Drywall Sanding and Priming

This is the part of your drywall taping job thatyour hand sander back and forth on the center
most of the horror stories come from and I willof your seam always running in the same
not pretend it is enjoyable but it is a verydirection of the seam never across it.Just a side
important part of your drywall job and if youpoint do not let any one tell you to use a power
have kept your work neat and clean and havesander they are not for sanding drywall so avoid
stuck to the drywall instructions up to now it willthe temptation, because if some ones drywall
not be that bad. First as always you want tocoating is so thick and bad that they have to use
prepare by closing or blocking all cold air returnsa power sander they have gotten themselves
on your home furnace and make sure the fan oninto a real mess.Now when your have your first
your furnace is not running turn off the switch ifceiling seam nice and clean just repeat the
necessary.process on the rest of your ceiling and move on
Now close all doors on adjoining rooms that doto the walls in your room which are easier as the
not have to be sanded and block the doors atdust will fall to the floor in front of you.
the bottom or even better staple plastic over theRemember when sanding the ceiling your bulk
entrances that you wish to protect as much asheads are part of your ceiling and sand your
possible. Now as for yourself you are going to getcorner bead in the same fashion feathering at
covered up,so if you have coveralls great if notfirst then lightly finishing the rest of your bead up
grab some old clothes also a hat and disposableand down not across.When you have completely
filter masks that you can buy at your buildingfinished one room move to the next until you are
supply store once you have done this you arecompletely finished your drywall sanding job. You
ready to start sanding your drywall job.are finally finish all your drywall and all that is left is
Always start at the top of your job and workto is clean up,take a broom and knock all the
your way down so pick a room and start withexcess drywall dust off your ceiling and walls and
the corners that meet your ceilings and startif you have a shop vac use it to vacuum up the
lightly feathering along the edges of the cornersdust and then damp mop your floors to get the
to remove any ridges and try not to go too hardrest.
into your corners as you may cause damage toYou are now ready to prime your drywall, this is
your corners. You are doing what you didimportant as new drywall after it is finished is
between coats you are cleaning your drywall jobvery volatile and it can be easily damaged when
the only difference is this is your final sand andbumped or scratched so you want to seal it with
you want to be a little more picky. Now whendrywall primer as soon as possible also paint
your done the corners around the top of yourtoday is not cheap so you want your drywall to
ceiling, finish sanding your down corners until yousoak up your primer and not your expensive
have finish all the corners in your first room. Youfinish paint. One last tip when sealing get lots of
are going to sand your ceiling next and this ispaint in the corners,but do not leave of course
where it can become messy as the sandedany excess drips. I hope these drywall taping
drywall dust will of course fall down right on youinstruction have been of help to you and you are
and the room.the procedure for sanding yourhappy with your finished job. Thank you for
ceiling seams is the same as your corners,visiting.
feather the outer edges first and then lightly run