Which sander is best for sanding drywall joints

[sblixten]

Wallpaper seams work perfectly with abranet, but you have to wait until it's dry, you have to do that no matter what you plan to sand with, so there's no difference.

I wonder if you mean the same as I do.
I am referring to "old" wallpapers that are already up and where the strips overlap each other at the seam.

 

[Drömhus2012]

Oh. Sorry, I really misunderstood that
I meant newly plastered seams; on old wallpaper seams, I also use a planer.

 

[111111]

Thanks for the tips and advice for this, it became a rubber block from 3M and a starter kit from Abranet.
Will be testing it in the coming days.

I saw that it "only" came with 180 "sandpaper" (or whatever you call it) in the starter kit,
is that enough? The paint store where I bought the sanding block suggested I should use 240 paper.

 

[Elkludde]

Thank you for the tips and advice for this, ended up getting a rubber block from 3M and a starter kit of Abranet.
I'll be testing it in the next few days.

I noticed that it "only" came with 180 "sandpaper" (or whatever you call it) in the starter kit,
is that enough? The paint shop where I bought the sanding block suggested I get 240 paper

It depends on whether you're painting or wallpapering. I usually use 60 when wallpapering, almost nothing happens with 240 on sand spackle because that's probably what's applicable, right? But anyway, if you spackle evenly with the gypsum, the sanding will be minimal.

 

[sblixten]

Agree with Elkludde.
Whether you are going to paint or wallpaper, 240 is unnecessary.
I usually use 120 if I'm going to paint and 80 if I'm going to wallpaper, but for wallpaper even 60 or even 40 would suffice, I would say.
I also think 80 is good enough for painting.

 

[Drömhus2012]

I also basically only use 80 and 120 net.

 

[Carl_Elvis]

with hand sanding, there is almost no dust flying around; if you sand calmly and without haste, most of it settles in a pile on the floor where you can sweep it up

Calmly and without haste? Then you'll never finish. I sand filler according to the same principle Socker-Conny uses in the bathroom: "-I brushed my teeth with force and intensity." This creates a veritable Lützen fog of sanding dust...

So, bring out the giraffe and vacuum cleaner! Where it used to take half an hour to sand board joints in a small room with sandpaper on that kind of "wobble-plate," it now maybe takes ten minutes. Without sweat and without dust.

 

[sblixten]

Agree with Elkludde.
Regardless of whether you are going to paint or wallpaper, 240 is unnecessary.
I usually use 120 if I'm going to paint and 80 if I'm going to wallpaper, but for wallpaper, even 60 or even 40 would suffice, I would say.
I also think 80 is good enough to paint on..

Just wanted to clarify that this refers to spackle on walls.

 

[Västerhaninge 17]

My experience is driving 240 on spackel, coarser models remove too much too quickly.

 

[sblixten]

My experience is using 240 on filler; coarser models remove too much too quickly.

Are you referring to hand sanding then?

 

[Nimajneb]

I'm driving 120.
240 sounds more like intermediate sanding for painted surfaces and not wall putty.

 

[Västerhaninge 17]

Sure.

 

[Flöjten5]

Tested my abranet today. What a dream!! The only thing I can remark on is the hose which is a bit too tight. Feels like the vacuum cleaner has to work quite hard.

But otherwise, worth all 320kr!

 

[111111]

I must say that the abranet was easy to use, but I was a bit concerned about the durability of the net; after 5 joints, the net started to break. Bad luck in the work? Or are the nets fragile for certain sanding?

 

[Real7]

I also think the durability is a bit poor, the edges fell apart and I thought maybe I sanded strangely. That's the only bad thing about abranet so far, but it was also very disturbing.