. We were only alowed to drink water once an hour when I started out. More then that and you were a slacker.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
You got water once an hour? Must have been a good outfit.
They thought they were.
I started off building railroad tracks by hand. Freaking hot nasty and everything on the railroad is heavy. I was the only "kid" on the crew the rest of the guys were older most were Vietnam vets who didn't take crap off of anybody. Kick your azz at teh drop of a hat. You just did what you were told and shut up. I loved it, believe it or not. I was never so proud when I could sink a spike with three licks from a twenty pound sledge. Swung that baby all day.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
Sounds like pain to me. But you got a team of personal trainers and a full day workout, and paid for the privilege.
No pain, no gain.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
Then you found food and it's been downhill ever since. DanT
LOL. It's been the downfall of many a men.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
My brother always says
"the most powerful force in the universe, and it ain't gravity"
But then he isn't talking about food either. DanT
sounds like you were a gandy dancer, what railroad did you work for?
Yep, Gandy dancer. I worked for a contractor.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
Back in my Army days
It was a tube of squelch we sent em looking for.Do you look to the government for an entitlement, or to GOD for empowerment. BDW
OK, I always wanted a chance toplay straight man -So,
What's a dickfer?
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Interesting question. Back in the early 1800's in Alaska one of the obvious issues was to stay warm. Seal, bear, and other animal skins were used to clothe the natives in order to ward off the winter cold. The one issue that kept arising was (since this is before the invention of the zipper or hook/loop fastening systems) a method to allow a man to go to the bathroom and still keep his dick warm.
A special type of fur from the Alaskin albatross bird was found to not only hold in heat at an unusually high level, and repel liquid (such as urine) but was also dense enough to allow those using it to stay warm. A man could pull back the fur to urinate and then the fur because of its density would cover back over the given area to again act as an insulator. As time went on it became known as dick-fur. Thus the name. I hope this helped. DanT
Wow Dan !
I had heard it but of course I lost the word in the recycle bin of my head. Thats where most all is lost. Cool.
Tim
"What's a dickfer?"
at your age............
not much.... ;)
sorry couldn't resist
sorry couldn't resist
We can see that , lol.
Tim
I'm so glad I asked! But more because of the exotic cultural tale involving the albatros fur
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If I didnt know ya I would say yer kiddin right ?
Tim