Ok, been wire wheeling and grinding on the rockers all week. So now everything in the garage has a coating of rust and black powdercoat dust.

It can be cleaned, but I'm hating to see what its going to be like when I bring the M101 trailer in for some much needed TLC.

Anyone have a method of preventing this from happening?

Thanks,
Jason

howdy

drape a giant tarp over you and your project! lol. or it might be the other way around...tarps over your stuff. i think thats one of the major reasons people send stuff out to be sand blasted.

later

jason

Go to HomeDepot or Lowe's or the like and buy a bunch of plastic. Hopefully you have a window in your garage... tack it to the ceiling creating "walls" where two sections must intersect overlap them by a foot or so don't let them interesct at a corner unless the over lap a foot on each side.. tape the intersections together. except for one for an entrance. if you have a window then allow for it to tape to the window frame and have an opening for the window so you can get some ventilation. you can also use this for a paint booth as well. It takes a bit to set up but it works great for large projects like your M101

keep a vacuum cleaner handy to suck up the dust as you grind

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Originally posted by Iceman:
keep a vacuum cleaner handy to suck up the dust as you grind

Picked up a new shop vac just for that. Thinking the plastic idea might work also for the bigger messier jobs.

Jason

grinde outside?

Not sure the neighbors would like that much

Plus its been like 30 degrees and rainy. Not good for grinding.

Jason

every 1/2 hr or so, stop your projecdt, connect your air blower thingie with the handle on it to your compressor and blow out the garage.
or you can do what i do and paint with krayola crayons. be sure to use the wax ones not the water based.... the wax helps you get out of those stuck between a rock and a hard place situations.. you just slide right out.