Will a Dust Deputy work on sheet rock dust?

[Programmergeek]

I am tired of throughint 1/3 full bags out because they are cloging with sheetrock dust and I loose suction.  I didn't want the added bulk of a dust seputy but I don't think I have a choice.  Will the Dust deputy catch the sheet rock dust and help wit the bag life?  Has anyone tried these.

 

[leakyroof]

I use my dust deputy for all my sanding with my CT-22 vac. I don't however, do a huge amount of drywall sanding. The small amounts that I do sand seems to end up mostly in the DD like wood dust and other heavier chips. As long as the dust is heavy enough to fall out of the air stream and in the collection box or 5 gallon bucket that comes with the non-Ultimate DD , I would think you'll save on vacuum bags. Maybe someone else who does more drywall work can add to this.  [huh]

 

[jonny round boy]

I am tired of throughint 1/3 full bags out because they are cloging with sheetrock dust and I loose suction.  I didn't want the added bulk of a dust seputy but I don't think I have a choice.  Will the Dust deputy catch the sheet rock dust and help wit the bag life?  Has anyone tried these.

I'm guessing you have one of the older vacs? If so, the 'self-cleaning' style bags from the CT26/36 will shortly be available for the CT22/33/mini/midi.

You might find they work a lot better with drywall dust than the paper type bags....

 

[chris mann]

it well help some, but the real fine dust will still make it into the bag.  It's just too light to fall out of the air stream.  I think that's why some of the other drywall sander/vas use a water filter arrangement.

-chris

 

[RPSmith]

Just throwing this idea out there...

What if you stopped and started the vacuum every couple of minutes with it attached to the DD.

I say this because I have noticed that when I'm sanding to a finer grit (150, say, or higher) that there is a permanent 'tornado' going on in the upper part of the DD cyclone that never falls.  If I turn the sander off, the vacuum goes off and the dust falls into the box.

Maybe if you didn't run the sander continuously and let it turn off once in a while, the smaller dust particles would do the same.

Love the DD, but haven't put it through its paces yet on finer particles.  I have the 'Ultimate' setup, which makes the bulk at least a little more organized (the box that the dust falls into fits onto the 26/36 and clicks in as a unit).  It's an expensive attachment, and I thought about returning it at first.  After a couple of months, though, I really like having it.  The vacuum is still has scary suction and my first bag is less that 5% full.  I've emptied the box twice with more than enough stuff to fill a bag.  There are less expensive options, but space is a commodity and I like having the whole unit as an integrated system.

I guess there's nothing about this Festool system that's cheap. [embarassed]

 

[Programmergeek]

If it is not going to work on sheet rock dust well that is what really causes me to go through bags.  I don't do sheetrock that often I am a home owner so buying bags once in a while is not a big deal they seem to last.  Besides the thing is bulky and I think just to much money.  I decided to pass for now.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[leakyroof]

To RPSmith, I've noticed the same thing, what I now do is jab the vacuum hose against a solid surface to stop the vacuum flow , which allows the particles spinning in the cyclone to drop out and fall into the box.

 

[jerrym303]

Hi,

New here, but I thought I would weigh in on this one.  I have the Rockler Vortex rather than DD, but when I next have to sand drywall, I plan to rig something using the concept of this product:

http://www.amazon.com/MT800-Sand-Kleen-Sander-System/dp/B00005A1K8/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3KQVOKKBY7S21&colid=1IBIIJVDVQ6W0

It pulls the dust though water in the bucket and the water grabs the dust.  Your vacuum pulls air off the top of the bucket.

Jerry

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Jerry  [welcome] to the FOG.  Just curious, but how did you plan on dealing with the "mud pie" when your done with all the drywall sanding?  It may not even want to come out of the bucket . [big grin]

 

[jerrym303]

Probably the same way I deal with things like excess thinest, etc - goes in a used corrugated box. lined with a garbage bag.

The bucket is just a dust bucket, after all.  I'm not too concerned if isn;t perfectly clean.

From discussions I saw online, systems like this produce no dust and use no bags.

 

[greenMonster]

Now that my DD is setup, I've been wanting to try this very thing.

I've heard people just putting water in the bottom of the bucket, but I'm a bit skeptical.

Any update to this?

 

[JSands]

I have a love / hate relationship with my UDD and CT22.....
it does collect a lot of fine dust, it does make bags last a lot longer....
sheet rock dust is unique.... I see it in my UDD bucket though.... but surely some gets in the bag as well...

You have to weigh the cost of bags vs. the DD set up....or as mentioned, maybe get the new self clean bags... I don't fully get the concept on how they work...

I would say my UDD saves me 2 bags for ever bag I change, for a heavy user, this is quite substantial.... for a low volume user, not as much considering all the inconveniences...