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Old 06-04-2009, 08:27 AM   #1
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Aqua Rock, it's Aqua tough, anybody ever use this sh!t? What a pain in the ass. I would like to find the guy who invented it and beat the piss out of him. I haven't used any lately but for some reason I was thinking about it.

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Old 06-04-2009, 10:40 AM   #2
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What color is that crap?
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Old 06-05-2009, 06:18 AM   #3
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It's brown, kind of like a bunch of cardboard squished together. It weighs about 180 pound a sheet, and a bitch to cut. You almost need to use a skill saw. If anybody ever see's it, just run, not walk, the other direction. We used it in a swimming pool last summer, ya know, with the high vaulted ceilings. I still have nightmares about it.
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I'll take that advice! Thank you!
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Old 06-05-2009, 10:18 PM   #5
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Have you guys ever worked with lead drywall board? Another one to run from. I've done a couple of x-ray rooms where this was required. Time consuming,heavy and toxic. Bid high gentlemen.
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I always wonder when too much weight is too much, I know, lets invent some sh/t that weighs 600 pounds and watch the guys struggle with it.
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I helped hang a doctors office with several X ray rooms. It called for lead rock in some,copper backed rock in others. BOTH sucked bigtime!! And I was making a staggering 8 bucks an hour with the cheapass boss. That was very close to my last job with him. I'd bid jobs like that as if we were working on the F-ing space shuttle.
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Haven't had to hang any but have had my share of taping it. Remembering lots of it down at the new VA Hospital in MPLS MN many years ago . I think every other lead cap they used to go over the head of the screws fell off before the screws were spotted , damn i wondering now if it really made any difference or if the tech. doing the ex-rays has any side effects from the radiation ? I did one about a year ago can't remember for sure but I thought the GC said it was about $240.00 per sheet 4x8-5/8 .

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