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Maya Okafor

Maya Okafor

Surface metrology, dust capture validation, vibration and noise testing in real jobsites

About

I lead The Finish Lab’s bench tests and field validations, translating measurements into decisions crews can trust. My focus is ranking sanders by finish quality, dust capture, vibration, and actual job speed.

Core Beliefs

If you can’t measure the finish and exposure, you can’t manage them.

Background

On a hospital night-shift retrofit, I logged vibration, dust, and finish gloss for four sanders while infection control watched. The only setup under 2.5 m/s² and 0.1 mg/m³ also delivered the flattest Ra. That spreadsheet won us a contract extension—and converted a skeptic into a systems believer.

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