How To Remove Sheetrock Dust From Wood Floors

How to clean up after drywall finishing.

How to remove sheetrock dust from wood floors.

Mop the floor with warm water. I ve googled cleaning hardwood floors but several that have tried the new swiffer mopjet say the liquid leaves a film on the floor. I dry mopped and used a shop vac. This helped the surface of the wood but the white dust is still embedded in there.

How do i safely remove construction dust and dirt from drywall safely off new hardwood floors. Drywall dust is embedded into our engineered hardwood floor in the cracks and in the grain of the wood. Once you have a working vacuum with a proper filter cleaning drywall dust and residue from a hardwood floor is easy. Add soap if you want to give the floor a good cleaning in the process.

Our steam cleaner is not the answer. Not water we are in process of having our kitchen completely remodeled and now have new hardwood floors. The downside is the dust it. The dust isn t poisonous but it does create a respiratory hazard so letting it circulate throughout the house isn t an option you don t want to wet it down though because it turns into a goopy mess that settles into every crack and crevice in the room.

Work the mop into the gaps between boards to remove any dust that settled there. Drywall is used in almost all home building and remodeling because it is inexpensive easy to work with and takes paint well. Every drywall installation and repair job brings with it clouds of fine dust a product of sanding the drywall after taping and finishing. I dry mopped and used a shop vac.