Thoroughly Clean and Remove All Dust

the same. Now, before we can even begin to put the finish on the floor, we've got to clean it from top to bottom, getting all of the dust out. And yes, Frankie has a plan for that as well, cuz you want to get it off the ceiling, the and that wall with the rock wall. That's a dust magnet. It's absolutely critical that there's no dust anywhere in the house. So, we open up all of the windows and doors and use a leaf blower to get the initial cleaning done. Then we move on to the next stage, which is using tack rags to pick up all of the fine material. Well, yeah, you don't want to use a gas blower because of the fumes. It may leave uh film on your floor and then your poly won't take. It'll bubble. So, even the fumes from a gas blower, even though we've got this thing well ventilated, the breeze is blowing through here. Yep. Still get it does something to the wood. It just does. So, don't use a gas blower. You don't even want to use an air compressor. No. just because of the oil in the air. Just to be clear, this is a battery operated unit. After your initial dusting, you're going to need to use tack rags to pick up 100% of the dust, not a broom. That's just going to push it around and make it float in the air. But we found something that's a great alternative to tack rags. These Clorox floor dusters are exactly like tack rags. Very sticky with no chemicals, except you get 26 of them for under $5, where with a tack rag, you get a single unit for about two bucks. So, you're going to go over the entire floor two times.