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Hi, I'm Tim Gipson, I'm going to talk to you about some drywall sanding tips. Now in this
particular case we're working in the bathroom where we have removed a mirror that was stuck
on with adhesive. So there were several areas that we had to skim out on the wall, so now
that this has dried, we're ready to sand this to get a smooth surface. And there's a couple
of things that we can do. The first thing is what we call a screen sander, and or a
pole sander it might be called. And what it is it's a mesh type of fabric that's over
a large padded surface and attached to a pole, and what this does as you work it around it'll
provide a nice smooth finish. Now when we're using these, you can move - use a back and
forth motion to knock down some of the larger areas and when you're using it you want to
be careful about going in the direction either vertical or horizontal because in this mesh
it's a criss cross pattern, so if you go in the direction in a horizontal or a vertical
direction of this, you can get some grooves that develop. So the better motion with the
screen sanders is to go at an angle or better yet use a circular type of motion and you
don't have to put a lot of pressure on these when you're using these 'cause you want to
work it around, just where you're knocking off any ridges that are on here. Now, another
sanding device that you can use is one like this. Now this particular one has an attachment
on the end of it here that allows you to attach it to a vacuum cleaner. So if you're working
a small job and you want to put this on a vacuum cleaner this just uses a standard grit
sandpaper but it has some channels all the way around here. So as you're doing a smaller
area, particularly if you're working on an area where you know you're a little more concerned
about getting a lot of the drywall dust around, then you can use this and it will put a lot
of that drywall dust out. Now, the most important thing you want to do is also make sure you
have a respirator or a mask, dust mask that you're using when you are doing a project
like this. You don't want to be breathing in a lot of the dust that's created from this
drywall sanding. So I'm Tim Gipson and that's some tips on how to sand drywall.