Wood Chip Dust help!

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HotRodGuy

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I was home last weekend and stepped into our garage to take my sub out for a drive. I noticed my dad had left the door from his wood shop to the garage wide open. My suburban is COVERED w/ wood chip dust inside and out. I had fully polished the car out about 4 months ago and it's been garaged since.





What should I do? Should I just try to hose as much of it as possible off and then wash it?







don't want to marr the finish, that thing is a ***** to polish out.
 
Do you have / have access to a leaf blower/compressed air.

This would get most of it, and then external hose water, internal vacuum



JonM
 
Wood dust is a whole lot softer than regular dirt. It's also lighter than water so it floats up. It should wash off easily.



Be sure to rinse off all the chips before using a mitt. Splinters won't get "lost in the nap". They'll stick in the fibers and scratch the finish. You'll have to throw the mitt away too.





PC.
 
TOGWT said:
Do you have / have access to a leaf blower/compressed air.

This would get most of it, and then external hose water, internal vacuum



JonM
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took some compressed air to it. Wouldn't budge :(
 
I've noticed that pine sawdust is sticky because of the resin content. That's why it builds up around the saw. I'm pretty sure you're not going to bug-n-tar the whole car, but if it hasn't had a chance to set, perhaps a strong wash solution will work?
 
Unless he is using some exotic sticky wood besides s/p/f/ larch cedar etc it will come off no problems.



Your talking saw *dust* as in very fine particulate that floated over there or is it the saw cuttings dust? Like in 1/8" chips? Either one .. no problem.



I use a table saw a lot and it doesn't always get put away pristine .. the dust will come right off even after a couple months.



Even the hose with a nozzle will take off 98% of it .. just hose it hard .. rinse well then wash as normal.
 
the other pc said:
And you just now started the thread?



Allow me to come over right now and smack you with a MF mitt.





PC.
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I hadn't seen it, I'm about an hour away from my parents house where the car is stored and hadn't gone up there in some time.





I didn't really get a good look over it, I was trying to take the car out real quick but the battery was dead so I took a different one and left it. I'll be up there saturday and will try some water.
 
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