Harmful dust from old paint, shellac, stain, polyurethane and other nasty stuff can cause serious respiratory problems.
I’ve souped-up my Ryobi CornerCat with an easy and inexpensive way to reduce dust while using a sander. I can’t even begin to tell you what a difference it’s made!
It’s super simple and only took a few minutes… here’s how I did it.
1. You’ll need a shop vac or vacuum cleaner. My mystery man gave me his old HuskyShopVac which is perfect for my work area.
2. You’ll also need an inexpensive (under $10) plastic or rubber adapter and hose clamp which can be purchased at any hardware store in the vacuum attachment isle. Mine came in a kit which included the 1-1/4″ adapter plus 2 other sizes.
3. Loosely place the hose clamp around the sander’s blower exhaust. Insert one end of the adapter to the exhaust on your sander. Insert the other end of the adapter to the hose on your vacuum. To secure the attachment, tighten the clamp.
4. Turn the sander and vacuum “ON”…then sand away! The wood dust gets sucked from your sander directly into the vacuum!
No headache, no heavy lungs and no heavy clean-up…I’m loving it!
So girls, if you ever catch yourself coughing, spitting, wiping your nose with the back of your hand and scratching yourself like a construction worker while using your sander; remember a dust free environment is the key.
Reduce the dust while sanding and it will help maintain your good health and your attractive fem-da-la-fem diva status!
Sand away and have fun!
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Rather than an adapter and clamp, I attached the two with Duck tape and it worked beautifully!!!
That is the answer! You are smart and ingenious.
Where do I buy the adapter?
Tried this today for sanding my stairs. It worked flawlessly! Not a speck of dust in the other rooms of my house. Thank you so much for posting this! Also, I didn’t have a hose clamp, so I used duct tape. Worked great.
I am an avid DIY’er with my professional organizing clients and sometimes need to make a dust fuss on the job…you never know what kinds of projects I might be asked to do! This is a great and easy way to reduce sanding dust. I wish I had read this before last week. I raised so much dust that, despite the mask, I ended up coughing for the rest of the night. Thanks for this Denise! Very helpful. I will definitely keep it in mind for next time.
Glad you found the tip helpful. I’m going to adopt your phrase “dust-fuss”…I really like it!