cleaning your studio air of dust

i guess this is a good place to start.....especially if you're all
still doing darkroom photography

i'm an artist and i want to rid my studio of dust. my studio is about
12x17x10. i've been reading about these airpurifiers, and the knock on
the ionic breeze, but if you're like me, you can't have air being BLOWN
about as many hepa purifiers do. the air has to be circulated "quietly"
so to speak, so as not to stir up any dust.

allergens, i couldn't care less about.....it's dust that want to get
rid of, though i suppose they all come out the same in the wash. i
remember long ago, oh like 20 years ago that a photographer friend of
mine had, in fact, an ionizer that zapped dust. i don't know if that
ionized ionized,,,as does the sharper image unit,,,nor do i know about
the latest technologies.

what is the best thing to use that meets my requirements? thanks all

what is the best thing to use that meets my requirements? thanks
all:


You need to pressurize your studio slightly. So get a fan and filter
and install it so it will blow into your studio. No windstorm thing but
enough to open the door slightly when it is unlatched.
Bob AZ

yes, this was brought up yo me before. so you think dust coming in from
opening the door is the major culprit?


just a simple fan? and a filter for,,,,, what? doesn't any kind of air
circulation stir up dust?


Bob AZ wrote:

You need to pressurize your studio slightly. So get a fan and filter
and install it so it will blow into your studio. No windstorm thing but
enough to open the door slightly when it is unlatched.
Bob AZ

yes, this was brought up yo me before. so you think dust coming in from
opening the door is the major culprit?

just a simple fan? and a filter for,,,,, what? doesn't any kind of air
circulation stir up dust?

An open door will allow dust to get in. Also any other openings will
allow the same thing. So with the pressure in the studio slightly
elevated, the dust will find another place to go.

Once you get the pressure up and clean up the dust that is already
there you should be in good shape. Also if there are any other
significant iopenings you will have to close these also.

There will always be some openings that you will not be aware of or
able to do anything about. These openings will be where the air leaks
and carries out any dust that does get in. And also keep the pressuer
increase to an insignifant level. But still enough to prevent any dust
from coming in.

The fan and filter that you get will probably be an assembly with a
replaceable filter. Look on Ebay. There surely mus be something.

Bob AZ

wrote:
i guess this is a good place to start.....especially if you're all
still doing darkroom photography

i'm an artist and i want to rid my studio of dust. my studio is about
12x17x10. i've been reading about these airpurifiers, and the knock on
the ionic breeze, but if you're like me, you can't have air being BLOWN
about as many hepa purifiers do. the air has to be circulated "quietly"
so to speak, so as not to stir up any dust.

allergens, i couldn't care less about.....it's dust that want to get
rid of, though i suppose they all come out the same in the wash. i
remember long ago, oh like 20 years ago that a photographer friend of
mine had, in fact, an ionizer that zapped dust. i don't know if that
ionized ionized,,,as does the sharper image unit,,,nor do i know about
the latest technologies.

what is the best thing to use that meets my requirements? thanks all

wrote:
i guess this is a good place to start.....especially if you're all
still doing darkroom photography

i'm an artist and i want to rid my studio of dust. my studio is about
12x17x10. i've been reading about these airpurifiers, and the knock on
the ionic breeze, but if you're like me, you can't have air being BLOWN
about as many hepa purifiers do. the air has to be circulated "quietly"
so to speak, so as not to stir up any dust.

allergens, i couldn't care less about.....it's dust that want to get
rid of, though i suppose they all come out the same in the wash. i
remember long ago, oh like 20 years ago that a photographer friend of
mine had, in fact, an ionizer that zapped dust. i don't know if that
ionized ionized,,,as does the sharper image unit,,,nor do i know about
the latest technologies.

what is the best thing to use that meets my requirements? thanks all

Use an industrial blower but make sure you cover your equipment up. use
on with a bag to suck in the dust. www.a-promo.net

