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rckslash2010 · 06-04-2009, 07:27 AM

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.

Whitey97 · 06-04-2009, 09:40 AM

What color is that crap?

rckslash2010 · 06-05-2009, 05:18 AM

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.

Whitey97 · 06-05-2009, 02:30 PM

I'll take that advice! Thank you!

Mushin Drywall · 06-05-2009, 09:18 PM

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.

rckslash2010 · 06-06-2009, 05:13 AM

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.

evolve991 · 06-06-2009, 09:51 AM

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.

**silverstilts** · 06-07-2009, 08:33 PM

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 .

06-04-2009, 07:27 AM	#1
rckslash2010 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 75	Aqua Rock 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.

06-06-2009, 09:51 AM	#7
evolve991 Walking Contradiction Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East,MD Posts: 123	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. __________________ Keep on rockin' in the free world

06-07-2009, 08:33 PM	#8
silverstilts Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern MN Posts: 583	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 . Last edited by silverstilts; 06-07-2009 at 08:35 PM.

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rckslash2010 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 75	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.