Ok back to the questions here... Alright I have most of the joint compounding finished in my trailer. I have a couple rooms done being sanded, primered, and painted. I have the main rooms left to do specifically the living room and kitchen. Previously, I wanted things done fast with the bathroom and bedrooms so I cleared everything out of the rooms shut the door, opened a window and proceeded to use a finishing sander. (lol). I will note that this worked quite well and extremely fast; however, like you would imagine this makes a dust storm that would make deserts jealous. The main rooms have stuff that I can really only move around, but not move out of the rooms. I would rather not make nearly the mess with these rooms, but at the same time I do not want this to take forever either. I have seen the sanding sponges and also seen this water bucket attachment for a shopvac that is used with a sanding screen. So my major question is, what would be the best way to sand these rooms? Are either of the previously mentioned methods effective, efficient and barely messy? -Spike

I am remodeling kitchen and I knocked down a wall to make kitchen bigger. There are recessed lights in kitchen but not in the new part. I would like to add to the recessed lights by extending the circuit into the new room. I have located the hot wire and I intend to use it to put in the new lights. However, the ceiling in the new room is finished. Would it be better to cut 6" holes for new cans and try hard to get the wire through the joists or just open up a 2' wide by 12 foot long area of the ceiling to put in new construction cans rather than remodel and then the wiring would be easier? Just so you know, the ceiling is a stomped starburst pattern that I will trying to replicate (I never done that before) so the less ceiling I Remove, the better. emo