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i guess this is a good place to start.....especially if you're all
still doing darkroom photography

i'm an artist and i want to rid my studio of dust. my studio is about
12x17x10. i've been reading about these airpurifiers, and the knock on
the ionic breeze, but if you're like me, you can't have air being BLOWN
about as many hepa purifiers do. the air has to be circulated "quietly"
so to speak, so as not to stir up any dust.

allergens, i couldn't care less about.....it's dust that want to get
rid of, though i suppose they all come out the same in the wash. i
remember long ago, oh like 20 years ago that a photographer friend of
mine had, in fact, an ionizer that zapped dust. i don't know if that
ionized ionized,,,as does the sharper image unit,,,nor do i know about
the latest technologies.

what is the best thing to use that meets my requirements? thanks all


I am the self-proclaimed "King of Dust"...and spiders. I have sealed and
caulked my darkroom, have pressurized with filtered air and use an ionic
thingy. The best contribution to eradicating my dust problems was when
somebody here had me track down the dust source to a leaky dryer exhaust in
the other room. So, I suggest eliminating the source of fresh dust in
addition to everything else, and the ionic thingy helped a lot.

Bob AZ wrote:


Once you get the pressure up and clean up the dust that is already
there you should be in good shape. Also if there are any other
significant iopenings you will have to close these also.

There will always be some openings that you will not be aware of or
able to do anything about. These openings will be where the air leaks
and carries out any dust that does get in. ,,,,,,,,,,,
Bob AZ

unfortunately, i use a lot of solvents and oils. i became acutely aware
of my enviroment when a friend visited me, and almost turned back from
the "smell" eminating from my room,,,when in fact all the years of
living with the stuff had made me oblivious to the odors. i had since
then taken precautions to make sure there is open ventillation, ie a
cracked open widow.

maybe as clean as can be and one of those ozone-free purifiers from
sharper image. i read all the bullsh!t, but they do collect some dust.

"Bob AZ" wrote:

Once you get the pressure up and clean up the dust that is
already there you should be in good shape. Also if there
are any other significant iopenings you will have to close
these also.

There will always be some openings that you will not be
aware of or able to do anything about. These openings will
be where the air leaks and carries out any dust that does
get in. ,,,,,,,,,,,


" replied:

unfortunately, i use a lot of solvents and oils. i became acutely
aware of my enviroment when a friend visited me, and almost
turned back from the "smell" eminating from my room,,,when in
fact all the years of living with the stuff had made me oblivious
to the odors. i had since then taken precautions to make sure
there is open ventillation, ie a cracked open widow.

maybe as clean as can be and one of those ozone-free purifiers
from sharper image. i read all the bullsh!t, but they do collect
some dust.

Darkroom "smells" are the very reason I chose not to install a
positive-pressure ventilation solution in my darkroom.

I know this drives some here crazy, but one of the reasons I continue to
compound and use the Kodak F-5 formula is because I *like* the smell of an
acid fixer. Probably has to do with attempting to recapture my youth, I'd
guess... In any case, a positive airflow out of my darkroom and into the
house would only guarantee that everyone else would be forced to share in my
moments of deja vu as well.

Instead, I chose to purchase a matched pair of small, circular blower fans
and installed one as inflow and the other as outflow. The exhaust intake is
situated near the room ceiling to remove heated, dirty air to the outside of
the building. The inflow from the outside is lightly filtered and at eye
level with a direction-adjustable duct. I then wired them together through
an appropriate speed controller to allow an infinite range of synchronized
airflows to be set.

Even when running slowly, this system is very efficient in replacing the
darkroom air with fresh air from outside the house, while maintaining an
essentially neutral pressure to keep from sucking dust into the room, or
forcing fumes out into the house. One can hardly tell it's even running.
And dust already present in the air rises toward the ceiling with the warm
air and is gently sucked out the exhaust without the need for expensive
electrostatic air scrubbers.

The net effect is a fairly clean environment with little effort on my part.
It's worth noting that this is a basement darkroom situated right next to a
room containing a wood-burning stove. The stove heats the house all winter
and produces a substantial amount of ash and convection-induced "dust
bunnies." Even so, the darkroom only needs a major cleaning about once a
year.

Ken