Thread: How CLEAN is your shed?

I tend to have a bit of a clean at the end of each session and then a big clean at the end of a job. My missus won't come into a messy shed because she has a phobia about mice and thinks if the floor is a mess it wil harbour mice. Now I can hear you all thinking "keeps the missus out, that's gotta be a good thing" . Well the only time she comes into the shed is when she makes me a brew, that way I don't tramp rubbish into the house.

So clean shed = cuppa delivery service

I clean up regularly during a project and at the start of each new one. Putting tools away when finished is now a regular part of my woodworking and makes it easier to find when next needed.

Because I view my workshop as a tool and it's not shared with a car or old furniture or garden equipment (they have their own sheds ) every tool has its own place within easy reach.

So the time taken on finishing my workshop (like the yankee ones in the other thread) has been worthwile.


Peter.

I clean when I cant find what I am looking for... until I find it... then I stop

About half my shed is carpeted so it is a bitch to keep clean but is nice on your feet and tools if you drop them.
Benches are cleaned down daily hard floor daily too.
Carpet is swept weekly and hoovered every month or two.
3 or 4 times a year all doors and windows are opened all the fans are put on and every surface from floor to top of walls is air blasted and brushed and everything is blown out the end of the shed.

If it is a mess I just cant think right so I keep it neat and tidy. Having said that it is currently cluttered as the house is getting renovated and stuff is in the shed that shouldnt be there. AAARRRGGgg



Ross

If you walk into my shed during a project it is usually quite messy, I have limited space and things tend to find themselves everywhere.

Having said that all is returned to their spot at the end of a session and I use the Vac and extractor to sweep up any dust, shavings etc. So usually at the end of the night all is spotless unless I am planning to be working on the same project the next morning.

M

now that iv found the keys to my shed again (big red boltcutters) it gets cleaned every sunday evening,swept out etc and tool get put back when finished with them, they are easier to find next time you want them

tony

You don't have an option for me either.

My shed is lucky if it gets cleaned when I move house.... sometimes I move house & still keep the old shed 'cos I wouldn't find anything if it was moved/tidied.

I have 5 generation cobwebs with 4 years worth of sawdust & shavings in them.

If you visit my shed & you do not pay attention to the tour guide when I tell you where to step, you will die.... there are leaning towers of flotsam and jetsam, jumble, hodgepodge, mishmash, miscellany & an anthology of collected works all covered in verdigris.

I do know where everthing is but there are also some surprises in there too.

Sounds like mine. I'm selective about how I let people in because of the trip hazards. Some of them could crush you...

I don't have curtains but it is fully carpeted. I run periodic partial audits, which usually result in the bin getting full, but I never really get on top of it. I'm planning on a full audit when I move.

A tidy shed is a sign of a sick mind...

I attach vacuum to most of my power tool. Shavings and bigger stuff are picked up with pan and broom. The I use a garden blower to move dust off all shelves, surfacers and floor and direct them outside. I always wear a respirator when stirring up the dust.
Garden blower is the bees knees for shed cleaning.

Originally Posted by Black Ned

....Garden bloer is the bees knees for shed cleaning.

To a point......

I'm like Corbs. Can't find what I'm looking for in 15 minutes then it's time for a clean. Yes a blower vac is great (neighbours don't like it though).

Steve

Originally Posted by Pat

So how come your shop was always clean?

I have to pay someone to clean my workshop or it would never get cleaned up... I have 8 work benchs and at the end of a project they are all covered!

I never thought about those blowers for cleaning.... wouldn't it be better to suck?

Originally Posted by Lumber Bunker

I never thought about those blowers for cleaning.... wouldn't it be better to suck?

Suck won't lift dust out of deep gaps etc.

I start by vacuuming all the surfaces I can get at using my externally mounted DC. Then I use a compressor to blow/push/herd all the dust off the hard to get at places/surfaces, out of the door. That suspends a lot of fine stuff in the air inside the shed so I leave the DC running, open up all the gates on the DC system and and let the DC suck away for 30 minutes, repeat 2/3 times - seems to get most of the visible dust out. A Cyclone would be better.

lol i thought that would be the case