Unfortunately one of the by-products of getting your hardwood floors sanded and refinished is exactly that… lots and lots of dust. Dust has been a big problem in the hardwood floor refinishing industry for decades. If not contained properly during the sanding process, the vast amount of dust created can leave a huge mess.
You’ve probably heard horrible stories from friends or family about super fine dust getting into, onto, and under absolutely everything after having their floors refinished. It’s not a fun experience. Imagine having to move out of your home for a few days while you get your floors refinished, and then, just when you think the worst is over, having to spend a few more days cleaning the dusty mess the floor refinishing guys made before moving . Everything is coated with a fine film of dust and it all needs hours and hours of cleaning.
Definitely not fun cleaning up a mess like that.
Unfortunately that’s the reality for many homeowners throughout our local area hire hardwood floor sanding companies that sand floors and try to contain dust the traditional way. Not only that, but it is important to keep in mind that while dust might be harmful to your home, it is also harmful to your health and the health of your family, due to dust being a carcinogen.
How Dust Used to be Contained…
The traditional way of sanding a floor includes using cloth bags that are tied to the big belt sander and smaller cloth bags attached to the edgers. They do work to an extent, but they are by no means effective at completely containing the vast amounts of dust these machines kick out. A lot of dust gets airborne throughout the cloth bags. Then there’s the mess caused by the bags being shaken as they’re emptied out.
The biggest dust maker though is the buffer. This machine is used to blend the different sanding patterns of the belt sander and edger together and provide a flat finished floor. Because it’s a finishing sander, it kicks up super fine dust like nothing else, and… there is no bag that’s able to be attached to it to even try to contain the mess.
No wonder people put off getting their floors restored!
The New Way of Dust Containment
There has been some confusion about the terminology “Dustless Floor Refinishing” . Fortunately, the proliferation of dustless hardwood sanding means that the unpleasantness and inconvenience associated with traditional hardwood sanding is virtually nonexistent. The ” dust factor” is kept down to the very minimum. In the last few years there have been big achievements in the dust containment field. Here at MCFI we have experimented with and used numerous dust containment systems during this time. They all worked much better than just using cloth bags. As technology improves in every field, we do our best to utilize the most effective equipment on the market.
At the present moment we feel confident that our present day system is will meet the needs of all of our clients. MCFI signature dust containment system is a two part powerful tool used to help make your refinishing project cleaner, safer and healthier for you family and your home. We only use non static hoses and Carbon Hepa Filtration for better air quality for your home and our technicians.