Finally got a clean finish on a vaulted ceiling with my old pole sander

Hayden Nelson · 2026-03-10T08:40:08.51538+00:00

I was doing a repair on a 12-foot sloped ceiling and decided to try a trick I saw online, wrapping the sanding screen over a foam pad first. It cut my sanding time in half and left zero swirl marks. What's your go-to method for high ceilings?

mia_hart907mo ago

That foam pad trick is a game changer for real. Seen the paint roller move too, like @olivia857 said. Used a microfiber pad on a roller frame once for a knockdown texture patch. Got into all the nooks without tearing it up. Makes a huge difference when you can't get a scaffold in there.

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olivia8577mo ago

My cousin in Denver swears by taping sandpaper to a paint roller for those high spots lol.

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cora8637mo ago

It's cool how people always find smarter ways to do hard jobs. You see it with stuff like this sanding trick, or even just a better way to load a dishwasher. Necessity really does push folks to get clever.

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