Drywall sanding tools

[Double B]

Hey got a question for you guys that do drywall/sheetrock for a living. I'm looking for a 24" sanding board for sanding/feathering mud. I would like to have recommended USA made tools brands.

Also I was hoping that this same board could be used for working autobody filler. I want it on the stiff/inflexable side for better material removal.

Please everyone chime in and give their opinions, I am in sense doing research before my purchase! ANd hopping to use other experiences to make up my minds.

Oh yeah, don't know anything about these things.

 

[Outlawmws]

Get yourself one of these (not my pic) and never look back. I use one of these for 98% of all my drywall sanding:

 

[danski0224]

Who makes that? Looks like a better version than the one I have seen that is all plastic.

 

[Outlawmws]

Can't say on that one, but mine was made by the "Andrews Company" of Carson City Nev. I've had in over 20 years.

You might try one of the better paint suppliers rather than the big box stores.

 

[Outlawmws]

http://www.walltools.com/store/drywall-tools/sanding

 

[thetreshon]

Richard makes a lot of their drywall tools in CANADA (sorry, they only have a handful made in the U.S. I believe like scraping blades), but of course like most companies, some stuff has been making it's way overseas....

http://www.arichard.com/ui/s_public/en/home.aspx

 

[dsan]

I'm working on my house and bought a radius sander:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ILWFW/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Got mine from a local sherwin williams paint store. Unfortunately it's made in china but it works really nice.

 

[ash95608]

I have one of these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00656XLUE/?tag=atomicindus08-20 works realy good.

 

[metal1313]

i wet sand it with a damp sponge.. or if i need to be more agressive a cheap pole sander, with sanding grids or usually just a half sheet of 220. but the damp sponge is necessary to clean up dust for better painting and seals smaller holes/pores

 

[Outlawmws]

I have one of these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00656XLUE/?tag=atomicindus08-20 works realy good.

We are talking about sanding gypsum (Chalk) here. a power sander is needed why?

(Unless you are Tim Taylor of course...)

If the dried mud needs more than a quick flash sanding, you need to hone your mudding skills and lay it on thinner...

 

[Double B]

How shall I say this, I put it on like I am doing plaster in the 20's..... Makes nice and flat walls, but it hell on the sholder joints!

Looking for those kind of tools. Plaster sanding.

 

[Outlawmws]

How shall I say this, I put it on like I am doing plaster in the 20's..... Makes nice and flat walls, but it hell on the sholder joints!

Looking for those kind of tools. Plaster sanding.

Are you talking about texture or finishing the wall off? Two different animals.

I also texture very heavy (think stucco texture heavy), but that is also mostly broad knife technique.

For the ceilings, since I'm basically lazy, I put a 12" square piece of wood on a 2X2 pole/handle and pile on a bunch of mud (not smoothly) and jam in into the ceiling, several times until I get an area big enough to work on with a broad knife, then I pattern that to the desired texture with a widest broad knife I can handle (For me, about 16 or 18 ")

Once done/dry, it gets the high spots knocked off with a light sanding. Same for the walls, but I use a knife to blob the mud on.

For smoothing a wall for say stipple, you want thin. (dries faster between and needed sanding and second coats too)

 

[mypov]

never sean a pro mudder use a "sanding board" as mentioned above, there shouldn't really be hardly any sanding if the mud is put on well. The less sanding the better...Hard for us DIYers to get thaaat good though, but thinner is better - I buy the 120/220 grit sanding sponges from the hardware store they work well for me.
Good luck.