{"id":2400,"date":"2014-02-04T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T01:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2015-04-05T02:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T06:24:39","slug":"cleaning-drywall-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/cleaning-drywall-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Drywall Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2241 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/images.jpg\" alt=\"drywall dust Questions and Answers\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-754 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/questions-button.jpg\" alt=\"Drywall dust questions\" width=\"141\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/questions-button.jpg 405w, https:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/questions-button-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/>Cleaning Drywall Dust<\/h1>\n<p>Lester asked:<\/p>\n<p>Hi,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m fixing up a few rooms that had nail holes and gouges etc. \u00a0I went around spackling and sanding.\u00a0 Now I have a lot of drywall dust on the walls, should I wipe them all down before painting? \u00a0If so, what cleaning product or just plain water should I use? \u00a0And should I just use old rags or is there some better way to do the job?<\/p>\n<p>Lester<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-753 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/answer-button.jpg\" alt=\"Drywall dust answer\" width=\"143\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Hello Lester,<\/p>\n<p>Cleaning drywall dust from the walls is an important step prior to painting.\u00a0 Not only will drywall dust impair the paint&#8217;s adhesion, it can also affect the finish, leaving a course and patchy appearance once the paint has dried. Additionally, be sure all repaired areas are sanded completely smooth before paint is applied.\u00a0 It is much more difficult to sand uneven areas after painting.<\/p>\n<p>To prep the walls for painting, first vacuum excess dust from the walls and floor .\u00a0 Next use clean rags or for even better results use a micro fiber cloth, lightly dampened with water, to wipe down the walls.\u00a0 Rinse the cloth often in a bucket of clean water and change the water often as it becomes milky.<\/p>\n<p>A pole sander with the cloth clamped in place or secured with rubber bands or twine may be used to reach higher areas.\u00a0 Depending on the amount of drywall dust, it may require multiple passes to remove it all. \u00a0 Wipe over the cleaned walls, after they have dried, with a black or dark color cloth to test for dust residue.\u00a0 If dust is visible on the dark cloth repeat the cleaning process until no dust is evident.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck with your project,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Did you enjoy this post?\u00a0 Tell us what you think in the comments box below.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Want to see more?<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/WoodsHomeMaintenanceServiceblog\">Subscribe to our RSS feed<\/a>\u00a0 or <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=WoodsHomeMaintenanceServiceblog\">Subscribe by e-mail<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wood\u2019s Home Maintenance Service offers solutions for a wide range of building, maintenance and repair needs.\u00a0 Give us a call or click the button below to contact us\u00a0 today for a free estimate.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodshms.com\/whms_web_folder_blog_002.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Contact us\" src=\"http:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Contact-us4-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning Drywall Dust Lester asked: Hi, I&#8217;m fixing up a few rooms that had nail holes and gouges etc. \u00a0I went around spackling and sanding.\u00a0 Now I have a lot of drywall dust on the walls, should I wipe them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/woodshms.com\/wp\/cleaning-drywall-dust\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,117,81],"tags":[158,157,18,159],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interior-maintenance","category-painting-2","category-questions-and-answers","tag-cleaning-drywall","tag-drywall-dust","tag-painting","tag-painting-drywall"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cleaning drywall dust | WHMS blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cleaning drywall dust from the walls is an important step prior to painting. 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