Comments on: Less Airborne Dust Is A Must When Sanding Drywall

By: KevinB

KevinB — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:23:16 +0000

I’m glad this is finally out, is it widely available pretty much everywhere now? I didnt see it at the depot last week.

By: bobby stupid

bobby stupid — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:18:27 +0000

For the love of what ever you love, WET “sand” drywall.

A wet green ’scotch-brite’ rubbed on drywall works wonders, and your local hardware store probably sells something similar that mounts on a stick.

Spackle the dry wall, let dry, wet green scrubbing thing, be amazed at how well it works and how little mess you made. Rinse very often.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:45:17 +0000

I used this stuff and got loads of air pockets that I had to later fill in.

By: kelly m

kelly m — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:16:39 +0000

I agree i saw this in workbench mag last year , bought it a my local menards…
I’s a few dollars more but it works so much better , i didn’t realize how little dust there was until i hit a secrion with an old patch job i did!!… I hit the old stuff and just plumes of dust ….
IT’s worth the few extra dollars!!!!

By: Jim German

Jim German — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:54 +0000

I concur with Joe, this stuff is great. It certainly doesn’t make sanding fun, but it keeps the whole house from getting covered in dust. Most importantly it works just as well the regular stuff and doesn’t cost much more.

And Dan, USG’s version has been around for at least a year as well.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:00:33 +0000

From what the local drywall supply says, it is that they add a wax to the mud, so when you sand it bonds together and falls.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:52:13 +0000

Any materials engineers out there? I’m curious to know how they make “heavy dust” versus “standard dust” :-p

My guess would be that the cured dry product is harder, which causes it to fracture into larger particles when sanded.

By: Bob TDG

Bob TDG — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:46:26 +0000

It works really well… but you really should wear safety glasses and a mask while sanding the stuff.

Once in a while, in 10 years of drywalling, you end up sanding unprepared. Dust Control burns the eyes a little more, and is harder on the lungs.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:27:12 +0000

They did think of it sooner — we used the Synko version of this last year, and like Joe, it seemed to work very nicely.

http://www.cgcinc.com/home.asp?nav=291&mkt=30&bc=165.291

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:20:20 +0000

I’m about halfway through a container of this stuff, and it does exactly what they say. After sanding, there’s a pile of dust at the bottom of the wall and my shoes, but if you look at the floor 3 feet away, you’d never know I was sanding.