How to fix uneven paint finish?

Nadjrose

Heya, we bought a house that has been slapped white paint on with terrible finishes.

I know the sensible thing is to just ignore it but I simply cannot.

Without hand sanding these out, is there a faster way/a tool/to make this a clean finish.

Dave-1

😕 I dont know of an easier tool to use. The only thing that comes to mind is a cork block with sandpaper wrapped around it and then use the corner edge to run up and down the vertical line sto clean up the roughness. I would expect it to clean up fairly easy. Is the flat parts rough as well? If they are I would use an electric sander for the wide smoother areas.

Dave

JacobZ

Hi @Nadjrose,

Thank you for your question about repairing poor paint finishes.

I completely understand your frustration. Once I see minor imperfections, they eat at me.

As @Dave-1 has already mentioned, for the beading, a cork block wrapped in sandpaper or an angled sanding sponge would be your best options.

For flat and wide areas, you can use a powered sander, but from experience, this Hyde 225mm Radial Sander Plaster Tool will be much faster.

Let me know what you think, and if you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Jacob

Nadjrose

Hmm yeah that's how I was doing it, it's just about a million weatherboards in an entire old Queenslander, so I guess bit by bit.

I have an orbital sander but yeah the gaps are going to be gross, thanks!