
How to clean up sawdust. Here is what i would do if i didnt have a shop vac and couldnt afford to go out and buy one. Unless all traces of sawdust and sanding dust are first removed any finish you applywhether it is a coat of paint or stain plus topcoatis doomed to be imperfectalthough the finest dusts are virtually invisible to the eye if they are left on wood surfaces when you apply paint stain or varnish the surface will turn out muddy in color and rough to the touch. Note the change in volume as the reaction progresses over 8 hours. Well as others have said a shop vac is ideal for the task but there are other options as well which wont cost you nearly so much.
The esterification of sawdust with vegetable oil. Researchers have been looking for materials capable of cleaning up oil spills for some time but with little success. These operations can be performed by woodworking machinery portable power tools or by use of hand tools. Scoop up the soggy sawdust and then apply a fresh scattering of it and sprinkle a generous helping of liquid disinfect like lysol over it and let it set for a.
First thing stop sanding and even woodworking till you fix your setup to tackle this. If its not really thick on the tables tack cloth used with rubber gloves is a little expensive but effective hardware and auto stores carry it for the floors grab a broom that has like a fuzzy bottom to the bristles and pick up little piles of sawdust at a time. If i read your post right you say you have a respirator but you also mention a bandana. This is how we do it here at apple valley farm working on a thin budget.
Downonthefarm howwedoit morepower powertools. Sawdust works with an added benefit. Sawdust or wood shavings is a by product or waste product of woodworking operations such as sawing milling planing routing drilling and sandingit is composed of fine particles of wood.