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Mudstar

I was not referring to the tools but the traditional materials "Tape and mud" that are used to complete the drywall finishing process. Any of the new ideas have failed to out last the paper tape and mud methods and when it does the standard practices will too.
Good luck.

rhardman

I agree...I'm sure tape and mud will always be the standard for production work. Glass is nice in some areas but in drywall, it's limited.

Darren@Partners

I agree. Mesh tape is not for joints but for metal or other flanged trims. Or one stop hot mud repairs.

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silverstilts

Mesh does have limitations as to production work, myself I would never use the stuff. In order to be use properly you need to use quick setting mud, and I don't believe in taping with quick setting mud unless it is a very very small job. Any decent size job whats the point in using quick-setting mud , it certainly does not give the best quality, perhaps if everything was textured it would not matter on flat finish you will not achieve the best finish. Not to mention all the clean up time. I know there are many believers out there when it comes to mesh, I am not one of them , I have seen too many hairline cracks because of the improper way mesh was used. You out there that do use it if it works what the hey, use it, but I am not sold on it as of yet.

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alltex

when i started all the company i worked for used was glass tape and hot mud.the hot mud was not sandable at all.we did alot of it too.It was ok then when we had alot of knock down and accustic.Me and another guy did many splits and ramblers in 1 day .glass tape ,hot mud ,run angles , finish(with finish mud) one day .Crank heat .next day sand ,glase angles and touch up.spray in afternoon.if thats not production i dont know what is!

kgphoto

Properly used and applied hot mud and mesh tape is fine for many projects.

I don't know why people keep bringing up problems using GP and Mesh. Everyone who is knowledgeable knows that isn't supposed to be used together, so of course there are problems.

If you must use GP, try the new Fiba-Fuse (FF) tape for those difficult areas. Other than vicious glass shards, it works real well. I am running a test with it comparing it to mesh and hot mud, FF with hot mud and GP with FF. It applied well and was easy to work with. No cracks yet, but it has only been 3 weeks.

Capt-sheetrock

Perhaps, but not for houses

kgphoto

Oh Puh lease!

Capt-sheetrock

Just trying to help ya out,,,, In my own simple humble country whispering way

kgphoto

Ha Ha

A+ Texture LLC

Someone pulled a Jedi mind trick on me and turned this into a mesh vs. paper tape thread. So here's my two cents. If you can straddle a 3/4 inch gap where two walls come together in a modular or doublewide, hot mud it, texture it and paint it. Then come back a year later and it hasn't cracked, I'd say that mesh is a pretty good product. Bear in mind these two walls are essentially two seperate buildings lagbolted together as one unit. I've done it and seen the results in these things hundreds of times.