Level Five Finish By Knife

fenez

Vls is good but the lafarge shrinks less. imho

wnybassman

We are in the middle of a small job using the VLS for the first time. Weird stuff compared to green top, just goes on funny. Is it normal to have a lot of crusty stuff around the top of the mud when opening a new bucket? Or is it just that the supplier has had it forever?

Stormy_Ny

Around the rim of the bucket or on the mud itself ? .... No plastic wrapper on top to keep it moist ?

Stuff is smoooooooth huh?

wnybassman

Had plastic, but a little dry around the rim still. Have to spend a minute and scrape out the hard stuff before mixing.

I think the green top is smoother though. I found it a little more difficult to remove pock pits with the VLS (hand finishing) and it seemed to take an extra swipe or two to do so. It also dries with a rougher orange peel surface.

Sands extremely easy though. We have not sanded out he entire job yet, but what little we have done it appears to sand easy.

MIKE FROM NH

When I skim I use a 1/2" nap paint roller to apply USG Blue. And add a little water in the begining, then again 1/2 through. It kinda drys out as you go along. The paint roller is less labor intensive a is a cheap delivery method.

wnybassman

Not sure about the VLS. Sanded easy and that was about it. Had trouble sanding the corners with the Porter Cable. I applied the compound as I would green top and apparently that is too thick with a non-shrinking compound. The PC made a slight ramp leading into the corner that was tough to sand out by hand, and keep flat. If I were sanding everything out by hand it would be the cats ass.

Bottom line is the PC still polished the compound. See other post.

detroittaper

Lafarge makes a Level 5 Drywall. If you have alot of area that calls for Level 5, I would highly recommend it. The board comes pre-sprayed with a thin amount of smooth drywall compound already on it. You then simply apply Lafarge's grey colored mud as you would normally finish a wall (which is the same mud that's sprayed on the board) over the joints (it's colored so you can see the seams/screws) and your done. Lightly sand the whole board and it's done. The board is a little more expensive than regular drywall but the money you save on labor makes it worthwhile.

google it.