Sand Your Skim Coat Without the Dust - Spencer Colgan

In this video, I show you how I avoid any dust when I make my skim coat smooth just before paint and wallpaper.

[@Nojnasaam]

I've put off doing my house for a year because of dust. This was what iv been waiting for. Thanks!

[@zachnuketown]

Thank you so much! I’m an automotive painter and body guy that’s been living in a dusty house since I bought it in December. And although I don’t typically wet sand cars just because of the mess from the dusty water drying in crevices, I also don’t sand cars in my living room so I don’t worry about it. I’ve been getting better about not needing to sand as much but like I said I paint cars so nothing really transfers over.

[@mariad4183]

Excellent instruction! Thank you for sharing dear!

[@ronaho8940]

Best video I’ve seen yet thanks.

[@logan5326]

Excellent technique friend, you saved my lungs and lots of after clean up! I really enjoy watching your videos and I also appreciate the time and effort you put into them…today I’ve learned a lot through you, and for that, I want to truly thank you. Cheers from NYC 🗽👊🏻👍🏻

[@logan5326]

@@spencercolgan Done!

[@spencercolgan]

@@logan5326 it hasn’t posted yet sir. Just a friendly. FYI.

[@stuartibbotson7179]

great thanks for your videos on slim coating

[@frankking1466]

WowZa’s!! Gonna b Using this technique in like 5-6 hours when I’m sanding out and 2nd coating inside corners/angles of a decent sized closet. Ima let ya know once I know👊🏼🙏🏼

[@conradyo9274]

Once again thanks for the tips. I have a lot of respect for you. God has given you alot of talents

[@spencercolgan]

Thank you so much Thomas; I was thinking about you yesterday and your suggestion for me to get that system from Wooster: The paint brushes in the rollers; would you please just mention them again so that I can look them up on Amazon and get them

[@conradyo9274]

@@spencercolgan Wooster ultra pro extra firm for precise cutting. Arroworthy Rembrandt oval sash. 14" lambskin rollers 1/2" nap

[@waterwoodguitars6871]

I needed this video! My boss has just thrown me to the wolves this week and I needed a better way of sanding a full room without all the dust. Gonna try this out, thank you!

[@emmat4036]

i like it....d style u apply..

[@Swizzenator]

Bravo. Great presentation.

[@spencercolgan]

Many thanks!

[@shaynew.6953]

Smart man !!! Love the vid

[@ibrahimwehbe1153]

Nice job Be as proud as you can 👍

[@AFoxologist]

Very useful. Thanks.

[@undercrackers56]

Try sanding wetter. You will be amazed at how effective it is. Less effort is required, it cuts faster, you clean your sponge less and the result is amazing. Sure it leaves muddy crap behind, but that can be quickly cleaned off with a car sponge and clean water.

[@AfricanFlightStar]

Great idea thanks 👍🏻

[@sagarsingha3670]

Oh, used to work for a builder in London. His plaster were so bad. I literally had to recoat with filler and sand for days. I wish i knew this.

[@leighannehammons9710]

Great tutorial thank you…

[@holamateo]

Great technique and well explained! I am going to use this today actually, thanks! BTW while watching this I kept thinking, I’m being taught plastering tips by Christopher Walken :) Has anyone ever told you that you sound a little like him?

[@spencercolgan]

Thank you, I’m glad you can use the advice; regarding Christopher, at least three times per week on my channel somebody says that

[@phymadori545]

Super. Good know how. Thx.

[@saraeaker6577]

hi hope you see this! I skim coated my entire hallway but need to sand due to being an extreme novice and never doing this before. There are alot of bumps and ridges. will sanding this way make for a smooth wall? Will i be able to prime and paint after?

[@aleksasltu5656]

Woah wtf, I never knew you can just splunge water on the sponge and save yourself from all that nasty dust that'll cost you your lungs and make a mess! Thanks

[@jordanfialho6012]

Thank u for share

[@kstanl]

Hi Spencer - First time skim coater here planning to apply two thin coats and sand between per the instructions in your other videos. Would love to minimize dust. 1. Will this technique work with a pole or orbital sander? 2. Should I sand the entire surface between coats or just the highs (aka follow the instructions in this vid) Thank you!

[@spencercolgan]

Don’t sand unless absolutely necessary! How did it go?

[@kstanl]

@@spencercolgan thanks for getting back to me. In the end I skipped the skim coat and it was fine! Tried on one part but found it quiet difficult. Just patched lots of little holes instead and it turned out well.

[@NicBellamy]

A solid demo of wet sanding with a sponge - I'd been wondering how this was done, as dry sanding the first room I skim coated was not fun in the least. How often do you need to wash the sponge out? I'm wondering what happens to any water-and-plaster paste that is left behind on the wall - does it dry to dust, or does the glue reactivate enough to stick it down?

