Spilled Powder on Carpet

[Cucamonga]

I've spilled about 1/3 cup of powder on the carpet and am not sure the best method to clean this up. I picked up as much as I can with my hands but how to get it out of the fibers down to the carpet padding is what I need help with.

 

[Majicmike]

A match???

 

[Mitch Rapp]

A vacuum?

 

[Cucamonga]

Thanks for sharing the wisdom but I suspect a match or vacuum may lead to unintended consequences.

 

[BatteryOaksBilly]

A vacuum?

Just to err on the side of self protection, let someone else run that vacuum.

 

[Trevillian]

Invest in a free cardboard box. Big enough to cover powder work area. Cut to leave a 2” plus lip. Next time just dump out cardboard pan after an accident

But for now a vacuum will do

 

[Red Marley]

Just to err on the side of self protection, let someone else run that vacuum.

And post video here

 

[Majicmike]

Vacuum will be fine

 

[NCFubar]

Vacuum is fine ... I use a small hand held Dyson all the time. What I really want to try though is have someone else vacuum up primers with an old upright like a Hoover or such ... AND TAKE VIDEO!

 

[Cucamonga]

I have as much as can up using box tape. Is it really safe to use a vacuum cleaner, I have a Kirby.

 

[Mirac]

Use a vacuum, no sparks are going to esplode the house. It doesn't work that way.

 

[Skeeter190]

I use a shop vac, hasn't blown up yet

 

[12151791]

Pick up as much as you can with masking tape and then vacuum.

 

[Majicmike]

Use the wand attachment if your worried.

 

[Cucamonga]

This is how the clean up process proceeded.
1. Clean up as much as possable with box tape.
2. Place Kirby in room, adjust head height, plug in.
3. Go to neighbors house and enjoy a cold .
4. Wife vacuums carpet, afterall that is her job.
5. After finishing the , trturn home to clean floor and put vacuum away.

Life is back to normal.

 

[Mitch Rapp]

Imagine that...

 

[Smack]

 

[NCFubar]

This is how the clean up process proceeded.
1. Clean up as much as possable with box tape.
2. Place Kirby in room, adjust head height, plug in.
3. Go to neighbors house and enjoy a cold .
4. Wife vacuums carpet, afterall that is her job.
5. After finishing the , trturn home to clean floor and put vacuum away.

Life is back to normal.

What ... no sammich? At least she vacuumed ...

 

[Diablos]

Snort it

 

[DRFury]

I don’t suspect a vacuum will cause any issue but if you have a wet/dry shop vac you could wet it down if you are worried then vacuum up the wet powder.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Use a vacuum. A few grains of powder aren’t volatile enough to hurt anything and even if they did ignite, the vaccine would lose its oxygen supply when you cut it off.

 

[Sleipnir]

Roomba

 

[JimP42]

As long as you don’t spill some flints in the same place and vacuum them up with a vac with exposed steel parts you are fine.

Everything exposed to the airflow on my shop wat is plastic or the paper filter.

 

[Schattenreiter]

Thanks for sharing the wisdom but I suspect a match or vacuum may lead to unintended consequences.

The match won't. The intention with it is pretty clear.

 

[GymB]

Black or smokeless?

Vacuum smokeless.

Rent a carpet cleaner for black.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Rent a carpet cleaner for black.

This is awesome advice right here

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

Black or smokeless?
Vacuum smokeless.
Rent a carpet cleaner for black.

The air rushing through the plastic vacuum hose generates a fair amount of static electricity, my Shop Vac hasn't gone *POP* yet.

 

[Downeast]

Once it's down in the carpet no one will ever see it. Problem solved. You guys sure do complicate matters. I have a man-cave and there are no vacuums allowed. Whatever hits the floor stays there. It's a guy thing so most of you wouldn't understand.