DRYWALL DREAM, We recently did a job which required us to remove an entire ceiling from prior flood. The home owner keeps her home very clean and was concered about dust. so when it came to sanding we decided to try out the Porter cable drywall sander 7800 with vac. WOW!!!!! This thing works like a dream!!! We had literally no dust whats so ever. I started to sand over top of a tim red birdhouse and when the sanding was done I wiped over the birdhouse roof with my finger and made NO mark. Thank you Porter cable. Need I say we saved over an hour in clean up time and prep for thish job alone!!!
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Hi Rich how much and where can i get one? Gonna be doing alot of drywall here soon and would like to keep the dust to min. Speaking of drywall and this I have been thinking of it since my post on shy studs. There is a tool for better drywall but joints called the Butthanger (see FHB Mag - MAR 2002 page116). May question instead of using one these devices would it not be just as easy to plane the stud where the butt joint lands a 1/4 or so? Has anybody used this method at the butt joints....just a thought.
Hi, Danz-
I'm actually gearing up to hang the lid on a 1200 sq. ft. basement, and I've decided to use the Butthanger on this job. Creates a depressed area at the butts that finishes like the seams on the long side of the drywall sheets. Do a Google search and check out the Butthanger website.
Yeah, in a way you could plane down the joist where a butt lands, but you would still need to float out the butt joint to the adjacent joists- meaning out to about 32" overall!
Ken Hill
Guys:
If you ever have to work in an environment where there are people working or there is the potential for dust contamination, the porter cable drywall sander is the way to go. The initial investment will knock your socks off (approaching $700), but the time saved and the happy customers make it pay for itself on a fairly rapid basis. If you value your time highly like I do, the hour here and the hour there make the payback period fairly short. You will still need to hand sand to tidy up spots that are hard to reach but overally the sander is a dynamite tool.
Cheers,
Jeff
Agreed...Its a great tool. I've owned one for about 4 years and its worth its weight in gold. And its weight is not too bad for holding above your head either.
Only drawback is sanding discs aren't cheap. I think around $30. for 5 but they last a long time.
Mike
now that you have the pc machine you should get a hand sander that has the dust collection so you can do the corners almost dust free, it is the perfect complement for the pc sander.