Dust proof garage cabinets?

[Sparkynutz]

I will be using my garage for a little bit of everything just like most people but what really bugs me is when I go to change oil in something the funnel and oil jugs always have dust on them. I wipe them off best I can before use but I would really like a better permanent solution to store just spare fluids, funnels etc.
Even typical cabinets get wood dust in through nooks and crannies when I have a decent sized woodworking project.
If I can help it I'd like to try and contain the dust to easily cleaned floor and or counter space avoiding open shelving etc.
My attic will be storage for light bulky items so that should greatly help declutter as much as possible that cant be in decently sealed cabinets.
Any ideas or personal experience, please chime in.
Thanks-

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[glentre]

I do light weld grinding and table saw work in my garage and have no trouble with dust getting into the closed door cabinets. If you are having dust problems with your closed cabs, a good dust collection system seems like a necessity. Or, do it outdoors.

Glen

 

[PFSard]

What quantity? Would sealing them in plastic bags solve the issue?

 

[Sparkynutz]

What quantity? Would sealing them in plastic bags solve the issue?

I've actually been doing that with funnels now but kinda messy and pain to find decent bags big enough. They were already inside bottom drawer of toolbox and still got dusty. Cabinets I used at old house worked decent but they were old school and stayed with that house. The doors fit tightly with rabbeted edge and magnet holding it closed. My current garage cabinets ****. Theres a good 1/8" plus gaps on hinge side of door.
I was hoping theres a decent plan or premade cabinets that close tight with no gaps. All the metal ones I've looked at so far just seem so chinsey with poorly fitting doors and big gaps for dust.


Jugs of oil on other hand.
Maybe I'm just **** and want stuff kept clean and dust free.

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[InsanePyro]

Putting them upside down with a rag over them has always worked for me. Or just a quick shot of brake cleaner

 

[Steiger9]

Every farm shop I've ever been in has an old refrigerator for oil cans and funnels.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Depending on the style of the doors on your cabinets you may be able to use weatherstripping on them, like what you'd put on an exterior door or window. Go to the local lumber yard or big box store and shop around to see what they have, you can get some stick-on foam strip stuff for pretty cheap.

 

[Sparkynutz]

Every farm shop I've ever been in has an old refrigerator for oil cans and funnels.

Hmm. Great idea!

Thought of weather stripping too but would rather just get better cabinets or build them in a way that they keep out dust naturally.

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[PT Doc]

Grinding or cutting wood in a garage and expecting to keep dust out of cabinets might be an exercise in frustration. You might be able to keep some out with some flat weather stripping with a tape backing but you would still have dust everywhere else and it will get in to the cabinets from getting stirred up in the air.

I had some wood veneered end panels cut down that were furniture grade particle board and that dust gets electrically charged and you couldn’t get that **** off easily at all. I now try to do all messy **** outside and then use a blower to move that **** along.

 

[Jayman17]

Every farm shop I've ever been in has an old refrigerator for oil cans and funnels.

Cl has refrigerators of all sizes listed in the free section all the time.


Jay

 

[Sparkynutz]

Grinding or cutting wood in a garage and expecting to keep dust out of cabinets might be an exercise in frustration. You might be able to keep some out with some flat weather stripping with a tape backing but you would still have dust everywhere else and it will get in to the cabinets from getting stirred up in the air.

I had some wood veneered end panels cut down that were furniture grade particle board and that dust gets electrically charged and you couldn’t get that **** off easily at all. I now try to do all messy **** outside and then use a blower to move that **** along.

I plan on doing as much as possible outside but in winter that's not very likely.
I do plan on running a dust collector, possibly diy air filtration system as well to keep majority of dust at bay but cabinets with tightly fitting doors would still be beneficial in my mind.


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[Jaguar Fan]

Every farm shop I've ever been in has an old refrigerator for oil cans and funnels.

Now I know my problem. I've never been in a farm shop.

That's a great idea!

 

[bad_idea]

The cabinets in my last garage kept out dust. BOY did I generate dust. It was everywhere, expect in those cabinets. The doors were in tracks on the face of the cabinets that passed by each other (two grooves that the doors were in alternating). No gaskets. No seals. Worked well. As far as keeping the funnels clean, stick them in a coffee can with the lid on.

 

[tatra]

There was a member that mentioned he kept funnels and such in a tool box as they were needed only n occasion . Been meaning to do this myself . I too abhor dust and take a leaf blower to mine when I can .