Floor gringing without vacuum hook up

[yzman720]

Both the rental companies around here rent the floor grinders but the ones they rent don't have vacuum hook ups for the dust. Has anyone on here ground thier floor w/o the vacuum atatchment how bad was the dust?

 

[Cabby89]

Bad. It will get on everything left in your garage. Though what you can do is wet grind it and that should help out with the dust and clean up after.

 

[PontiacFan]

How about pickin' up an inexpensive 'wet/dry vac'.
They are as little as $70 or so aren't they?
Money well spent, even if it's $100.
I wouldn't do it dry without a vacuum.
I wouldn't do it wet without an assistant to run the squeegee or broom.

 

[yzman720]

How about pickin' up an inexpensive 'wet/dry vac'.
They are as little as $70 or so aren't they?
Money well spent, even if it's $100.
I wouldn't do it dry without a vacuum.
I wouldn't do it wet without an assistant to run the squeegee or broom.

I have a shop vac its just the grinders that i'm looking to rent dont have an atatchment for it.....

 

[WkndWarr72]

Where abouts are you located?

 

[yzman720]

Where abouts are you located?

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

 

[haugy]

Put a light sprayer on your garden hose. Wet the floor down a little, not full blown pools, but wet. Grind and breathe easy.

I wet ground my floor, and it was easy. The only downside is that you then have to rinse the floor out. You can't blow it out with a blower or sweep it up. If you can't have any water in your shop, this would not be the best way.

 

[v7guy]

I tried grinding with a hand grinder with no vacuum and in under 5 minutes I was having trouble seeing the grinder I was holding. it's the most dust I've ever seen.

 

[WkndWarr72]

Try to find a place that is willing to deliver - even if it is out of town. I got one with a water connection but wish it had the vacuum connector, as I am still cleaning up all the concrete dust and will be for awhile.
That and wear a good(not cheap) dust mask like an N95 - even the one I had with the water applicator was get hard on the lungs.

 

[larryv]

BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the Garage door opened and still had a hard time seeing the floor. The dust will get everywhere. When I was done i had to get my neighbors cars washed. Get a vacuum! Good Luck.