Drywall Tape
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From: NE Texas
Originally Posted by Bigham
I have never had that happen. Is it a new wall? Maybe it is setteling. Certianly another coat would take care of it.
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You can see that it's not deep, but very visible.
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From: NE Texas
Originally Posted by Aftrmidnite
At work the rooms that had extreme temperature shifts we had a dry wall guy who used metal window screen cut into strips for the joints.
As physics go (and that's all I can use since I'm not skilled at this) it seems that the paper allows the mud to dry much slower than the mesh does.
Also I think I might be trying to put too much mud on at once, but I just don't know enough about it to know for sure. I don't think it's a problem and a drywall man might just shrug it off.
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From: NE Texas
Originally Posted by Bigham
Did you use a lot of spackle?
If you put it on to thick it will crack when it is drying.
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Originally Posted by Aftrmidnite
Mud was old
over or under mixed
applied it at the wrong temperature
or someone had let it dry out, left the lid off, and they thinned it too much.
FYI - I talked to the guy that's supposed to be doing this today. He made up excuses for 10 minutes. Gonna look for someone else...unless I get through with it myself beforehand...
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bead crimpers
Yrs ago the metal bead crimper came out, and instead of nailing bead on we just crimped it, and started with the mud. Well, after having to go back to a house where the kids knocked the bead off the corner with their Big Wheel, we went nailing them on after a few hits with the crimper just to hold it on til we nailed it.
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Surface cracks usually come from mud that is too thin. Here's a good one: One time I got a call from a bar owner that needed his newly rocked ceiling finished. He told me he already had it taped, just need some finish coats and paint. When I got there, I looked up, he had the joints taped alright... Duct tape. He left, I pulled the tape off and started from scratch, never told him.
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When you get dry wall mud in the 5 gallon buckets you have to stir it before using. They have hand paddles and ones that go on a big half inch drill, and I do mean a big drill, as my half inch hammer drill won't even move in a bucket of mud.
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Originally Posted by Aftrmidnite
When you get dry wall mud in the 5 gallon buckets you have to stir it before using. They have hand paddles and ones that go on a big half inch drill, and I do mean a big drill, as my half inch hammer drill won't even move in a bucket of mud.
I have gone through 5 1/2 buckets already!
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From: NE Texas
Originally Posted by Bigham
The water seperates form the mud. I was also told that if you mix some liquid dish detergent into it it will go on smother for a final coat. It seemed to work for me.
Eddie
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I looked over those buckets last night and through USG's web page and they didn't say a thing about needing to re-mix the mud...but that's another reason I came here: Lot's of good info.
As many tips and tricks as there are here on various things from digging ditches to installing fibe optic cable, DIY would do well to stop by now and then.
