Advice from the Collective: best way to remove drywall dust from wood floor

[MillCreek]

Now that the drywall replacement, mudding, taping, texturing and painting have been completed on my tree fall damage claim, there exists a fine film of drywall dust on the exposed wood flooring.  I can testify that using a Dyson, shop vac and damp microfiber mop in that order does not do much to remove it.  Any ideas on Plan D to take up the dust?

[makattak]

Detcord.

Ok, that's out of the way, someone else can respond with a less destructive option.

[wmenorr67]

Wetter than damp mop.

Really have to go over it several times with wet mops.

It is a one and done type job.

[KD5NRH]

Let this be a lesson to you.  If you'd gone with mild steel instead of drywall, a simple magnet would fix the problem.

[Perd Hapley]

Lingually.

[castle key]

Maybe use a sweeping compound?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Drywall dust is the worst. I use a shop vac with a hose on the exhaust as well and run that hose outside. You will find it everywhere for a long time


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[charby]

Maybe use a sweeping compound?

x2

[lupinus]

Have you tried fire? I hear fire works.


Sent from my iPhone. Freaking autocorrect.

[Hawkmoon]

Have you tried fire? I hear fire works.

No, it doesn't. Whoever told you that is wrong.

Gypsum doesn't burn. The floor will burn, but the gypsum dust will still be there.

[KD5NRH]

Gypsum doesn't burn. The floor will burn, but the gypsum dust will still be there.

No it won't; it'll be at least a floor thickness lower.

[lupinus]

No, it doesn't. Whoever told you that is wrong.

Gypsum doesn't burn. The floor will burn, but the gypsum dust will still be there.

Right. But it will no longer be embedded in the floor for all eternity.

[Ron]

I filled a bucket with water and got on my hands and knees and washed the floor with a rag, the old fashioned way, twice. In spots I can still see some drywall dust in the cracks.

[grampster]

We had an open stairway to the 2nd floor at grampster's keep on Hess Lake enclosed to divide the loft into two rooms when we remodeled the house in '93.  We had some furniture stored upstairs, even covered.  One chair we had up there had drywall dust in it for several years even after vacuuming, beating and wet cleaning.  That stuff is demonic.