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Help! How to get major dust out of bevels in wood floor?

14 years ago

How in the world can I get it all out??? It is so bad. The person who laid my floors and did drywall work did not cover them and now he has half tried to clean them and it is horrible!

How can I get them clean? The dust in embedded in the bevels in between the wood planks.

Thanks in advance for ANY and all suggestions!

Amy

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Robbi D.

14 years ago

I don't know if you're interested in buying a piece of equipment, but I have a Hoover Floor Mate that I use to clean my hardwood floors (and I have a lot of them). We have natural wood floors from wood that was cut from our property. Since it has been laid, it continually shrinks and expands, so I always have a crack somewhere (deeper than bevels). I'm always amazed at all the stuff the Floor Mate gets up. It has 3 cycles. The first is like a vacuum, the second scrubs (rotating brushes that won't damage your finish) with water or a solution or your choice, and the final is a suction where it dries the floor so you don't have any wetness (or very little) left behind. I got the attachments (good for cleaning grout, tile, etc), but don't use them very often. I highly recommend this machine! I've cleaned up a lot of sheet rock dust in my time and it seems to glue itself to everything. I'm sorry you're having to go through all this. But I'm sure the end result will be beautiful!

Here is a link that might be useful: Hoover Floor Mate Reviews

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Comments (8)

pris
14 years ago
Are you saying this is drywall dust and they tried to mop it up??? If so let it dry out and vacuum up as much as you can, brush floor with something stiff enough to loosen the stuck on powder but not so stiff as to scratch your floors. Then vacuum again until you have removed as much as will come up that way. Hopefully what remains can be mopped up easier..
HomeMaker
14 years ago
Let it dry and maybe you could try using that canned air that is used to clean keyboards and computers?
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redbazel
14 years ago
I only have micro bevels, what do you have? I use vac attachment on my shop vac and now that I have a strong upright, I use that.

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monicakm_gw
14 years ago
This is what I did. Mind you I have a bad back and can't bend for extended periods of time. I brought in DH's mechanic roll around thingy, laid on my stomach while vacuuming, using the brush attachment, one groove at a time. Just running over it once didn't cut it. I had to go back and forth with some elbow grease. The mechanic thingy just helped me get around easier :)
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amykath
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks everyone! Those are some great tips. It is my entire downstairs. SHall make for a nice long evening. Better pop the cork and get some wine out! Might as well throw on some nice tunes as well. ; )
annzgw
14 years ago
The worker owes you a discount for the work he's caused 'you'!
dana1079
14 years ago
I'm a bit of a DIY...and we just put in unfinished hardwood flooring...then finished and polyed...there was alot of dust from sanding.

I bought the brush attachment for the shop vac...brought it in from the garage and used it on the floor...then we bought the dust mop made for hardwood flooring at HD and used that as a final duster.

The shop vac small suction attachment will do the job then follow up with the brush attachment.

We had some spackle dust in the bevels of ours as well...

Good luck!

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