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tricounty dwall

it is a secret to drywall.. and we cant let them all out.. but really and trully.. Its a art... And few are drywall artist like us

Capt-sheetrock

Don't know if your being a smartas@ like me,,,, But your right !!!!

It amazes me, that folks wanting to git into it, or do their OWN house think that IF they just ask a few questions, they can do as good as someone that's been doiong it fulltime for 30 years.

Go figure

cazna

I find with the drywall less people want to try it and are very happy to pay me to do it for them, not like painting more people want to do that themselves or get many quotes and pick the cheapest, so painting is a little de valued and the drywall has a little more value for me, less quotes for the drywall, i live is a small town so once you get known for quaility work they just want you, But yes there is still a few that think in one sentance you can tell them how its done.

Hey Capt, just wondering what breed of angle heads you have, im going to upgrade my finishpros soon and am thinking a northstar 2.5 which is actually a 2.63 and a drywallmaster bonehead with the speed wheels for a 3.5 to run on my mudrunner as you.

tricounty dwall

yea it amazes me the people that try it... i got a call from a homeowner and he asked me to fix his sheetrock.. i went to give him a price and he had taped with mesh.. corners to.. and bedded and skimmed with a 6. I about threw up when i walked in..

Capt-sheetrock

I have a columbia 31/2, 21/2, 2". I have a tapetech 3" with wheels, and the 3" premier (blue line) that I started off with.

Tapetech is a joke,,, like durastilts,, they have had the name so long, that they quit worrying about em 25 years ago. I have a tapetech mudrunner, but it took me over two years to figure out what was wrong with it and how to FIX it. Now it works like new money, but it is NOT what they sent me. The tapetech head SUCKS !!!!!!! IMO

The Columbia heads work great, and if you have a problem with one, they will talk to you on the phone and they will fix it for you. On the other hand, tapetech will not talk to you, nor can you email them. You will have to send it to a "approved" tech, who will send it to them, and then they will send it back to them and then they will send it back to you!!! Thats 4 weeks to git it fixed. Oh did I mention that the tapetech heads SUCK !!!!!! If you use a tapetech head out of the box, you will have to side-swipe EVERY single corner in the house,, they leave a ridge, that a blackbird can perch on !!!!!


To sum it up,,, I hate a manufactuer that will not talk to you, or fix THEIR,,, f-up's

Bill from Indy

hey capt...isn't it amazing that they have been making heads for what, close to if not more than 50yrs and still can't get it right?

I personally dont like the columbia head i have, but have no beef with ones that do like them...I just got one that was pretty jacked up out of the box and had to do a lot of tweaking to get it to run right...for the $ they want for these tools, they should work better than mine did....thats all...like you said, I could have sent it back...paid freight both ways to all wall and they would have fixed it, but why is my question...I tweaked it and got it to where it runs decent, but bought a northstar head and like them better...may be that I am just used to concorde and the northstar is actually slightly better than there original design

Capt-sheetrock

I hear ya BIll. I had a 31/2 Columbia head that was bad, factory design. I called em, and they paid for the frieght BOTH ways and fixed it free. Thats a company I can get behind, ya know??

On the other hand,,, Tape-tech doesn't know you !!!!!!!!!

cazna

Thanks for that Capt, Funny how when a company gets big and been around a long time the servcie and interest falls apart, We can all think of a few of them, Going to give the boneheads from All Wall a go. (Which is proving to be a dam fine company to deal with i must say)
Been PMed by a rep of DWM and wow, offers for skype links and any question is answered overnight, Great, I think there King Taper looks like the ducks nuts too, (Ducks Nuts means bloody good) oh (And i dont know why either?)

Capt-sheetrock

Never seen duck nuts,,, got any pics????

I have been dealing with All-Wall for about 4 years, they are the ducknuts, they have gone to bat for me twice with a manufactur that sent me a bad product. Hard to beat that kind of service. They keep a record of every thing you do with them, and THEY CARE about their customers,,,,, a real refreashing breeze these days

tricounty dwall

i tried the mudrunner again today. its coming out now. but as im pumping it in its shooting out the head and then out the pump nozzle of the mudrunner when i finish pumping. is the mud to loose? i only put a cup of water in it

Capt-sheetrock

If you only put a cup of water in it, that is your problem, add about another 1/2 gallon (US). You are gonna have to accept this concept,,, just take a bucket and thin it down that much and try it,,, heck, you spent a bunch on the tool, waste a bucket of mud and find out HOW thin is TOO thin. Its only 10 bucks or so.

The mudrunner is a push/pull device. If the mud is too stiff, it will reject it, and you'll end up squirting it across the room. And remember to spray the rubber gasket in the tube with WD40 before you start. AND yes I said WD40, they lied about that too, it works and it don't hurt a thing.

tricounty dwall

ok ty capt. and u are right. it was squirting everywhere and i thought i had it to thin. so i sat it in a bucket till i got feedback. ima try tommorow.

Capt-sheetrock

Trust me on this (and I hate to say that, cause an honest man seldom asks you to trust him) SPRAY THE RUBBER GASKET IN THE TUBE with WD40 just prior to filling the tube !!!!!!!!!! I flip the bottom clips, lift the tube off and spray the gasket AND the tube with WD40, then put the tube back on, and go for it !!!