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Quite a while back, there was a thread on a handy-dandy power drywall sander w/ vacuum feature to suck up the dust. I cannot find the thread.


Can anybody refresh my memory? Or provide a link to where I can rent one?


Thanks.
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Quite a while back, there was a thread on a handy-dandy power drywall sander w/ vacuum feature to suck up the dust. I cannot find the thread.


Can anybody refresh my memory? Or provide a link to where I can rent one?


Thanks.


I recall that there was a thread... seems I remember posting to it.

I purchased a plastic sanding block that had a vacuum hose connection on the handle. You attached the sander to a shop vac. It worked great for me. Keeps the dust down. It's is a little ackward getting use to sanding with the hose flopping, but it was a lot cleaner without the dusk floating throughout the whole house. I don't care how careful you are closing off the room, you still get drywall dust everywhere.

I bought the sander at Lowes for about $12-$15
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I just finished drywall in my basement and used a water-based vacuum system called " Aquair ". It is a bucket filled 1/2-way with water that connects to a regular dry/wet shop-vac and then connects to a hand sander that you use with mesh sanding screens.


Worked great for me and kept the airborne dust levels down alot!
hey try this

when you lay your compound (unless its too late) try to get it as smooth as possible to avoid alot of sanding.. then after it dries take a bucket with warm/hot water and a damp terry cloth towel and use that to "sand" the walls.

no dust!


i got this tip from a sheetrock guy as i was sick of all the dust sanding created.
Sponging or wiping with water works OK, but it can never match a sanded finish. Maybe it's just my lack of skill.
tubbytreats:

What do you do with the water? (I assume it's full of dust, that if pored down a drain would harden like concrete)
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tubbytreats:

What do you do with the water? (I assume it's full of dust, that if pored down a drain would harden like concrete)
Bob - Depending on the size of the Aquair system you buy, you change the water after 4-5 full sheets or 6-7 full sheets or so. The water will have about 1" of "sludge" at the bottom of it. I have a utility sink and am able to wash that out (and thin it properly before draining) so that I don't have a problem with the dust.


Your other option would be to let it all dry out and then scrape it into the trash can I suppose. But you'd probably need (2) buckets to do something like that.
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