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Sand Spackled Areas

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What happens here

Allow the spackle to dry completely (typically around 45 minutes, depending on conditions). Use a power sander equipped with a dust collection system (like the Uneeda Ekasand Series 2 with a HEPA vac) to sand down the spackled mounds. The goal is to remove all excess spackle, leaving only the filled imperfections flush with the trim surface. Avoid sanding too early, as wet spackle will clog the abrasive. For areas not accessible by a power sander, use sanding blocks or hand sand paper. This dust-free sanding method drastically reduces cleanup and airborne particles.

Goal: Once the spackle is fully dry, sand the filled areas until completely flat and smooth using a power sander connected to a dust collection system.

Tools and materials

  • Dust Collection System (HEPA Vac)
  • Power Sander Uneeda Ekasand Series 2
  • Sanding Blocks/Sandpaper

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and not too not too much. All right. So, I'm going to get ready to start uh spackling or not spackling, but sanding the spackle. So, spackle's dried. I'm going to sand the spackle flat. I want to get rid of all the spackle except where the holes are. And then we're going to bondo over that. So this is kind of the next step of the process. This is what it looks like. [Music] I got the spackle sanded. You can see how fast it actually goes with a power sander. So, I'll just um kind of just let you know like back my early days doing new construction uh for years and years and years, all the sanding we did was all by hand. And some painters still do it. We just have two sanding blocks and literally just sand all this stuff, the spackle, bondo, everything by hand. And it's one of the reasons why I came to really hate new construction.

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