Pole sander with suction ?

[sarabande]

Trying to reduce the spread of AF dust when sanding down with silicon carbide mesh sheets or discs.

The only ones I can see on Amazon and Fleabay are ones with an electric motor at the head, and a suction arrangement up the handle. Does anyone know of a pole sander with a suction arrangement which does not rely on a 100s squids cost and a motor, please ? Ideally one to which I can attach a George (wet and dry Henry) with HEPA filters.

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Or it's back to a lot of plastic builders sheets, a small water spray attached to the head, and filtering the residues from the ground, which is a kerfuffle.

 

[thinwater]

I'm guessing that moving the pole sander back-and-forth with a hose and collection guard on it sucks, so they don't make that rig.

Just use an orbital sander with dust collection. You still need PPE, but it's clean.

 

[sarabande]

Thanks , TW. The drywall pole suction sanders look OK for vertical house walls, but applying pressure on the concave and convex curves of the underwater hull was in the back of my mind as being fraught with inconsistencies that a hand machine does not have.

An orbital sander attached to the workshop vac, plus mesh sanding sheets, looks to be the best choice.

Surprisingly the boatyard has a 'recommendation' for safety during antifouling removal, but it is honoured more in the breach than the observation. I haven't yet seen anyone kitted up in PPE to a proper level.

 

[pvb]

An orbital sander attached to the workshop vac, plus mesh sanding sheets, looks to be the best choice.

Surprisingly the boatyard has a 'recommendation' for safety during antifouling removal, but it is honoured more in the breach than the observation. I haven't yet seen anyone kitted up in PPE to a proper level.

Dry sanding antifoul is a nasty process. At the very least you must have goggles and a sophisticated face mask with P3 filtration.

 

[sarabande]

Thanks pvb. I have a full qualification for spraying toxic agricultural chemicals (lots of things ending in -cide) and a range of masks both passive and air fed, half and full face .

Following Thinwater's pic, I shall also take down a couple of my Tyvek spraying suits, and a Numatic George. NBC yachting-style, here we come.

 

[pvb]

Thanks pvb. I have a full qualification for spraying toxic agricultural chemicals (lots of things ending in -cide) and a range of masks both passive and air fed, half and full face .

I guessed you might already have suitable stuff. When the farmer sprays the fields around our house, he doesn't hand out masks to the locals who have to breathe the wind-borne spray!

 

[thinwater]

revised

 

[sarabande]

Ah, I think we can discount heat stroke at the moment here in UK. !

Out of interest and pure scientific curiosity, I think I will remove some of the ablated dust from the suction cleaner, and put it over a few varied bits of the fields (well away from wtercourses and LERAP rules) to see if the material is still toxic after three years afloat and 18 months ashore.