Shop broom

[Animal]

What are you guys using for shop brooms? I have two a stiff bristle and a soft bristle and I am not two proud of either! I bought them at a store like TSC called Swishers, I have looked around and they are all the same.

 

[pete black]

sears "craftsman". life time warranty, been replaced twice already only due to use. softer bristles.

 

[da.bees]

I'm a two broom man. A stiff plastic bristle that pushes large objects into a pile real well. Horse hair I bought from Roach Feed store Garland Tx 10 years ago. Never ceases to amaze me how well it moves dust. Both have threaded holes at different angles in head so handle can be reversed before bristles take a set. Got some others around the place I call Superman Brooms cause they don't take much chit off a floor.

 

[notjustair]

I think it depends more on the floor than the broom. All I have around here is various cheap ones. They all work great in the machine shed. NONE of them work well in the north shed. The man that poured it should have his forehead rubbed on it until its a bloody pulp. It would take 1.7 seconds. It was broomed when wet to give traction (but done too much). It has plenty of traction. It's also got plenty of dirt on it because I can't broom it out.

 

[glennster]

I use harper brooms at the shop. Great brooms, last for ever. We have an old gentleman that stops by and sells them out of his van. Google harper brooms, gemplers also sells them.

 

[Ohio88]

It seems quicker to run a shop vac then a broom and it doesn't raise as much dust.

 

[C.R.]

if you have a real smooooth floor maybe a push broom followed by one of those dust mops thats how they do it at work hit it with the pushbroom and get all of the big chunks then hit everything with the big dustmop and pick up everything else left behind another option would be sweeping compnd to catch the fine dust

 

[44 massey]

I just use broom to get larger pieces up if needed then go over with shop vac!!! It picks up the dust that you just normally stir up brooming and cleans floor much better then broom. Dosent take any longer to vac then to broom plus you can usually get in around or under places that are hard to get with broom!!!!!!

 

[Bret4207]

No kidding?!! You guys actually clean your shops? Huh. Have to try that some day... :lol:

 

[pburg]

I have three pushbrooms, with each one having different textures. Works well. But what works BEST is a gas-powered, high-velocity leaf blower. I open the shop doors wide---16 feet--- and start at the far end, and blow anything "sweepable" out the door. Don't try doing this against the prevailing wind, however.

 

[scmi]

we have a smooth floor and we use a foam squeegee to sweep gets all the dust with out making it fly. last one lasted 5 years

 

[Geo-TH,In]

I open door, use a 3/4 hp blower on wheels, a resperator and dust/dirt/rocks/everything goes out the door. A leaf blower helps get the dirt away from the edges.

 

[Nate V. IA]

Harper. Is the nicest broom I've ever used. I have to sweep 1500 ft of walkway in my chicken house everyday. I tried a couple of cheaper ones but they didn't last. I have to throw them out every four months, when the barn is emptied, I buy new ones from Jays Big Rolls online store.
I have a smooth finish on the floor and use #6136, the first two numbers designate the stiffness and the last two are inches of width. If you lived closer I have a bunch of used ones you could have.

Nate