[@spencercolgan]

Get a few of them so that you don’t have to wash any till you’re done. I I washed mine out when I finished.

[@NJTammy]

👍👍👍 question plse, can I use this technique on trim?.. window sill and trim area is a nightmare - I am using wood filler to repair but because of the amount of repair work the dust amount is insane. Any advice on how I can minimize, thank you.

[@spencercolgan]

Yes. Of course.

[@tacojohns3432]

I do this exact thing with a grout sponge

[@kumamakanui1514]

Question.. Do you have to prime wall after sanding for wallpaper

[@joshymcdaniel9233]

For wall paper prolly not paint absolutely

[@flowersafeheart]

Awesome!!! Dust-free technique!!! I guess this will be easier and safer for lungs and room instead of dry sanding then a Swiffer or Shop Vac. But the video doesn't say what sponge was used??

[@spencercolgan]

Flower: use a sanding sponge if you can find one…if not. Regular sand paper! Spritz with water!!

[@terrythomas790]

@@spencercolgan Use Wet/Dry paper(black stuff), with a sanding block. Its made for water. Its whats used by bodymen when final sanding before painting a car. 600 -800 grit.

[@DoEverythingDerek]

I thought I was listening to Christopher Walken for a minute :D

[@Sjaubi-qf6wd]

whats the grit on the sanding sponge?

[@spencercolgan]

Medium.

[@hamiltontav6727]

👌🏾

[@fari1968]

I have a question just newly a group painted my wall but they did not sand many places after plaster and now it shows i asked them several time to fix but every time worst, please give me some advice to do it by myself please?

[@spencercolgan]

Please send me a picture of the situation and explain what they did if you know; send me a picture and a brief video to Spencer Colgan@Tampa Baywallpaperinstaller.com

[@drmechanicalchannel7641]

Didn’t work out too well for me. I feel that as I sprayed and the dust stuck to my sponge it kept on loosing its abrasiveness. And when I washed the sponge as it got too dirty it lost even more of its grit.

[@me4g862]

so this guy put a heart on this comment??? wth!

[@apsl418]

Begginer here! I am planning to skim coat my knockdown textured walls. How soon can I sand them after a coat? Do I sand each coat? Thanks!

[@spencercolgan]

Please don’t send each coat let’s go as thin as possible on each coat in order not to have to sand each coat; be prepared to do three full coats and then a fourth and perhaps even a fifth of what I call a polish code and you will barely have to sand at all

[@TheTipsyRooster]

If you practiced enough... I'm sure you could sound exactly like Christopher Walken... am I the only one thinking this? 😂

[@spencercolgan]

You are the only one thinking of that this week; I get that 100 times per year

[@beerye3750]

Wish all videos had time stamps.

[@spencercolgan]

Why is that.

[@beerye3750]

@@spencercolgan because blah blah blah blah

[@spencercolgan]

@@beerye3750 ok. What’s time stamp

[@keydaniels]

Anyone else hears Christopher Walken?

[@philindeblanc]

its just air. oxygen doresnt escape nor isolate itself from the air to dry. great video otherwise :-)

[@spencercolgan]

But Phil, I appreciate your scientific response but what does the air consist of? Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen… What else? Is oxygen a completely false statement?

[@philindeblanc]

@@spencercolgan We compress air to process oxygen out of it, and it yields less than a 20% return to the air ratio...so, yes, its really not oxy to start with, and even after compression and processing of the air to make oxygen out of it, we really dont have oxygen "present" in the air. But I AM gonna be using your well thought out procfess in sanding my skimcoat :-) Oh, and you asked what else...Air can be used to manufacture argon, helium, xenon, hydrogen, nitrogen, CO@ with presence of other matter (see water-gas process/BASF) . None of these things are "IN" the air. they need to be processed, and altered. Air really is just that, air. Don't ask me what water consists of...we will be here a while, HA!

[@n.-v.4789]

@@philindeblanc Well said, never heard of oxygen being air :D. And these ''air bubbles'' appear not only when reskimming on top of uncompleted dried coat but on dry coats as well. It's still a mystery to this day on how to get rid of them in the first place but my trick is I add Dawn soap and water when mixing my mud..not 100% efficent but helps plus the plaster glides easier to boot ;)

[@terryparker1633]

@@spencercolgan Always someone..........

[@spencercolgan]

@@terryparker1633 lol. He must be a scientist

[@Herrerashomepainting]

Why put paper on left and right side of the wall when on the left you guys got primer on the paper and the paper wasn’t taped down and the primered paper flopped onto the wall 😅👌 A professional would cut edges in with brush with no tape bleed throughs and no primer on wall

[@spencercolgan]

Come on man.

[@letsdanceoo]

Very time consuming and labor intensive. Learn how to use a mud knife.