What's the best way to sand caulk after filling nail holes?

Question

Used caulk to fill nail holes after hanging crown molding. Applied caulk fairly thickly. What's the easiest and best way to sand? How can I minimize the mess when sanding?

Answer 1

No real way to avoid a mess. Use sandpaper to get the roughest of residue then use a wet washcloth tog et the rest. The stuff that falls to the floor from sanding will vaccum up easily. Good luck!

Answer 2

First, you shouldent have used caulk. A little spackling would have been better. I guess you have realized that by now. Caulk dosen't sand, but it does an excellant job of plugging sandpaper. Scrape it off.

Answer 3

well had it still been wet you could have went over it with wet rag . now u might need fine sanding cloth