Workshop flooring material

[Kevan ShawParticipant @kevanshaw32462]

Having spent at least half an hour today crawling around trying to find various small parts that I had dropped or fell off I was wondering what the opinion is on suitable flooring that makes it easy to find small bits and prevent them bouncing into invisible and unreachable corners under benches and machines😟

any other ideas to help dropped nuts much appreciated !

[Kevan ShawParticipant @kevanshaw32462]

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Try to remove all places that may hide things. Paint floor with a pale colour – pale grey floor paint is good ! Be it wood or concrete. Noel.

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

My floor has grey floor paint on it plus covered in those foam tiles that you can get from M/Mart ( usual disclaimer ) keeps the cold from rising & the plates of meat comfortable.

George.

oops typo.

Edited By mechman48 on 26/12/2020 17:44:29

[Ramon WilsonParticipant @ramonwilson3]

Kevan – what you need is a pair of nylon tights!

Cut the foot off one leg and pull it over the vacuum hose end and hold it in place with a rubber band (if you are on the other side of the pond that is most definitely an elastic band!). Push the toe of the tight into the vac tube turn on and hoover away. All tiny little hidden bits will collect inside and can be rescued by switching off and emptying the temporary 'bag'. Done this many times particularly with tiny photo etched parts that have disappeared off the end of a pair of tweezers but it works very well with 12BA nuts too. Success rate is about 80-90 % on average I'd say.

Highly recommended from my perspective

Regards – Tug

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I have a light grey vinyl tile on my floor and all cupboards and draw units go right down to the floor so nothing can roll underneath.

[VicParticipant @vic]

My workshop is on a concrete base but the floor is wooden boards with insulation underneath. I covered the whole floor with plywood then gave it a few coats of floor paint. It’s the most comfortable flooring I’ve ever had in a workshop. It’s also very easy to sweep clean, hasn’t damaged any parts I’ve dropped to date and is generally easy to find stuff unless it rolls under something! I chose a pale green paint from B&Q I think.

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

When you do drop something, shine a torch/inspection lamp along the floor rather than down onto it.

Paint the floor a different colour to the parts you're likely to drop – finding a small steel or aluminium part on a grey floor often turns into a party game

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