[Shop-talk] Question on Dryway sanding / cleanup

[Karl Vacek]

Anything that will stiffen the fuzz enough will then allow you to quickly 
sand the walls down with a pole sander and drywall screen.  I use BIN 1-2-3 
as a primer on everything around here (well, not cars or airplanes) and it 
dries fast and pretty hard.  I've had similar problems and fixed them with 
that.  If it's not enough, use regular wall paint and a heavy-nap roller, 
barrel on lots of paint, and then sand the next day.  Should fix it right 
up.

Could the fuzz be from the drywall guy sanding the paper too much and then 
the painter using some cheap PVA primer ?  That'll happen.  I've had really 
poor results from PVA primer on drywall - no matter that it's always the 
first recommendation from paint stores.

Karl


>> That's what I'm not sure of.  I wish I had some way to contact the
>> builder and ask him what the heck happened. It's like the bare drywall
>> paper surface got wet, and someone took a wire brush to it  :(