Kirby Turbo Sander and Drywall

[kirbyclassiciii]

I have seen stories that drywall isn't so kind to the internals of the Kirby Turbo Sander. If that is true, you would think Kirby would have issued an advisory not to use it for drywall, right?

If I can use it for drywall, how would I caution myself?

~Ben

 

[caligula]

There is a shroud that goes around the turbo-sander and is there to direct the dust into the bag. I've used mine for both refinishing a hardwood floor and minor drywall tasks, and it worked great on both counts. However, drywall is a messy job, it's not something any household vacuum cleaner should handle (except final clean up) that's a job for a shop-vac.

Still, based on my experience it CAN be done. But proceed with caution and keep the shroud tightly in place.

 

[vacerator]

I've not

done very large drywall jobs, only seams in one room I gutted to the studs and patching. I hate the dust, so I use a wet sponge until it is smooth and even. Along with a wet rag to move the joint cement around and even out high and low spots.

 

[suckolux]

I used mine to refinish the dinning room banquette, worked well, gosh 15 years ago

 

[pr-21]

I sanded the top of a kitchen table 9 or so years ago. I did it in the garage. It worked great, just remember to change the bag afterwards. Back then Kirby only had the Micron Magic paper bags for the G4, so I also vacuumed out the cloth bag with a canister vacuum although it didn't seem to need it.




PR-21
Bud

 

[tolivac]

I have used a Kirby Turbo sander with my NSS M1 to sand drywall joints in a friends basement when he remodeled it-no problems.Made a GREAT drywall sander!

 

[jamesbond007]

sanded a shed and two decks then dismantled it and cleaned it out and reassembled
it.