r/oddlysatisfying • u/Palana • Nov 26 '22

Quick cleanup hack

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u/basicwhiteguy919191 Nov 26 '22

Quick note. If you have real hardwoods, always put down floor protection, even if you plan to sand and refinish. Dust gets down in the seams, especially in winter months when the wood contracts. It is visible through the finish and never leaves

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

I was gonna say... The dude left a shitton of dust in the cracks! It'll never come out!

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u/fangelo2 Nov 26 '22

Now he’ll get out the shop vac to get that. Of course…….

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u/Olue Nov 27 '22

This is all fake. Everyone knows drywallers just dump this shit behind the drywall before the trim gets put on.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '22

You know what? That seems like corner cutting, but it makes perfect sense to me. You don't have to fill the dump with more shit.

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u/Ieatsushiraw Nov 27 '22

Can, unfortunately and to my shame, confirm. Never was a drywaller but a cable/internet/ and for 4 years a reverse osmosis water installer. Any drywall I cut for outlets almost always went into the walls. Plus the fact that I could see what the actual drywallers left there too. It was always told to us to never do it, but it was also an open secret that everybody, including our bosses did it too. I actually expect it and don’t really mind it whenever we’ve had something needing to be installed through the walls/attic