What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

No. It’s not living with the textured wall that’s the problem, it’s living with my wife with the textured wall that’s the problem.
I’ve already sanded the textured walls down in 2 rooms, what’s one more?!?! Here’s a bucket of sanding dust for you:

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The other 2 rooms were easy, the texture on those walls was just spackle. This last one is actually sand mixed in with the paint. (For synergy better traction on the walls?)

May be wet it, just damp, and use a regular paint scraper? If you can get most of the sand off, then it might sand easily. Just a thought.

 

[snoranger]

May be wet it, just damp, and use a regular paint scraper? If you can get most of the sand off, then it might sand easily. Just a thought.

Tried it damp. Tried it wetter than damp. Tried it wet. Tried a wall scraper:

That didn’t work. Then I tried a heavy duty floor scraper with a blade that could do some damage:

That didn’t work.
But an 80 grit flap disk… that worked. It left the wall a little too damaged.
The best I’ve come up with has been the wire wheel cup on an angle grinder. That knocks the sand off the wall, then I can smooth it out with my palm sander and a drywall screen.

I don’t have all my tools here, so I’m limited in what I can try.

 

[97RangerXLT]

I climbed the walls regularly while I was married. Texture would have been helpful.

I feel ya on that one

AJ

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

I'll tell you what I haven't done, is change my dag gum center support/carrier bearing out yet. Called dealer today. Still no estimated delivery date. Dang bearing is flopping around and making a sweet grinding noise. I'm about to cancel and just order the whole driveshaft assembly from Amazon. How bad is this on my trans and rear diff?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Tried it damp. Tried it wetter than damp. Tried it wet. Tried a wall scraper:
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That didn’t work. Then I tried a heavy duty floor scraper with a blade that could do some damage:

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That didn’t work.
But an 80 grit flap disk… that worked. It left the wall a little too damaged.
The best I’ve come up with has been the wire wheel cup on an angle grinder. That knocks the sand off the wall, then I can smooth it out with my palm sander and a drywall screen.

I don’t have all my tools here, so I’m limited in what I can try.

I think I would have replaced the sheetrock, lol. I hate using a grinder with a wire wheel so I wouldn’t be dedicated enough to use it to clean texture off a wall

 

[superj]

I'll tell you what I haven't done, is change my dag gum center support/carrier bearing out yet. Called dealer today. Still no estimated delivery date. Dang bearing is flopping around and making a sweet grinding noise. I'm about to cancel and just order the whole driveshaft assembly from Amazon. How bad is this on my trans and rear diff?

i would imagine its probably terribly bad to have the driveshaft flopping around and trying to bang the input gear of the diff around.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

i would imagine its probably terribly bad to have the driveshaft flopping around and trying to bang the input gear of the diff around.

Well after raising 3 kinds of hell and blowing up the phones today. They some how found 1 in Atlanta that will be here by the end of the week. Fingers crossed

 

[sgtsandman]

Put the one edger tool back together and sharpened the blade on the other, replaced some ribbons on my uniform ribbon rack, and fabricated a bracket to hold the desk keyboard tray in place. That's about it other than going to the chiropractor.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Well after raising 3 kinds of hell and blowing up the phones today. They some how found 1 in Atlanta that will be here by the end of the week. Fingers crossed

If it gets too bad, use silicone sealant as a temporary measure. For the rubber portion.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

If it gets too bad, use silicone sealant as a temporary measure. For the rubber portion.

I may do that tomorrow just to keep it together till the new one arrives. Never even thought of that.

 

[Lefty]

I put a new larger tool box in the pickup bed.

 

[Rick W]

I put a new larger tool box in the pickup bed.

Looks great. Can’t do that around here. If it’s not a metal strong box around here, some of the street people think it’s just left on the street for their taking.

 

[Lefty]

Looks great. Can’t do that around here. If it’s not a metal strong box around here, some of the street people think it’s just left on the street for their taking.

I totally get that. I've got a tonneau cover which helps. That oak box is still pretty damn strong. I keep it garaged. So I just use a cheeseball lock. So far, no problems.

I had a similar box on my CJ5 for years with no problems either.

 

[snoranger]

I think I would have replaced the sheetrock, lol. I hate using a grinder with a wire wheel so I wouldn’t be dedicated enough to use it to clean texture off a wall

Everyone keeps telling me to replace the sheet rock. Nope. I refuse to allow an inanimate object to win. I don’t care what it takes, that texture will be removed. I don’t care if I have to pick every single spec of sand off that wall with tweezers.

 

[ericbphoto]

Looks great. Can’t do that around here. If it’s not a metal strong box around here, the scroungers, like RickW think it’s just left on the street for their taking.

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