Home DIY

Cheers. That's useful.

I feel pleased to be finally down to 3 options.

To date I've been using a Woolworths
hand mitre saw and block plus a regular hand saw, so anything will be a step up

I really like the 3m 6500
Quick release catch to easily flip the mask down. Means you can quickly pop it down to say something, or wear it round your neck easier - which means that I actually use it way more often as I keep it round my neck when popping between dusty/non-dusty areas.
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/personal-protection-and-clothing/reusable-respirator-masks/6502ql-6500-series-half-mask-m/p/ZT1178337X

Also - the exhaust vent points down rather than out which I like.

Are any of these masks any good if you have a beard or are you a bit screwed anyway in that case?

Plaster ceiling rose arrived for the living room. Much lighter than anticipated so hopefully a solo job with ms_com passing me bits up the ladder. Just have to decide where in the pattern the screws can go that will be easily filled.

A beard prevents a good seal on the face which renders the mark useless as the air will just flow through the gaps rather than the filter as it’s a path of much lower air resistance. I have to shave mine off before doing any dusty work for this reason.

If you can’t shave your beard off you’ll want to get a full face thing. Couple people I’ve worked with had this style and seemed to rate them.
https://www.safetecdirect.co.uk/products/pcapip602/jsp-powercap-active-ip-powered-respirator-th1p-dust-protection-cae602-941-100

See if you can find out what that kindly old woodworking guy uses. He has a beard and uses a full head covering jobbie.

Anybody removed pop-corn ceiling finish before? What's the finish like to the boards underneath from experience?

🚨 asbestos klaxon🚨

Cheers, I suspected that was the case. I don't really do enough to justify shaving the beard off or a full face mask. Will have to ponder

In the past I have used the full face mask with respirator like this https://www.axminstertools.com/jsp-force-10-typhoon-full-face-mask-with-visor-large-105822 and I have a fairly full beard...

It looks to me as if our floorboards have had some rather hideous orangey stain/treatment at some point. Presumably this will sand off?

It will. It looks like its failing so it should come off fairly easily, but there is a risk that it will gum up the sanding paper. If so you can strip it with paint stripper and a scraper. Horrible job though.

The floorboards look a bit ropey to me compared to some of the examples I can find but I assume it's still reasonable wood, can anyone see any reason not to sand them back?

Plan to re-fill the gaps when you finish them.

Why remove it? Quicker & easier to skim it.

Perfect, thank you

Nice, thank you, although per subsequent conversations I do have a beard to deal with. Hoping I can just squash it up inside the mask and still achieve a good seal but that may be hopeful... Hmmm. Not going to drop £250 on a full face on tho...

Cheers

The one Sam posted is a 100

I have a beard and it was much fuller when I did the floor. For a one off job, given proper ventilation in the room, you would likely get good enough protection with a "regular" mask rather than having to go full face. I would have thought they were more necessary for regular and prolonged exposures. But, I am not a HSE expert.

Out of curisoity, is paying a pro to sand and treat your floor particularly expensive in the UK?

Apologies for jumping in on the chat. I'm planning an MFT style bench and have settled on a jig/router to make the top, this, https://www.cncdesign.co.uk/pro-jig-replacement-perforated-festool-type-mft3lp-top.html
You wouldn't happen to have one in your library of handy templates?

Just resanded one room (two to go).
Used an orbital sander as already had one, 24 then 60 then 120 grit. Refinished with Bona primer then two coats of the ‘natural’ one.

Floors weren’t too bad before and it wasn’t bad, it took a day. Use a relevant mask and also knee pads!

Before (ignore dog) and after photo.

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Just been quoted £450 for a day from forum-recommended Zen...

Aye, I was looking at the previous recommendation. Still a bit rich for my blood and I'm just not sure I can imagine myself wearing it which defeats its purpose. Hoping @stevo_com is correct in his assumption and I will getting a regular mask as recommended here...

This looks amazing and definitely confirms what I'll go for re Bona treatments. I can easily borrow an orbital sander and the first room is so small, maybe I'll just try with that in the first place...

Nah, sorry. I don’t Festool.

It doesn't sound that bad, if they work fast? I had my 2 bedrooms flat done in less than a day, including 2 coats. I thought it was money well spent, it is a very messy job and I don't think I would have done anywhere near as good a job.