Had a bit of a sort out of my shed and I found an old wickes detail sander that had a nice 30mm diameter exhaust. So I popped to my local aquatic shop, bought 2 metres of 32mm corrugated pipe, checked it fitted snuggly onto the Dysons - and very nicely it does too, splurged a bit of clear silicone in the tube and attached it to the wickes sander with a jubilee clip - a nice snug fit and neat too. It sucks away almost all of the dust but I'll say 95% of visible dust, on a flat surface you can wipe your hand over the surface and you don't get any dust on your hand, if you wipe it with a tack rag you can see a bit but it is only a bit.
I'm minimising sanding paint away by using caustic soda paste, leaving it for about 6hours and cleaning up, so when the wood is dry it will only need light sanding.
I'm minimising sanding paint away by using caustic soda paste, leaving it for about 6hours and cleaning up, so when the wood is dry it will only need light sanding.
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