just in case someone looks for an answer:
issue - when copying data from other sheet where I had formulas, pasted cells are blank, but not actually blank. It holds some sort of 'nothing'...
- solution ,SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy to copy data and paste in the same workbook with Paste:=xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats (it holds date value as this was something I needed). Then used "find and replace" code to clear "blank, but not blank" cells.
'~~> Find "" and replace with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Worksheets("paste").Range("A1:K500").Cells.Replace What:="", Replacement:="pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", LookAt:= _
xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False
'~~> Find pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and replace with ""
Worksheets("paste").Range("A1:K500").Cells.Replace What:="pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", Replacement:="", LookAt:= _
xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False