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Used to sand drywall with just a pole sander. Now I use a vacuum attachment.
I did a bedroom ceiling last week in my 1950s house. Took me 3 hours just to sand and another 2 to clean up the dust cloud. It got into every crack, even with plastic sheeting. My neighbor came over and asked if I was trying to kill my lungs. He showed me his setup - a drywall sander with a shop vac hose hooked right to it. Almost zero dust. Ran me $60 for the adapter kit at Home Depot. First ceiling took half the time and no cleanup. Why did I suffer through that for 2 years?
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margaret_jackson7319d agoMost Upvoted
My buddy Tom tried the vacuum trick on his garage ceiling and still ended up with dust in his coffee mug.
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jennifer96519d ago
Have you tried putting a box fan in the window while you're sanding? I did my whole basement ceiling that way with the vacuum attachment and it helped a ton. I mean, I still had a little bit of dust settle on stuff but nothing like before. The vacuum adapter was a game changer for me too. I used to just accept that drywall dust would be everywhere for a week. Now I can sand a room and be done with cleanup in like 20 minutes. My wife actually let me do the living room ceiling after she saw how clean it stayed.
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