Wall sanding apparatus

A sanding system for sanding joint compound, the system including:

• a plate having a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, the plate having a lip extending from the top side along the rear edge;
• a handle being engaged to the top side;
• an abrasive element configured to sand the joint compound having an upper surface being removably attached to the bottom side and having a lower surface comprising an abrasive surface facing away from the bottom side, the abrasive element substantially covering the bottom side;
• a coupler releasably coupling the abrasive element to the bottom side;
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• the abrasive element having a forward edge and a rearward edge respectively corresponding to the front edge and rear edge, the forward edge being adjacent to the front edge, the forward edge being angled outwardly away and downwardly from the plate such that the forward edge extends forwardly of the front edge, an acute angle being formed at a juncture of the forward edge and the lower surface being less than 75° and defining an angled edge;
• wherein the rearward edge extends rearwardly beyond the rear edge of the plate wherein a distance from the rearward edge to the angled edge is greater than a distance from the front edge to the rear edge;
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• a flange, the flange being planar and being attached to and extending upwardly and perpendicularly from the upper surface and the rearward edge, the flange abutting the rear edge of the plate and being coextensive with the lip such that a top surface of the flange is coplanar with and extends away from the rear edge of the plate.