I was sanding my drywall patches all wrong for 5 years

Honestly I always thought you just sand until it feels smooth to the touch, but my buddy who does drywall for a living saw me doing it a few weeks ago and laughed. He said I was using too coarse of a grit and leaving swirl marks that'd show up after paint. Tried his trick of starting with 120 grit then finishing with 220 on my last basement patch job and the difference was night and day. Anyone else learn they been doing something the hard way for years?

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palmer.henry1mo ago

Man it's funny how we all figure out the hard way that there's usually a right tool and a right way for everything.

tylerw721mo ago

You ever try to put a drywall screw in with a regular drill instead of a proper drywall gun? I did that once and ended up snapping three bits and cussing at the wall for an hour. Finally just broke down and borrowed my neighbor's drywall screw gun, got the whole sheet hung in like fifteen minutes with no stripped heads. It's stupid how much time you waste fighting the wrong tool when the right one just makes it all click. Now I keep a little list on my phone of exactly what I need for each project before I start.