Cleaning ceramic dust from textured walls

[proshine]

I have a new construction clean, the bottom level is the main prob, it has all textured walls and the builder wants them vac'd, the reason is they cut ceramic tile and the dust is everywhere, the foyer is about 30 feet high (at least) and the bottom level is 2400 sq ft. He is not sure how much went up stairs, but he wants everything dusted that has it on it, so we are starting the cleaning early.
I have a employee who thinks we should use these rubber sponges that she used in fire and restoration cleaning, they are about 8 dollars each and the clamp for my extension pole is 28 dollars, but i can prob get it cheaper,
anyone have ideas or suggestions, would i be better off doing it the old fashioned way, if the sponges worked, it could cut labor in half,
Janice

[russo]

try a flat microfiber mop w/ a gentle all purpose cleaner. i like orange smelling apc ;D oh.... and get an extension pole if you don't have one.

[Grizzly]

I have run into the same problem, building had 11000 sq. ft. of quarry tile removed and the thin set scraped up. The walls were interior brick. We tried vacuuming with no success, . The best result was achieved with a system from UPLOOK. First the wall was brushed down to try and remove mos tof the debris. The we sprayed with a cleaning solution and brushed down again. Very labour intensive, and extension poles with brush attachments not cheap. I would suggest going with the extension pole and a brush , maybe soft garage broom to fit on the end of the extension pole , get off all the debris and see where you are. Don't want to dampen this dust and have it cake in the ridges of the textured finish.

Bill

[proshine]

Yea, the wet thing would be a rutt-o for sure. I have a 30 foot extension unger extension pole I am going to use and a brush attachment, then I guess vac it, I have thought about trying the wonderful new world of microfiber, I might see what my microfiber mops would do after brushing it, dry of course, they pick up anything, and shine everything, so I think it would look good,
This is going to be a try all and see what works thing, if I can cut labor in half I be smiling big time.
thanks for your info,
Hey, I did take your advice and borrow a back pack vac, so I am prepared for the what ever it takes. :-)
Janice

[thedirtdoctors]

I deal olny in construction clean -up and I will tell you what to do take your shop vac and the floor attachment wrap it with a micro fiber rag and cut a slit in it across the opening it works great. to pick up all the dust no liquid it just makes it mud. also we have a brush from a home front door we attached to it with screws