Shane Holland said:
Interesting, Alex. I don't recall reading others commenting about the Rotex and drywall dust in a negative way. Granted, I've only used mine RO 150 for small patch jobs, but I've never had an issue at all. Same with my ETS 150, which I recently used for some patching.
Well, maybe it's one of those differences between Europe and USA again I forgot about. I guess when Americans talk about sanding drywall it's mostly about filling up the seams between boards with some filler. I agree, when you sand that, there's not much dust with the Rotex either. This technique of drywall is used here sometimes, and I've done work like that a couple of times.
But mostly here drywall means that a full layer of plaster 12-20 mm thick is applied over the boards, because we generally don't leave drywall up just as is. It's regarded here as a basis, which has to be finished by a layer of plaster to make it stronger and look better. Sometimes I have to repair those layers, and because my mudding skills aren't that great I often have to sand a bit to get it flat. It's those situations I refer to when I talk about it getting really messy.