Finishing up a bathroom remodel, doing the wipe-down-the-walls-with-a-towel-before-painting deal when the lady of the house offers me some sort of a sweeper with a micro fiber cloth stuck on the end with velcro. She said to give it a try. I extended the pole and swept the whole room in about 2 minutes without moving much from where I was standing. Swapped cloths once. Took the cloths outside and shook them out, but they can also be washed. The walls were clean enough of dust to prime. She let me have the sweep, as she had bought two and her daughter didn’t want it. I’ll never do the towel trick again.
It’s worth a try if you do much drywall.
I never met a tool I didn’t like!
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Similar but not as "hi tech" a lot of guys just wrap a damp rag around the head of a drywall sanding pole.
You can buy them and market them as a drywalling tool, charge double and make yourself some dough.
She got them on QVC, I think. If you can sell it anywhere, it's there.
I never met a tool I didn't like!
I've paid as much as $4 for a micro cloth, now I get them a BJ's, a warehouse club, where they're $10 for 24. Work as well as the 3M ones I have. Wood shavings really get trapped in any of them, so they need to be covered around a work site. For washing walls or woodwork before painting they're truly amazing.
sounds like the "swiffer" my wife uses ...
I leave a battery powered "wet swiffer" or what ever the cheapest one on the shelf is after every prefinished hardwood job ... I use it was we go ... then just leave it with the left over rags for the owner.
btw ... was talking primer with a drywall sub and my painter ... the sub who works mostly commercial was talking up the new thicker primers ... the kind that are supposed to hide some minor defects .... talked with my painter who's gonna try them on my next good size job ... looked a coupla brands up on the web ...
they .. and the drywall sub ... said ... no wipe down. Use the drywall dust to help mask the defects ... my painter said it's a common technique.
just roll or spray right over it.
He usually sprays the walls if possible .. then back rolls.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
Use to roll right over the dust with primer, but a few years ago I had a delamination problem where the paint and primer peeled away from the drywall; painter friend said it was because I hadn't wiped down the walls...
Haven't had the problem since, but I've been wiping the walls, also. The new thicker primers sounds like they'd be worth a try, any particular name or brand?
I never met a tool I didn't like!
USG's Tuff Hide, spary only, apply @ 15 - 20 mill per container. It is really as good as the hype.
james
I've heard of that before, unfortunately, no one around these parts carries it. HD could spec order it, but I haven't had good success with the SOs, and they aren't cheap, regardless what the order is for.
I never met a tool I didn't like!
Nick
Seems like everyone is comming out with something similar to tuff hide, Hammaltons has a version called prep coat that is also good and if i rember correctly the big box stocks sheetrock brands first coat which can be rolled or sprayed.
I have used all three and they are good.... some better than others but once you start using them you will use them often.... best to go with what you can source locally.
james
had to do a search ...
"First Coat" is what my drywall finisher was talking about ... I remembered it being the "SheetRock" brand ...
my painter had used Tuff Hide in the past on other jobs also ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
jeff
first coat is the one that can be sprayed or rolled.... it is thinner than tuff hide but works well. you cant really go wrong with either
james
Thanks for the insights ....
will report back after I have the chance to use one or two of them ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
hey.. how's about them stillers , huh..
r u reddy fer the playoffs ? ahm' itching fer some outback
what happened to yur "bucky" nommer ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I kids play the weekend after next, right?
first round ....
maybe we'll "practice" ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
no ... the ones that count both have first round byes
but i guess we can practise on the wildcards , 'eh ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore