polishing wheels and extraction?

[medusa]

How important is it to have decent dust extraction on a bench polishing wheel? I normally use my neighbours, but I really want to get my own sorted but I don't think there will be room for an extractor (especially now I have my durston where I was planning on having my polisher.

I've taken to using platinum blue and white on a small mop (which is amazing stuff!) but it does worn me that in California it is known to be a cancer hazard.


Could I get away with using a dust mask and nowt else?

[caroleallen]

If you get the Foredom polisher with a dust extractor, it's really tiny and you can move it around. I use Luxi too but from the muck that collects in the filter, I'd say you would't want that floating around your studio.

[medusa]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.

[Goldsmith]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.

I have managed for the past 25 years with just my homemade mop covers and without an extractor Liz, if things get mucky I just position and old vacuum cleaner near the mops. A regular clean with the vacuum up keeps my polishing area clean. I have an old Black and Decker, Henry type vacuum for this job.

James

[Wallace]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.


I was going to but George and Caroline tempted me to the foredom side.... the force is strong..... hahaha

It wasn't too hard though, I need my grinder for preparing my gravers etc.

I need to invest in an old vacuum cleaner though those cotton mops get everywhere!

[Didi]

Hi there. I would love a bench polisher but for now use the little mops on the foredom. My problem isn't so much extraction but the state I get in. Being very myopic means i get too close and end up with a black face and my white hair turned pink!! I think I need to run up a 'polishing outfit'. Any ideas? Balaclava perhaps?
Didi

[Wallace]

face visor http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Visors/Clearways-Visor.htm

that would work!

failing that, how about this? http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/saint-gobain-to-launch-hazmat-suit-at-fdic-2009.html

or for a smaller cost, this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/German-Army-surplus-one-piece-heavy-duty-NBC-haz-mat-rubber-suit-/170922226903?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item27cbc234d7

[lilia]

failing that, how about this? http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/saint-gobain-to-launch-hazmat-suit-at-fdic-2009.html

or for a smaller cost, this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/German-Army-surplus-one-piece-heavy-duty-NBC-haz-mat-rubber-suit-/170922226903?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item27cbc234d7

Lol, Wallace :-) how about wearing optivisor then you wouldn't need to get so close to the piece with a spinning mop next to it - think about safety, if it gets caught on your hair it will be very painful to say the least.

[Didi]

Wallace, Thank you so much i haven't laughed so much for ages! I was thinking more of a tablecloth with eye holes cut out for safety goggles but a full hazmat would work for so many more things, nipping over the shop incognito....emptying the cat tray...

Lilia, no problem with the hair other than going punk - too short to get caught in anything!!
Thanks again Didi

[Patstone]

Very good, what a laugh, I must show Sam that she will split her sides.



face visor http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Visors/Clearways-Visor.htm

that would work!

failing that, how about this? http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/saint-gobain-to-launch-hazmat-suit-at-fdic-2009.html

or for a smaller cost, this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/German-Army-surplus-one-piece-heavy-duty-NBC-haz-mat-rubber-suit-/170922226903?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item27cbc234d7

[CJ57]

I have a big dustmaster with built in extractors and I still wear overalls, a mask, glasses and a scarf round my head, looks great when you have to answer the door!!

[medusa]

I have managed for the past 25 years with just my homemade mop covers and without an extractor Liz, if things get mucky I just position and old vacuum cleaner near the mops. A regular clean with the vacuum up keeps my polishing area clean. I have an old Black and Decker, Henry type vacuum for this job.

James

cheers James, that's what I had hoped to hear! :D

[Keia]

I use the extractor fan on the cooker & a face sheild, but that's with using the Dremel to polish. Not sure if it would work with a bench polisher =D

[Goldsmith]

cheers James, that's what I had hoped to hear! :D

I am not sure if I have posted this before, but this is my polishing area, after a lot of polishing and no clean up for a few months. I made the mop covers from plywood and the flaps that sit on the mops are just squares of cardboard taped to the cover tops, as you see it's a messy area but a lot of the rubbish stays inside the mop covers. This is the worst my polishing area has ever been.

James

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[medusa]

brilliant! I will get Mr Medusa on it straight away! :D

[sparkles]

After using a converted grinder for years and being reluctant to invest so much in a polisher with built in extraction I finally bought a polisher with integral cowls which collect most of the muck. I sometimes get out a mask and goggles in an attempt to do the right thing but usually remove them within five minutes and put up with a black face and hope the postman doesn't call before I get to the bathroom. It probably doesn't do my lungs too much good but I don't spend prolonged periods polishing.

The polisher I bought is a Creusen and I am really pleased with it.

[Didi]

At the risk of inviting abuse - here is a pic my OH took of me polishing. At least I think its me. Anyone else got pics os polishing outfits?
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Didi