Dust!

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What do/can you do to keep dust down in your studio?
It seems I am ALWAYS dusting in my studio. I have a big grand piano in my studio, which is of course a big dust magnet! lol Not to mention all the other gear. My studio is well planned, well organized, and well thought out for a home recording studio. I keep it clean and un-cluttered, but the dust is driving me nuts!
Does anyone use, or recommend using some sort of heppa filtering system?
 
Dust like cockroaches, will always be a part of this earth! I too have this same problem and find the most cheapest and easiest way to keep dust off my gear is to simply keep them well covered!
 
Yo Jones:

I just replaced my old Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner with a smaller, more powerful cleaner; but, the addition of the heppa filter, will help keep dust going in one end of the vacuum and out of the other, as per most older less sophisticated cleaners.

I've also thought about getting an air cleansing machine for my studio.

But, since most dust comes from skin, it will always be around.

I do suspect I'll buy an air cleaner of some sort AFTER Christmas is over.

Green Hornet



:D :D :p
 
This is no help on keeping dust out of the studio but I use a 2" paint brush with very soft bristles to wipe dust off my mixer and other equipment. You can run it between the nobs and it won't turn them. I just picked up an electrostatic hepa filter thing but haven't had it long enough to figure out if it's very effective.
 
Thanks guys. I'll probably go the way of the electrstatic filter after the holidays.
 
Mikey Jones...

Always remember to cover your equipment when not in use!

Bed-sheets work just fine, but remove them slowly from the equipment and shake them out periodically (outside, of course).
Everything in my studio has some sort of covering on it.
It saves me alot of aggravation.

Buck
 
Not way of keeping dust off, but I find those cans of compressed air for cleaning computers/electronics pretty handy for dust removal.
 
Keeping a Mixer Covered (and O-ring sealed, in a rack mount case) really keeps the dust off of the knobs and sliders.
Just a pain in the ass yanking all of the wires out and putting the cover back on.
 
I think one might be more creative with a little "dust" in the studio....

anyway, just keep stuff covered......
 
Leave Texas, doober. It's the dustiest state in the union...
 
LOL. Well I live in the garden-esque region of the Texas Hill Country! Lakes, Hills, Streams... not much dust blowing around here. But what dust there is, ends up in my studio!
 
Air filters on a good ventlation system is the key to keeping the dust down. My house is really bad for dust, we only have electric baseboard heaters so their is once the dust gets in the house it has no where to go.

I've been looking for a good cheep air filter for my house. Something small that can be moved around and dosn't need any air ducts because we have afinsihed basement and there is no where to run the ducts.
 
Texas is dry, right?

Question: would a humidifier cut down on dust? Some of them are kinda noisy, but it could be shut off during recording.
 
dobro, you're obviously not from Texas. It sits on the gulf coast.
In Central Texas, we don't need humidifiers, we need De-humidifiers. I have both temperture and humidity gagues in my studio, and my tunners tell me that the humidity for my grand piano is just about perfect.
I think you're thinking of West Texas. It can be pretty dry there, desert like almost.
Maybe a better filter for my central A/C would help. Plus, I think I'm going to try a portable electro-static, either that or just keep dusting!
 
You're right - all my impressions of Texas come from cowboy movies I saw when I was kid - bleached cattle bones baking under a cruel sun etc. I should read National Geographic more.
 
I lived in Abilene Texas for a short while, and they used some sort of evaporative cooler unit for air conditioning and filtering. It seems it was supposed to more efficiently move the air around for the climate and keep down dust. It may be only good for the summer months though and not good for year-round usage.

t
 
One technique I've seen in a studio is to bring your aircon ducts in through the back of your equipment racks. It creates a positive air pressure in the rack so dust can't get in. Keeps the gear cool too.

cheers
john
 
Do the little things too. I spend 20-30 minutes each saturday vacuuming and dusting my entire studio. I have all the crevice tools and really try to work it. This will cut down on MOST of the dust in the room and give you a huge advantage. As a result, I reaaly don't see much dust gather on the mixer which gets cleaned maybe once a month.
 
You think you have dust problems?!?!

For the last couple of years I have lived in Niger, Westafrica, just to the south of the Sahara.
My problems in no particular order:
- Sandstorms (You can close all doors, windows - nothing helps)
- Powercuts (I have two fuse boxes in series to save my PC)
- Heat (Try recording at 42° with no A/C!)

But the worse is the fact that there is no other (western) modern music genre here except rap... I hated rap. Now, I produce it...

What I do against dust?
I cover after each session EVERYTHING with thick sheets. I let someone dust off EVERYTHING once everytwo weeks (handywork is cheap here).
Vaccum-cleaners are unheard of here - So that's not really an option.


Regards,

Hans
 
Dijoux

That's pretty hardcore. What kind of gear do you you have? Are you a project or client-based engineer? Tell us about things over there. I'm totally interested to know how you practice your trade in such a hardcore place.

I know a lot of people in Sierra Leone, a few in Gambia, Senegal & Ivory Coast. Sierra Leonne is a tough place too.

Dave
 
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