I want to catch the brick & plaster dust when I drill a hole in the wall at home.
I usually use my ordinary vaccuum cleaner (held by someone else) to catch the dust as I drill. It works really well. And it extracts and remaining debris in the drill hole which might prevent a wall plug going in.
However the brick & plaster dust block up the vaccuum cleaner's bag. Yes, it's one of the older vaccuum cleaners with a bag.
How can I fix up something which will trap the dust before it gets to the bag?
I was thinking of somehow using some filter material: perhaps a bit of densely woven fabric, or perhaps a square cut fro m an old vaccuum cleaner bag. Any other ideas of what material to use?
How would this best be secured? Do you think the best arrangement is to simply trap a piece of this filter material between the nozzle attachment and the vaccuum cleaner pipe?
Maybe there is something economical I can buy here in the UK to attach to the vaccuum cleaner to do this job. This Drill Mate product looks a bit elaborate for infrequent home use and I can't think it would trap enough of the dust. Does anyone have any experiences with it?
Maybe it is possible to somehow wet the brick with water to control the dust? Or something else? Use a handheld water mister spray on the drill bit while drilling?
David
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PS: In the past I used a "ceiling cup" on the drill bit but it was not as effective as I would have liked.
I've also seen little plastic bag gadgets which you stick to the wall and drill into to catch the dust but these are too expensive.