Wallpaper and Wallcoverings - just finished taping and floating. now what?

as the title suggests i have just finished taping and floating and the last sanding. a couple of questions:
1) can i leave the walls "dusty" (from sanding) or do i have to take a wet rag to wipe them clean?

2) i am going to do 2 coats of kilz mold killer primer (i live in a very humid area) and im also going to texture it with one of the lowes texture brushes. which one do i do first, primer or texture?



thanks guys. im ready to finish this dam* room!

Neither mud or paint will adhere to dust! You don't need to use a wet rag, I usually take the handle off of my push broom and use it to "sweep" off the dust.

Which kilz do you plan to use? I've never heard of any mold killing primer. Kilz 2 has adhesion problems. Basically a good latex wall primer followed by 2 coats of latex paint is sufficent. You can either use kitchen and bath paint [has extra mildewcide] or add extra mildewcide to your choice of paint, if needed.

Priming before texturing will allow the texture to dry at a consistent rate but I've never had any problems with texturing bare drywall. The texture must be primed. Usually 1 coat of primer is sufficent.

kilz has a mold/mildew blocker primer that im going to use. so maybe ill wipe off all the dust, do 1 coat of primer, texture, another coat of primer, then paint? thanks for the help.