Carpeted room for reloading?

[FrugalFannie]

So the only space I can reload in at our current location is a bedroom that has carpet wall to wall. We are renting so we obviously will not be tearing up the carpet and putting in hardwood or anything. There is no basement and the garage is subject to all the temperature changes and humidity of North Texas.

Is it safe to reload in a room with carpet? I'm very hesitant to do this.

 

[nhams]

What is the concern? I reload on a carpet and never thought twice about it.

 

[1903Collector]

Are you concerned about static electricity/discharge?

 

[milktree]

What is the concern? I reload on a carpet and never thought twice about it.

Some possibilities:

- Static electricity
- Difficulty in cleaning if powder (or other reloading related dirt/muck) gets into the carpet
- harder to find parts that fall

 

[headednorth]

Maybe use one of those large plastic sheets? I dont know what theyre called, but people use them under an office chair to make it easier to roll the chair around rather than the wheels digging into the carpet. It should keep the majority of powder off the carpet.

eta- chair mats

http://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/46x60-chair-mats-large/cbxRefine=377781&N=5+501496/

 

[Stape]

I think it would be nice, no more spilled primers bouncing all over the place, or springs and do-dads rolling into unknown corners never to be seen again......


Ive loaded in a carpeted room and experienced zero issues. If your worried about static electricity shock or something, I'd say that the few years I loaded in a carpeted room I never experienced it, now my set-up for the past 5 years has been tile, and no-kidding if I wear wool socks with my house slippers around the house I get a good zap touching stuff thats plugged in to something with a power source. but, either way......never had a problem of any kind in regards to loading.

 

[nhams]

Hmm, never considered static.

 

[1903Collector]

My old room was carpeted, I just put a large rubber matt down on the floor in front of my bench, on really dry days I would touch my bench vice just in case before handling powder or primers but I never had any issues either.

 

[greencobra]

No issues here loading on carpet 25+ years. Maybe I'm stupid???? Don't know.

 

[jtnf]

http://www.staples.com/Floortex-Com...mat-PVC-Chairmat-48-x-60-Clear/product_922560

 

[jefftk]

For reference, this thread: http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/265646-Reloading-small-apartment-carpeting

And with regard to static electricity:
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vb...r-heard-seen?p=4096134&viewfull=1#post4096134

 

[chris_1001]

Every month roll it up, take it outside and toss a match to it to burn the powder off

 

[Len-2A Training]

Perhaps an easy solution is to wear one of these while reloading. You will need to find a solid piece of metal (that happens to be grounded) to attach it to however.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i:aps,k:anti static strap

 

[MGnoob]

I wouldn't worry much about static, assuming you keep your area clean, just don't let powder build up.
i use an airhose to blow powder toM the corner of the room then clean it up.(no carpets)

With carpet i would just recommended if you think you might spill powder or primers to lay a towel out under the area. If you have a spill the towel make clean up or primer recover easier..

 

[spt_1955]

No issues here loading on carpet 25+ years. Maybe I'm stupid???? Don't know.

25 years of lead poisoning can cause this.

 

[DW357]

I don't reload on carpet as my presses are in the unfinished basement. I put these right in front of my bench for comfort and warmth from the cold concrete floor.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FOWNN8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

 

[milktree]

Maybe use one of those large plastic sheets? I dont know what theyre called, but people use them under an office chair to make it easier to roll the chair around rather than the wheels digging into the carpet. It should keep the majority of powder off the carpet.

eta- chair mats

http://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/46x60-chair-mats-large/cbxRefine=377781&N=5+501496/

Those things *increase* static, I wouldn't use one of those.

Plus they're kind of unpleasant.

 

[headednorth]

Those things *increase* static, I wouldn't use one of those.

Plus they're kind of unpleasant.

Ah. I was just thinking of keeping the powder out of the carpet.

 

[EddieCoyle]

I've read two accounts of the primer magazine on a Dillon 650 blowing up. Both times it was on carpet, and the guys that wrote about them thought it was static.

With that said, I tried hard to get a primer to go off with a very powerful gas grill igniter and was not able to do it. That doesn't mean it won't happen though.

 

[knfmn]

I've reloaded on carpet for years with absolutely no problems. I've got much better things to worry about.

 

[Fixxah]

I've reloaded on carpet for years with absolutely no problems. I've got much better things to worry about.

I'll stick to the lottery. Odds are roughly the same but I only want to hit the good one.

 

[josh2600]

Some possibilities:

- Static electricity
- Difficulty in cleaning if powder (or other reloading related dirt/muck) gets into the carpet
- harder to find parts that fall

eh, preferable not to, but i did it for 3 years w/o problems. Used to cringe when vacuuming, but nothing ever happened.

 

[xtry51]

No issues. If you want something to put down, use these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Norsk-St...Flooring-Recyclamat-4-Pieces-240247/204318886

 

[FrugalFannie]

Thanks all!


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