pole sander paper

They are generally made to use pre-cut "sand screen" There are several sises - 4 3/16 X 11 being standard "half sheet" but 3 5/16 and

I may be stupid or hopefully onlyignorant, but what is a "Pole Sander"?

Dombrowski the sander man.

Ed's pollock jokes aside , it's a sanding pad on the end of a pole , used to sand sheetrock joints on ceilings and tall walls . There is a swivel joint where the pole meets the pad .

OK, but then how do you paint at such a distance, a pole paintroller???

Yes. What do you think the thread in the end of the handle on good paint rollers is for?

Yep. Sanding 'screens'. Available in various grits in the display with the other drywall tools and supplies at any of the big-box stores. They are reversible too.

My only problem is that I tend to get carried away with the coarser grits which are extremely aggressive and plow grooves in the compound and then have to work harder to get rid of them. Oh, and they are 'screens' so that air passes straight through so they can be attached to sanding pads which have a hose going to a shop vac to remove a good bit of the dust before it gets into the air (but this only works with a good vac with high-quality filtration).

I have yet to see anyone who could tape joints in sheetrock on ceilings using a pole. So you have to have a ladder or scaffolding anyway.

Most of us have to, anyway. I've seen union tapers out of New York City taping on stilts using an enormous hock and a tape banjo. Fast and good.

Never seen a bazooka in action??Taper on stilts with a bazooka doesn't need a scaffold or ladder. Or a Banjo.. (best idea is banjo for the flats and bazooka for corners) With properly mixed compound and some skill you hardly need the pole sander.