How to remove plaster dust

[JLeague]

My word the plasterers left a bit of a mess - the wooden floorboards were caked in plaster dust. I have hoovered up three times and brushed hard but it seems ground in.

How can I remove it? I tried a mop but it made no difference. Is there some sort of chemical I can use?

Or will I need to hire out a floor sander and buff it out? It's the whole house.

 

[JBW175]

try a deck scrubber for getting into the grain of the wood. a good stiff brush should work just as well with a decent detergent and plenty of hot water.

if not, then sanding is the way forward.

 

[telectrix]

did they charge extra for plastering the floors?

 

[Intoelectrics]

Yeah, Its a pet hate of mine, the ----ers who just leave their crap around with no concern about who has to clean up the mess or do the repairs afterwards!

Plaster is pretty hardy stuff once set and can be difficult to remove as it can etch in to certain surfaces.

I assume the boards are intended to be left exposed as the finished surface? did you mention this to the plasterers prior to them commencing work?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Send the plasterers an invoice for cleaning up after them.

 

[JLeague]

Yeah, Its a pet hate of mine, the ----ers who just leave their crap around with no concern about who has to clean up the mess or do the repairs afterwards!

Plaster is pretty hardy stuff once set and can be difficult to remove as it can etch in to certain surfaces.

I assume the boards are intended to be left exposed as the finished surface? did you mention this to the plasterers prior to them commencing work?

No we are going to put underlay down and carpets but the wood seems ruined.

It never crossed my mind the amount of dust - I have never had a big plaster job done.

 

[JLeague]

did they charge extra for plastering the floors?

Well they played fill the sockets. The electrician told them not to fill the sockets but it seems it falls on deaf ears. I think I will have to clean out the sockets before the electrician returns for the second fix.

 

[littlespark]

Just a tip.
Don’t lay carpets until the paintings done.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Multitool with a serrated blade will cut out the plaster inside the box without breaking the edges.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Don’t lay carpets until the paintings done.

They already done that with the plaster is not paint the town red its painting the floor pink. Lol.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Send the plasterers an invoice for cleaning up after

Yeah Wright, would you like you windows pink.

 

[Intoelectrics]

No we are going to put underlay down and carpets but the wood seems ruined.

It never crossed my mind the amount of dust - I have never had a big plaster job done.

I shouldn't worry too much about the wood then provided you have managed to remove any lumps that will show through the carpet

 

[Intoelectrics]

Well they played fill the sockets. The electrician told them not to fill the sockets but it seems it falls on deaf ears. I think I will have to clean out the sockets before the electrician returns for the second fix.

Yep, another pet hate of mine. Again total disregard for the following trades person!

 

[Intoelectrics]

Multitool with a serrated blade will cut out the plaster inside the box without breaking the edges.

That's fine if you are very careful not to sink too deep and damage the cables wrapped up inside! better to have to patch up the plaster than replace the cables.

 

[littlespark]

13 years we’ve been in our house. Moved the eldests bed to decorate now she’s away to uni, and there’s a lump of plaster under the carpet.

 

[Intoelectrics]

13 years we’ve been in our house. Moved the eldests bed to decorate now she’s away to uni, and there’s a lump of plaster under the carpet.

Doesn't surprise me, the carpet fitters wouldn't give a ---- either!

 

[Mike Johnson]

13 years we’ve been in our house. Moved the eldests bed to decorate now she’s away to uni, and there’s a lump of plaster under the carpet.

Was it extraneous and bonded.

 

[littlespark]

Was it extraneous and bonded.

It was a wooden bed.... didn’t need bonded.

 

[telectrix]

It was a wooden bed.... didn’t need bonded.

but the handcuffs are metal, extraneous ????

 

[littlespark]

but the handcuffs are metal, extraneous ????

Dig your mind out the gutter, @telectrix this is my 20 year old daughters bed im talking about

 

[freddo]

I worked in a house about 5 years ago where the plasterers got plaster all over the new oak sills and staircase, stained the woodwork badly.

 

[Vortigern]

Are they pine floorboards or other? I just use a scraper to take off any lumps and mop up a couple of times then go over the floor with a proprietary wood floor cleaner. You would never know there was plaster on it when I am finished. Same with tiles especially quarry tiles, wash off a couple of times, finish with a beeswax polish.